Cancer Alliances were recommended by the Independent Cancer Taskforce report: Achieving World Class Cancer Outcomes A Strategy for Cancer 2015 - 2020. The West Midlands Cancer Alliances acts as the decision-making body for the transformation, planning and delivery of the Cancer Strategy across the West Midlands.
The Cancer Alliance will adopt a whole-population, whole-pathway approach to addressing the ambitions of the Cancer Strategy. Working across the geographical footprint to transform services and care, reducing variation in the availability of good care and the outcomes of treatment while aiming to deliver continuous improvement in patient experience, and reductions in inequality of access.
In addition to the delivery of cancer performance standards and the objectives of the transformation programme for 2025/26, the post holder is responsible for working with the Managing Director and Regional SRO for Cancer on the development of a strategic vision for future cancer services for the population of the West Midlands based on the ambitions of the Operational Delivery Plan and the 10-year Cancer Plan.
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in the West Midlands Cancer Alliance hosted by The Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
Key Responsibilities
* Demonstrate significant experience and understanding of a breadth and depth of analytical methods (i.e. economics, statistics, social research, health related disciplines and operational research techniques) and their application, to provide timely analysis and intelligence to a standard which reflects current best practice.
* Work with other regional, Cancer Alliance and System informatics and analyst colleagues to manage resources; building a matrix team and providing appropriate coaching and support where relevant.
* Build and manage collaborative relationships across the health and care system to identify and challenge strategic cancer priorities ensuring data, intelligence and analyses are relevant to identify and making visible current cancer services provision and the causes relevant to these positions.
* Have excellent project management skills, including the ability to plan, manage and deliver a portfolio of projects, manage competing priorities and tight deadlines, and work autonomously to drive own work programme and that of team members.
* Structure problems and develop appropriate analytical solutions, analysing and triangulating data in innovative ways, adapt approaches to deal with ambiguity. Deploy analytical judgement in dealing with complex problems or missing data.
Operational Requirements
* Deputising for the Associate Director- Corporate as and when required.
* Directly manages the cancer informatics and intelligence resource for the West Midlands Cancer Alliance.
* Working within the overall strategic objectives, devise, implement and monitor the strategy. Evaluate, interpret and locally implement best practice.
* Provide overall management to the whole function.
* Develop and implement qualitative and quantitative measures to determine performance against the organisational strategy.
* Report progress against the strategy through personal representation at senior management forums and by written reports.
* Ensure that best practice is developed and shared across the systems.
* Motivate and influence others to realign their practice where necessary.
* Personally lead, support and contribute to formal negotiations with senior level internal and external stakeholders.
* Advise on innovative opportunities and support all departments in their strategies and programmes to maximise service benefits.
* Oversee the tracking of progress against plans and transition milestones.
* Ensure the securing of value for money, assuring relevant factors such as quality and governance.
* Monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables.
* Develop business plans and provide expert strategic and policy advice and guidance.
* Devise, manage and update policies and procedures.
* Support the creation and local implementation of the operational strategy and business plan.
* Drive process efficiency in the continuous development of the end-to-end cycle and its associated performance metrics.
* Accountable for short, medium and long-term strategic business plans.
* Responsible for linking people, resource and strategy to organisational strategy.
Financial and Physical Resources
* Budgetary responsibility for the function and the services provided within that function.
* Constantly strive for value for money and greater efficiency in the use of these budgets.
People Management
* Build collaborative working environment and an innovative culture.
* Support an effective matrix approach to achieve the Alliances objectives.
* Manage, motivate, inspire and develop staff within the team.
* Responsible for the recruitment and development of staff.
Information Management
* Responsible for devising, developing and implementing appropriate information sharing systems.
* Lead the creation, maintenance and review of information systems for collecting, evaluating and interpreting complex data.
Research and Development
* Ensure the team can access best practice and current information within specialism.
* Commission Research and Development initiatives when required.
Policy and Service Development
* Identify and assess opportunities for new services and threats to existing services.
* Develop plans and seize opportunities, mitigate threats and deliver strategic objectives.
Key Working Relationships
* Regular contact with internal and external stakeholders.
* Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects.
* Oversee the team to develop and implement processes and systems that align to strategy.
Seniority Level
Director
Employment Type
Contract
Job Function
Management
Industries
Strategic Management Services
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