A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic person to be a pivotal part of Cancer Services. This role will encompass the personalised cancer care team, living with and beyond cancer teams, Macmillan information centre and a population of Clinical nurse specialist teams. The successful candidate will be a forward thinker, passionate about cancer patients and their experience whilst drawing on clinical expertise to role model good care to the cancer patient.
As a deputy to the lead cancer nurse, the successful candidate will have experience leading and managing teams and promoting strong visible leadership as well as confidence influencing teams across the trust. The post holder must be equipped with the skillset to lead and navigate teams through the financial climate and project managing new ways of working to improve outcomes for our patients. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of the personalised cancer agenda, experience in working with charities or external parties and patient experience including NCPES.
To provide expert advice, leadership and delivery of the Personalised Cancer Care agenda across BHRUT’s Cancer patient cohort. This is a group of interventions being rolled out nationally which, when delivered together, can greatly improve the outcomes for people living with and beyond cancer.
This includes delivery of Stratified Follow Up, electronic Holistic Needs Assessment (eHNA) and Care Plans, Treatment Summaries, and a comprehensive package of Health and Wellbeing Information and Support - embedding appropriate processes to ensure on-going sustainability across the Trust. The role will include management of the oncological treatment prehab service.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Nichola Ceesay, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4176. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Monday 24 Mar 2025.
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