Programme Manager SWAG Cancer Alliance

Cancer Alliances are unique. We are the primary vehicle for delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions for cancer and improvements in cancer performance. By collaborating across organisational boundaries, we put the patient at the heart of what we do. In other words, creating a culture and systems which empowers people to do the right thing.
Therefore, this is a unique and exciting role for the next step in your career!
We need an experienced healthcare Programme Manager as part of a dynamic team to drive forward the adoption of large scale clinical transformation and change to improve outcomes for patients and enable successful delivery of the ambitions of the Long-Term Plan for Cancer.
We offer those joining us a new challenge in a fast pace and forward-thinking innovation and improvement environment. If you are passionate about making a difference to cancer care as our team is, this is the role for you. You will be supported by a robust orientation and structured development pathway., The post holder will be responsible for:
Managing multiple programmes across early and faster diagnosis, treatment and personalised care, including supporting the implementation of strong governance, protocols, and project controls.
Delivering successfully complex strategic healthcare projects working in partnership across organisational boundaries and to achieve results through others who may not be direct reports.
Building internal and external relationships which deliver improvements and efficiencies and work across organisational boundaries.
Managing the development of policy and strategy for the delivery of key projects.
Working closely with partner programmes and organisations, to ensure their priorities and deliverables are aligned to the Cancer Alliance's objectives.
Engaging extensively with stakeholders to ensure they are part of the design and delivery of cancer transformation projects.
To act as a champion for patients and their interests and involve the public and patients in the policy development and decision-making of SWAG CA.
To create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday action ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality., Operational
As senior lead working internally and externally to deliver projects, initiatives, and services to time and in a cost-effective way.
To support the identification and sharing of best practice to support service improvement.
To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
Support the portfolio of programmes/projects in demonstrating value for money tracking, managing, and delivering agreed benefits.
Provide advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors and stakeholders.
In depth analysis, interpretation, and production of complex and multiple reports.
Planning and Organisation
Ensure projects, services and initiatives are delivered on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner, adjusting plans as required.
Determine the strategic planning of projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
Determine the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes, in accordance with Service Sector priorities.
Determine short, medium, and long-term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.
Improving quality and outcomes
To work collaboratively with the regional and national programme teams and other key stakeholders to ensure that the defined programmes deliver improvements in outcomes for patients.
To lead the planning, delivery, and assurance of large-scale programmes of quality improvement which support commissioners in achieving outcome ambitions for patients. This will require strong project and programme management skills.
To develop and utilise specialist knowledge and experience in cancer care, related to the use of network models and improvement science to achieve step changes in quality across complex pathways and systems of care.
To manage and maintain credibility with all the key players within the alliance community, fostering a culture of collaboration for the delivery of equitable, high-quality care. At times this will include acting as an 'honest broker' reconciling conflicting views and interests.
To understand, communicate and implement national policy through alliance improvement activities.
To keep abreast of national best practice, ensuring this is shared and widespread adoption secured through advanced influencing skills.
To foster a culture of innovation, through working in collaboration with academic and education structures such as Health Innovation Networks, CLAHRCs and Local Education and Training Boards.
To establish and maintain robust and systematic governance arrangements for improvement project activities.
To establish and maintain highly effective communication routes to meet the needs of a diverse range of stakeholder interests.
Enabling Clinical Leadership
To ensure that clinical leadership is central to the delivery of all alliance activities.
To work collaboratively across the Cancer Alliance, regionally and nationally to foster and promote a culture of clinical engagement and influence ensuring alliance improvement initiatives are truly clinically led.
To ensure widespread multidisciplinary involvement including doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and clinical scientists in pathway improvement.
Enabling patient and public involvement
To act as a champion for patients and their interests and involve the public and patients in policy development and decision-making.
To ensure patients, and their carers, are actively engaged in alliance activities. Particular focus is needed on ensuring pathways of care are patient centred.
Promoting equality and reducing inequalities
To uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality.
To create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday action to ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality.
Policy and Service Development
Have responsibility for developing policy and procedure within own discipline/field, including briefings, commissioning, business, or resources.
Responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation to policies, guidelines, and service level agreements (SLA's) which may impact within Department or Directorate.
Proposes changes to own project/service and make recommendations for other projects/service delivery.
People Management
Responsible for the day-to-day range of staff management matters, which will include responsibility for supporting appraisals, development of staff, recruitment, and where necessary employee relations matters.
Responsible for an individual's development on the job and team performance.
Information
Develop and deliver information sharing systems.
Develop the acquisition, organisation, provision and use of knowledge and information.
Highlight exceptions and risks ensuring mitigating action is taken.
Drafting reports summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports.
Collate as required, qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to develop robust business cases and contribute to delivery of 'products' and service improvement.
Analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.
Financial and Physical Resources
Responsible for matching the available budget to the appropriate staff resources and projects and for ensuring that the budget breaks even, coordinating and monitoring expenditure.
Responsible for supporting the commissioning of projects and procurement of services to support project delivery, acting in accordance with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instruction.
Provide financial reports to the Managing Director and the Board as required.
Act in a way that is compliant with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions in the discharge of this responsibility.
Constantly strive for value for money and greater efficiency in the use of budgets, and to ensure that they operate in recurrent financial balance year on year.
Partnership and cross boundary working
To ensure links and collaboration between the alliance and the varying strategic clinical networks where there are synergies in pathways and work priorities.
To engage and develop collaborations for quality improvement across whole health communities, for the realisation of equitable access to quality care and the achievement of outcome ambitions for all patients.
To work with other structures, including Health Innovation Networks, aligning innovation, education, informatics, and quality improvement.
To work with national level bodies ensuring alignment of policy and service transformation for patients.
Leadership for transformational change
To model a collaborative and influencing style of working, negotiating with others to achieve the best outcomes. Embedding this approach across the alliance.
To be a highly motivated individual, demonstrating a transformational leadership style and adopt a flexible approach to meet the competing demands of the role.

Cancer Alliances are responsible for leading the planning and delivery of cancer services and for leading work across their local system to: speed up cancer pathways, diagnose cancer earlier and improve survival, improve patient experience and quality of life, and reduce health inequalities in cancer services.
SWAG CA is hosted by North Bristol NHS Trust for the purposes of formal employment and the provision of back-office support to the Cancer Alliance.
The post holder is hybrid working with a minimum of 40% office based within the SWAG CA geography.
The post holder will be required to travel across the South West.
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups., If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel .
North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT's workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.