Job summary
- Main area
- Targeted Lung Health Project Manager
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment may be considered for internal applicants)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 359-6465696-T1
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone Hospital
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 30/08/2024
Employer heading
Project Manager
Band 8a
Job overview
The Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance is delighted to have been chosen as one of the phase 3 pilot sites for the Targeted Lung Health Checks programme. This programme will offer a lung health check and a subsequent low-dose CT scan if clinically indicated to eligible patients. The aim is to diagnose lung cancer at an early stage, improving treatment outcomes for patients. The TLHC programme will be offered to current and former smokers, aged between 55 and 74.
Main duties of the job
The Programme Manager will be required to develop and deliver this whole system approach and oversee the delivery of this transformation project within West Kent. You will proactively engage with a wide range of stakeholders to develop common principles and framework for the TLHC Programmes guided by the National Programme and National Protocol. At the same time, you will work with local communities, health and care to design and deliver the programme.
The post holder will be responsible for the project management, operational management and mobilisation of the TLHC service, which will be centred at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals.
Working for our organisation
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Standard Level.
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: 30th August 2024.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters level or relevant experience
- Evidence of further personal development
Desirable criteria
- Project management qualification or relevant experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of setting up a working service
- Experience in a management role to include staff, budget and operation experience.
- Experience in building partnerships with different stakeholders
- Working in a fast-paced environment
- Working with colleagues at all levels
- Experience of leading and managing change
- Sound statistical and financial analysis
- Performance management, including monitoring of delivery to timescales
- Excellent interpersonal skill and experience of collaborative working is essential, with proven ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels across a wide range of organisations.
- Excellent interpersonal skill and experience of collaborative working is essential, with proven ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels across a wide range of organisations.
- Experience of budget management and forecasting or familiarity with project budget management and processes
- Experience of using Microsoft Office IT packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Desirable criteria
- A good understanding of patient care
- Working with clinicians
- Experience of working with health care systems
- Experience of working with a National Screening Programme
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lorraine Brooker
- Job title
- Interim General Manager for Cancer Performance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07480248853
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