An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Chief Operating Officer's Office, working closely with the Trust Cancer Lead Clinician, Lead Cancer Nurse, Trust Executive Team, and Operational teams ensuring effective and high-quality cancer care is provided to our patients and families at the NNUH.
The Head of Cancer Performance will drive and lead cancer performance delivery across all divisions against NHS England's Cancer Waiting Times standards.
The post holder will be able to share best practice in cancer pathway management across the trust, supporting challenged areas as required by providing in-depth analysis of performance issues and guiding recovery action plans. The Head of Cancer Performance will be a key point of contact and work in collaboration with our colleagues at NHS England, the Cancer Alliance, Norfolk & Waveney ICB, and Cancer teams at our neighbouring trusts.
Interview date: 13th November 2024.
Main duties of the job
As post holder, your duties will include:
1. To ensure all patients requiring access to outpatient appointments, diagnostics and elective inpatient or day-case treatment are managed equitably and consistently, in line with national cancer waiting time standards and the NHS Constitution.
2. To maintain effective, constructive relationships with partners in other acute hospital trusts, ICB, Cancer Alliances, NHS England and Improvement with regard to the trust's Cancer performance. To provide these partners with relevant and accurate reporting, information and recovery plans as required.
3. Manage the Trust's Cancer Service Development Budget, ensuring funding supports improvements to the overall Trust cancer position.
4. Be the information asset owner for the Trust's Cancer Registry.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
* Flexible working hours
* Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
* Multi Faith prayer room
* Discounted gym memberships
* Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
* Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
* Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
* Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
* On-site Nursery
* On-site cafes offering staff discounts
* Support in career development
* Flexible staff bank
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description
Job responsibilities
* To ensure all patients requiring access to outpatient appointments, diagnostics and elective inpatient or day-case treatment are managed equitably and consistently, in line with national cancer waiting time standards and the NHS Constitution.
* To support the strategic planning and implementation of local cancer services within the locality and wider Cancer network in conjunction with the Trust Lead Clinician, Director of Cancer Services, Trust Executive Board, Network Team and other key stakeholders.
* Lead on the delivery of the national targets and recommendations, reporting achievements and key risk factors, and developing recommendations to address areas of non-compliance.
* To ensure delivery of Trust performance levels with regard to internally monitored metrics.
* To ensure that the Trust accurately reports its Cancer performance both internally and externally.
* To provide reports to the Executive Board on all areas of cancer waiting times both through formal meetings and through regular updates as appropriate.
* Be the Trust lead for data quality related to the Cancer Registry.
* To develop and maintain a training strategy for cancer waiting times across the Trust.
* To maintain effective, constructive relationships with partners in other acute hospital trusts, ICB, Cancer Alliances, NHS England and Improvement with regard to the trusts Cancer performance.
* To lead on monitoring performance-related penalties associated with delivery of cancer standards.
* Responsible as line manager of team within own service in line with appropriate policies, procedures, working practices and guidelines, ensuring all resources are deployed to maximise an efficient and effective delivery of services to patients and users.
* Provide regular performance reports on progress, status and achievements for own area to be used by both Management and Users.
* To deputise for the Deputy COO Elective Care Performance and Recovery as required at internal and external meetings related to cancer performance.
* To participate in the Trust's On-call Rota.
Please see the attached job description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Educated to Master's degree, or equivalent knowledge gained through experience.
Experience
Essential
* Extensive NHS experience obtained at a senior level.
Skills
Essential
* Highly developed knowledge of NHS Cancer Waiting Times standards and all related national rule sets.
* Understanding of the different environments in which the trust operates and ability to assess opportunities for innovation, partnership and enhanced care.
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
* Ability to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against deadlines.
* Inspirational and highly motivated.
* Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence.
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
Address
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Colney Lane
Norwich
NR4 7UY
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