Living With Cancer (LWC) Acute Project Manager

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

• Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
• Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
• Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
• Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
• Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

• Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
• NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
• Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
• Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

• Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
• Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
• Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
• Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
• Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job overview

Applicants are invited to apply for the post of Living With Cancer (LWC) Acute Project Manager at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospital. In collaboration with the Living with Cancer Programme, this key role ensures the LWC strategy for Lincolnshire is delivered across the acute trust, whilst also identifying and supporting improvements around the personalisation agenda for cancer patients.

The post holder will work primarily supporting PSFU (personalised stratified follow up) pathways specifically RMS (Remote monitoring system) to drive positive change.

This is an exciting time to be part of promoting personalisation across the trust with cancer improvements.

• The post holder will work as part of the Cancer Services team within the acute Trust (ULHT) to support them in delivering the key LWABC priorities, leading on identified secondary care projects specifically PSFU and RMS
• To lead on the delivery of the secondary care aspects of the Cancer Recovery Package. These include embedding the Holistic Needs Assessment throughout the cancer pathways, embedding Treatment Summaries, supporting the design of Health and Wellbeing events and personalised stratified follow up (PSFU)
• This role will include working closely with the Macmillan Development Manager within LWCCG to ensure a cohesive delivery approach.
• This role will include working across the acute Trust with cancer multidisciplinary teams (MDT’s), Matrons and Business Units.
• This role will require effective communication with wider stakeholders including Clinical Leads and Managers, Macmillan Partnership Quality Lead and patients.
• This role will require the ability to meet deadlines and lead on delivery of a defined secondary care projects within the acute Trust.

Working for our organisation

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) is one of the largest trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 750,000 people of Lincolnshire.

In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.

• To provide comprehensive project management support to the MDT’s in planning, embedding and reporting Treatment Summaries, supporting clinicians to deliver PSFU project outcomes that enable improved quality of life and experience for patients, with a standardised assessment and care planning process to enable more efficient use of resources.
• To provide project management for identified projects within secondary care to ensure operational delivery.
• Ensure that the appropriate infrastructures are in place to deliver service development within the organisation including information technology, and information systems to deliver quality and improved health outcomes as specified.
• Develop, maintain and lead on the project planning and implementation, adjusting as required to change demands or service needs within the scope of the project.
• Chair project meetings, coordinating meeting dates, agenda and leading the format of the meeting whilst contributing and assisting in the key areas of work to deliver the details and implementation of the project.
• Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and its proactive resolution and escalation processes.
• Maintain a detailed up to date knowledge of national / local primary care strategies, policies and guidance, as it will impact upon areas of responsibility, analysing trends and research.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Master’s degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Evidence of continued professional development.

• Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent
• Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project

previous experience

• Knowledge of the public sector and health service management
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Demonstrated experience of planning and co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level

• Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment

Evidence of Particular: - Knowledge - Skills - Aptitudes

• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: Patient Centred Safety Compassion Respect and Excellence
• Adaptable to change and the needs of the Service
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work within a team environment

We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.

We are a People Promise exemplar site, for more information on the NHS People Promise - NHS England » Our NHS People Promise

As a responsible employer ULTH would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULTH where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULTH for this cost.

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You are:

• A Service Leaver
• A Veteran
• A Military Reserve
• A Cadet Force Adult Volunteer
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