Employer The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral
Town Bebington
Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 14/01/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 4
Please note that applications are accepted only by completion of our application form. If you have any needs that prevent you from applying in this way and participating in our online recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 5565176 or [emailprotected] at the earliest opportunity to ensure that support can be provided. Adjustments can be made for you during application and interview.
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close any vacancies prior to the specified closing date; therefore you are advised to submit your completed application form as early as possible.
If you do not receive confirmation that you have been shortlisted for interview, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. It is with regret that we are unable to provide feedback to non-shortlisted candidates.
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Job overview
The Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance leads the local delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions for cancer to transform services and improve outcomes for patients.
As the Project Coordinator you will be part of the timely presentation programme within the alliance and our focus is on:
1. More people coming forward with signs and symptoms of cancer
2. More people taking up the offer of national screening programmes.
The Project Coordinator will provide project support and coordination to facilitate delivery of programme objectives in accordance with the aims and ambitions of the Cancer Alliance. The role will require excellent organisation and communication skills and close working with stakeholders including the voluntary sector, charities, marketing agencies, commissioners, patients and carers.
You will be working on a varied range of projects in areas such as smoking cessation, public facing campaigns, the strategic obesity project, community partnership project and innovative projects that will test new ways of working.
The post holder will work alongside colleagues at all levels including senior clinicians, Social Action leads, executives, project managers and teams across Cheshire and Merseyside. Most work is carried out virtually, however some travel across the regions for face to face work is required.
Main duties of the job
Key work areas will include:
* Programme support, co-ordination and day-to-day support of the Timely Presentation programme
* Support to set up, plan and participate in project(s) including project steering groups, project assurance function, project teams, project documentation using the CA programme management documentation.
* Maintain systems and processes to track the progress of the work streams, collating reports and identifying risks to delivery of agreed objectives and milestones.
* Attend project operational groups in Cheshire and Merseyside either virtually or in person as required.
* Act as the first point of contact for key stakeholders, ensuring that effective communication occurs between all relevant parties.
* Organise events, ensuring that necessary resources are available, and that expenses associated with the programme are tracked and remain within the programme budget.
* Analyse simple datasets, identifying trends and reporting anomalies to the Project Lead.
* Act as a key individual in the overall success of the programme.
* Provide day-to-day administrative support to the Cancer Alliance Timely Presentation team
* Support Senior Project Managers / Project Managers.
Working for our organisation
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
* Kind
* Empowered
* Responsible
* Inclusive
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Person specification
Experience
* Experience of managing project documentation including Gantt charts, issue logs and action plans
* Experience of meeting coordination and event planning
* Experience of working under pressure
* Experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders
* Experience of working in the voluntary sector
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 3 qualification relevant to post or equivalent experience
* ECDL or equivalent experience
* GCSE English and Maths or equivalent
Knowledge & Expertise
* Broad range of IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and local information systems, including project specific software packages
* Experience in providing administrative and project support functions, in a Programme or Project environment
* Experience of administering and co-ordinating a wide range of activities including project planning, tracking and reporting
* Experience of planning and organising meetings, including strong and effective note and action taking skills
* Knowledge of NHS Information Governance and confidentiality processes.
* Knowledge of the national cancer agenda
If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited for an interview via email. Please ensure you regularly check your emails (including junk folders) following your application and let us know if you have any problems. If you would prefer for us to communicate with you in a different way, or need adjustments to the interview process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 556 5176 or [emailprotected].
The cost of processing a new DBS application is met by the successful applicant. DBS costs are recovered via salary deduction following commencement in post - further details including cost are available from the Recruitment Team.
The Trust takes active responsibility for meeting national guidance and legal requirements in relation to our Safeguarding Policy, including local arrangements for the protection of adults at risk.
The Trust is committed to providing high standards of both patient and staff experience. To support us in doing this the Trust, in partnership with Trade Unions has developed and embedded key values and behaviours that all staff are required to demonstrate throughout their employment.
We promote and support diversity in our workforce. The Trust have staff networks for LGBTQ+, disability and long terms conditions, international and ethnically diverse staff and a menopause network.
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