Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance Programme Manager

at  Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance Band 8B Permanent This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative and dynamic team responsible for cancer diagnostic services across Surrey and Sussex. The Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance is a partnership that brings together leaders from different hospital trusts and other health and social organisation and covers a population of approx. 3.6 million people. Our aim is to improve the diagnosis and treatment and care outcomes for cancer patients in Surrey and Sussex.
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual to lead on the operational delivery of the Surrey and Sussex Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) Programme. Working within the alliance TLHC team, you will oversee day to day delivery of the programme and support a large scale roll out to achieve 100% population coverage by 2029 across the Surrey and Sussex cancer alliance region. You will develop an excellent relationship with clinical and administrative leadership teams within General Practice and Secondary Care to enable delivery of programmes of work that improve early detection of lung cancer. The successful candidate will: oversee the day-to-day delivery of the service ensuring all participants receive an efficient, seamless, and high-quality service across the whole pathway manage the design, co-ordination, and implementation of the TLHC programme working with a wide range of stakeholders across organisational and geographical boundaries support clinical and operational leads within each Place to produce project concepts and develop plans and improve engagement to ensure successful delivery of the programme work with the TLHC team on the planning and development of the TLHC programme roll out, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
The Alliance offices are based in Guildford, with travel when necessary across Surrey and Sussex. Flexible working and secondments will be considered. The post holder will lead on the delivery of change programmes across the system and promote the uptake of initiatives that drive improvements to patient pathways including: Performance measurement Demand and capacity management Leadership, engagement and ownership Governance arrangements and processes Collection, analysis and use of information Implementation of re-designed pathways Patient navigation within and between providers Sustainable solutions They will work with senior managers, executive directors and senior clinicians from all organisations that commission or provide NHS funded care across England. Working in partnership to design and deliver tailored programmes, the post holder will work with systems to design and deploy improvements to patient pathways.
The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning and service. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery. For further information or to arrange an informal discussion, please contact Stephanie Bell, Early Diagnosis Programme Director Stephanie.bell3@nhs.net Tom Pugh, PMO and Business Manager t.pugh1@nhs.ne

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