Macmillan Personalisation Improvement Facilitator - Band 7

Applicants are invited to apply for the post of Macmillan Personalisation Improvement Facilitator 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 play a pivotal role in supporting teams to deliver personalisation across cancer pathways and services by supporting operational and clinical teams with the implementation of the core elements within the Personalised Care agenda as per the NHS Long Term plan, using the comprehensive model of care as a driving force. The post holder will work closely with clinical and operational teams as well as other key stakeholders to identify opportunities for personalised care transformation, creating culture change across the organisation as a whole to drive positive change.

They will be expected to provide expert leadership, organisational and management skills to ensure the alignment of national programmes alongside regional drivers are met as they work across the system. They will support clinical teams with the development of policies and processes to facilitate the implementation and delivery of improved personalised care and support for cancer patients. This is an exciting time to be part of promoting personalisation across the trust with cancer improvements., We understand that people who are offered good support before, during and after a cancer diagnosis and treatment have better outcomes than people who don't. We have set out how we are going to develop integrated services in our Living With and Beyond Cancer Strategy for Lincolnshire 2021- 2023 to ensure improved support and personalised care is embedded in practice. The post holder will be key to leading the acute elements of this plan.

The post holder will work as part of the Cancer Services team within the acute Trust (ULTH) to support in delivering the key LWC priorities.

To manage service improvements and the delivery of the secondary care aspects of the Personalisation Agenda. These include embedding the Holistic Needs Assessments, Patient Stratified Follow-Up including Treatment Summaries throughout all cancer pathways and supporting the design of Health and Wellbeing events.

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 Lead cancer nurse, clinical leads and managers, Macmillan Partnership Quality Lead and patients.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).