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- Radiotherapy, in one of the world's largest radiotherapy departments and at our satellite radiotherapy centres in Oldham and Salford
- Chemotherapy, in the UK's largest chemotherapy unit, as well as via 10 other sites, a mobile chemotherapy unit and in patients’ homes
- Highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer. Click here to find out more about surgery at The Christie.
- A wide range of support and diagnostic services
Find out more about how we treat cancer.
We are a national cancer specialist based in Manchester
We serve a population of 3.2 million people across Greater Manchester and Cheshire while 26% of our patients are referred to us from across the UK.
We have an annual turnover of £230 million, operating with 2,500 staff, 300 volunteers, 30,000 public members and one of the largest hospital charities in the UK.
Find out more about our Foundation Trust
We have been delivering world-first breakthroughs for over 100 years
The Christie has been named, by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to take part in clinical research studies.
The Christie has one of the largest trials portfolios in the UK, with over 650 active clinical trials.
We are part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre working with The University of Manchester and Cancer Research UK. We are also one of seven partners in the Manchester Academic Health Science Research Centre.
We established The Christie School of Oncology to provide undergraduate education, clinical professional and medical education - the first of its kind in the UK.
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Workforce Project Manager
Accepting applications until: 09-Jan-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 09-Jan-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- E00826
- Town
- Manchester
- Postcode
- M20 4BX
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 12 months (12 months fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- E00826
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to join on the North West Radiotherapy Operational Delivery Network (ODN) as a Workforce Project Manager (AfC 8a) for 12 months, 1.0 WTE.
To enable the North West Radiotherapy ODN to continue to make significant progress, we are looking for a Workforce Project Manager to join our team to support delivery of the Workforce Improvement plan. The post holder will deliver the improvement plan Train, Retain and Reform.
The Workforce Project Manager post is an excellent opportunity for an individual who is passionate about improving cancer services with experience working in a project environment and/or operational experience in cancer services. The post holder will have a key role in supporting trusts and building strong relationships with stakeholders to support the delivery of the cancer workforce strategy / implementation plan, ensuring this aligns to national, regional, and local objectives.
If interested and would like more information, please contact Danny, Network Manager [email protected]
Advert
The Workforce Project Manager will play a pivotal role in the Radiotherapy ODN, providing leadership, advice, practical support redesign, and transformational change initiatives across the Network. Leading the delivery of transformational change in the North West Radiotherapy ODN, the post holder will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to initiate, design, control and execute specific projects within the Radiotherapy ODN Programme of work. This work includes, but is not limited to, lead planning and delivery of the programme, including the identification of key milestones, deliverables, and benefits. In addition the post holder will promote the importance of workforce and education transformation in the delivery of all NWRODN projects / the NWRODN strategy, and organise events were appropriate. The role extends to championing continuous improvement, adapting to the evolving needs of the Network.
The Workforce Project Manager will support a coordinated and coherent approach to improvement and transformational change within the largest Radiotherapy ODN in England, comprising three Radiotherapy providers. The duties include analysing complex information, interpreting data to simulate transformation outcomes, and making recommendations on service development priorities.
Working for our organisation
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Workforce Project Manager will :
- Lead planning and delivery of the programme, including the identification of key milestones, deliverables, and benefits.
- Work with stakeholders to support the delivery of the cancer workforce strategy / implementation plan, ensuring this aligns to national, regional, and local objectives.
- Promote the importance of workforce and education transformation in the delivery of all NWRODN projects / the NWRODN strategy, and organise events were appropriate.
- Build links with NWRODN boards to ensure workforce and education transformation is always on the agenda.
- Link in with relevant national, regional workforce groups were appropriate.
- Promote the strategy within the region to inform local workforce and education strategies.
- Present information and issues, explaining highly complex issues, to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
The indicative roles and responsibilities are as follows:
Leadership and expertise
- Act as a workforce subject matter expert alongside the Programme Lead.
- Be a champion for workforce transformation the Network, as well as co-ordinate and respond to national / regional work.
- Exert influence upon senior clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure that implementation of the strategy remain a priority in their own work programmes.
- Remain up to date with workforce developments from a national / regional perspective and disseminate these developments to the appropriate audience.
- Act as the workforce and education representative on various cancer pathway boards.
Set-up and organisation
- Manage the administration of various workforce meetings and project specific boards.
- Oversee the preparation of agendas, papers, minutes for specific meetings and follow up agreed actions with responsible individuals, holding them to account for lack of progress.
- Build relationships across the Network, including primary, secondary and community care as well as public & patient engagement.
- Manage workforce project dashboards to measure success within the programme.
Communication and support
- Be a point of contact for various workforce workstreams.
- Lead the development of innovative proposals for workforce transformation projects.
- Create reports and papers to update relevant boards and project steering groups on project developments and to seek approval for recommended action.
Data and information
- Keep up to date with research and literature from national and international sources relevant to the cancer workforce.
- Collate data and literature into concise reports and tools and present to the Network Oversight Group (NOG), making clear recommendations for action.
- Review how workforce data is captured across the Network to ensure this is fit for purpose and influences the workforce programme.
Planning and reporting
- Manage Workforce project plans for the various projects ensuring that this contains clear objectives, tasks and identified leads.
- Ensure that the work plan reflects and contributes towards the delivery of the Workforce implementation plan and objectives of improved clinical care and patient experience.
- Coordinate the reporting of outcome measures so they can be monitored during the year.
- Track progress against these outcome measures and provide progress reports to project steering groups and the NOG.
- Maintain a risk register for the relevant workstreams, reporting risks and issues to the Programme Lead and NOG when required.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent or significant experience of working at a similar level
Desirable criteria
- Formal project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE 2 practitioner or equivalent)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Has experience of leadership without direct authority.
- Has experience of working in the NHS, Local Authority, voluntary or private sector at a senior level.
- Has experience managing projects within the Health and Care system.
- Has worked as part of a multidisciplinary team in a healthcare environment.
- Has worked with senior clinical colleagues to improve services.
- Has led projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Has managed and reported on risks and issues.
Desirable criteria
- Has experience leading workforce transformation.
- Has managed members of staff.
- Has experience monitoring finances linked to projects.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Can use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint software to a high standard.
- Can produce concise and insightful written materials for senior stakeholders or a broader audience as appropriate.
- Can create and deliver presentations to a broad range of different stakeholders.
- Can influence others to develop a shared vision.
- Can challenge other team members and senior colleagues when necessary.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial information.
- Can analyse very complex information from a wide range of sources where material may be conflicting.
- Can use experience to make inferences and act where information is incomplete.
- Can develop plans for the short and long term for services that extend across multiple organisations and adjust them as required.
- Can monitor progress against plans, escalating risks and issues as appropriate.
- Can manage own workload.
- Can make informed decisions in the absence of complete information.
- Can work to demanding and changing timescales.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Has an understanding of the Cancer Workforce transformation.
Desirable criteria
- Has an understanding of cancer services in the North West.
Values
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Daniel Hutton
- Job title
- Network Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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