Employer: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Calderdale Royal Hospital / Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
Town: Huddersfield
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 18/02/2025
Prehabilitation (Service) Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone, and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work, and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours, and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
Job overview
The Prehabilitation service at CHFT aims to improve the outcomes of newly diagnosed cancer patients. The role will facilitate the development and delivery of a model of support using or adapting existing services and delivering the Active Together model to support the psychological wellbeing, dietary, and physical activity needs of newly diagnosed cancer patients.
Working in collaboration with partner organisations and Yorkshire Cancer Research, the postholder will implement the Active Together prehab and rehab model.
The Active Together programme aims to maximise resilience to treatment, improve longer-term health, minimise side effects, and empower patients to be partners in their healthcare. The postholder will facilitate the development and implementation of Active Together, a 5-year funded programme with staged implementation into all relevant cancer pathways.
The postholder will be a dynamic, motivated individual who is a self-starter, able to adapt to new strategies, ideas, and ways of working and will strategically lead a team of staff and be expected to inspire the team to carry out a new and potentially challenging work programme. Excellent project management and organisational skills are required to ensure the project delivers outcomes both in place and across the locality. The role requires excellent communication and negotiation skills to influence stakeholders across a range of teams, organisations, and localities.
Main duties of the job
1. Overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling, and expansion of the service.
2. Management of core, senior members of staff and participate in teaching and support of other team members.
3. Manage audit and quality improvement data collection.
4. Accountability and responsibility for multiple budgets and income streams.
5. Contribute to the highest standards of clinical governance and professional standards.
6. Deliver elements of Prehab in line with own professional skills.
7. Work closely with partners identifying appropriate interventions to reduce health inequalities and address the wider determinants of health.
8. Work with partners to plan, monitor, and report on progress to peers and senior colleagues, proactively escalating risks where appropriate and implementing solutions.
9. Be the visible and accessible point of contact for advice, guidance, and support on all aspects of the service.
10. Develop and engage with appropriate patient groups to ensure proposed solutions are in line with what is required of those diagnosed with cancer.
11. Responsible for carrying out research and development activities to ensure best practice and innovation is embedded across all aspects of early diagnosis programmes.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
* Professional Registration (HCPC/NMC)
* Masters level qualification or education in a management discipline, (or working towards a Masters degree), or relevant experience in a related subject or field, project management, business management, systems and processes/information management
* Evidence of Leadership Training
* PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent professional project management qualification
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
* Significant NHS experience in an acute or community setting
* Knowledge and experience of cancer pathway
* Experience of managing change and associated behaviours; and shaping future vision
* Experience of effective partnership working with other organisations at a senior level
* Evidence of inter-professional working
* Experience of risk management
* Ability to engage and motivate others and to use influencing skills to facilitate behavioural change
* Ability to work autonomously
* Experience of delivering training to groups of staff
* Experience of developing business cases for investment
* A range of service improvement skills and techniques such as process mapping and design/lean management approaches etc
* Well-developed IT skills, including use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
* Experience in collating information/compiling and presenting reports and analysis of complex information to support effective decision making
* Flexible approach to work – ability to manage and deliver in a changing environment
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
* Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a clear, concise, and effective manner
* Leadership skills and the ability to motivate others and demonstrate credibility, honesty, and integrity
* Recognises own limitations and has willingness to share and learn from others
* Passion for leading and facilitating change to improve patient experience and drive efficiency
* Innovative and willing to exchange, develop and implement ideas
* Excellent organisation and time management skills
* Well-developed interpersonal skills and able to communicate with all levels of staff and their representatives
* Ability to facilitate diverse groups of stakeholders
* Excellent change management skills, facilitating clinicians, service users, and carers in delivering new ways of working that improve the quality of patient care
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co-create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce and encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable, will be transferred from your current/most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
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