He primary purpose of this role is to direct the day-to-day operational management of the local programme which covers Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire as part of the Thames Valley Vascular Network. The aim of local programme is to the arrange and offer screening appointments for men in their 65th year and patients within the local surveillance programme in line with the National Programme Standards/Guidance. The programme manager will oversee the work of the clerical officers and screening technicians. Duties will include: locating and managing relationships with suitable screening sites; organising staff rotas; clean up processes at the end of each year to identify men newly registered to GPs in the area who may have missed appointments; answering queries from clinicians, screening technicians, patients, members of the public and other interested parties; referring patients to vascular surgeons; extracting data from other notes and hospital systems; processing, tabulating, recording and storing data associated with screening, treatment and deaths, and producing reports; monitoring fail-safe systems; monitoring and reporting any serious adverse events and taking steps to ensure the safety of staff and patients; authorising expenditure up to specified limits and checking budget statements; ordering office and clinical consumables; overseeing archiving of data and reporting/presenting data to local and national teams on KPI’s.
The post holder has considerable freedom to act in respect of managing the programme locally and will work independently and lead on a number of initiatives supporting the AAA screening programme, including giving direction and support to clinical research, promoting the benefits of the programme and seeking future funding opportunities. Line Manager for local screening technician team/leader and clerical staff. They will be accountable for the delegated budget including the authorisation of expenditure relating to the screening programme.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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rogramme Delivery & Developement
• Organise and manage the activities of a screening programme at the local level including strategic planning for the year ahead to achieve cohort.
• Address any problems that arise with clinics, staff, screening equipment, computers, data collection or hospital staff and facilities.
• Manage and oversee all aspects of screening to ensure the smooth running of the programme, facilitating the appropriate management of subjects within the programme on all pathways.
• Seek, inspect and select new off-site screening venues, preparing documentation of site inspections and instructions for staff.
• Review the results collected by screening and clerical staff at regular intervals and instigate further training where necessary.
Information & Analysis
• Validate and interpret data and cross check data quarterly.
• Prepare and present results for internal and external review concerning data collected from the local screening programme
• Generate reports and statistics as requested by Clinical Lead, SIT and Quality Assurance Teams.
• Collate information from patient’s notes and hospital information systems relevant to screening, AAA surgery and deaths as per National Guidance and Recommendations. .
• Update appropriate databases with new and additional information.
• Develop new systems as required.
This advert closes on Friday 28 Mar 2025
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