Programme Manager (Lung Cancer Screening Programme) in South Shields

The Lung cancer screening programme is the newest screening programme to the NHS, aimed at the early detection of Lung Cancer within patients aged between 55 and 75 who have a history of smoking. The Program was launched in 2022 within the South Tyneside and Sunderland locality. This role is well suited to candidates who have project or programme management experience, a good understanding of budgets and are willing to learn and build networks with the local communities to ensure compliance and uptake within the specified age range. You will work closely with the Screening Team ensuring we meet monthly delivery targets, developing staff and really getting the best from your team. You will work alongside Respiratory and Radiology clinical teams within the Trust, contributing to clinical pathway developments and optimising uptake of the screening service across South Tyneside and Sunderland demonstrating excellent planning and organisational skills.

Main duties of the job:

• To provide excellent leadership skills to deliver a transformational programme of work for patients in South Tyneside and Sunderland.
• Leading by example and providing operational day to day support to the screening team.
• To work collaboratively and in partnership with a wide stakeholder community including senior clinical and managerial leaders and external support agencies.
• To work in partnership with the National Screening Programme to deliver a transformational programme of work to enable the early detection of lung cancer which is a key part of the NHS Long Term Plan and National Cancer Plan.
• Develop and deliver a whole system approach across the lung cancer screening pathway, engaging with stakeholders from primary care, local authorities and community groups.
• Close and ongoing liaison with Respiratory and Radiology clinical leads in developing and delivery effective pathways, tailoring the service to local population needs that ensures maximum benefit and population health improvement.
• Plan and organise a broad range of complex activities i.e. pro-actively facilitate agreement and approval of project scope, goals, deliverables and benefits; adjusting strategic plans which may impact multiple service performances.
• Able to assess highly complex and often conflicting information, including qualitative and quantitative data requiring analysis and interpretation.

About us:

One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under-represented groups. Looking after our workforce's health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.

This is an exciting role, which requires excellent management and leadership skills to deliver a programme of work for patients across South Tyneside and Sunderland. As part of the Lung Cancer Screening Programme (LCSP) the Programme Manager will work closely with Trust colleagues, representatives from the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENCICB) and the Northern Cancer Alliance to deliver a screening programme to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities by focusing on the early detection of lung cancer. The Programme Manager will be required to continue to develop and oversee the delivery of this programme within South Tyneside and Sunderland. They will proactively engage with a wide range of stakeholders to develop common principles and framework for the LCS Programme guided by the National LCS Programme and National Protocol. At the same time, they will work with all regional stakeholders to deliver the programme. This will involve close and ongoing liaison with ICB place based clinical leads for each locality, Northern Cancer Alliance and Public Health Leads; to help facilitate an effective screening service across the various delivery stages, whilst building and maintaining effective relationships across organisations. The role will focus on continued screening delivery. All components of the programme should be tailored to population needs; i.e. smoking cessation, public health and community awareness, lung health check invitations and optimal lung pathway delivery. The programme and its delivery plan should be integrated within the wider health and social care agendas to ensure maximum benefit and population health improvement. The post will also contribute to other areas of work as required; therefore, the role requires excellent communication and negotiation skills to influence stakeholders from across a range of organisations.

Person Specification:

• Essential: Educated to degree level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area within the NHS.
• Professional programme or project management qualification (e.g. MSP/Prince2) or equivalent experience.
• Desirable: Improvement methodologies, e.g. LEAN, Six Sigma.
• Essential: Ability to sit at workstations as necessary to perform the post, i.e. mobility to be able to use VDU for long periods. Ability to travel to local community groups for promotional activities.
• Essential: Able to assess highly complex and conflicting information, including data requiring analysis and interpretation.
• Computer literate with an ability to use the required systems/office packages.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Ability to interpret and achieve results through influence and negotiation with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Highly developed negotiating and influencing skills, overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance, and reaching agreements.
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
• Understanding of broad NHS and social care roles and responsibilities, structures and processes.
• Knowledge and experience of project management tools, techniques and methodology.
• Practical experience of managing multiple successful projects, including the development of complex project management frameworks, monitoring and review processes.
• Proven successful planning and organisation experience.
• Experience of leading and delivering large scale programmes of work, where there are significant and complex interdependencies across organisations.
• Performance management, including monitoring of delivery to timescales.
• Ability to efficiently prioritise own workload and the workload of others whilst working within very tight deadlines and with differing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of collaborative working, with proven ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels across a wide range of organisations.
• Ability to present complex information including analysis of data and statistics in a concise, accurate and understandable way to a range of audiences.
• Experience of budget management and forecasting or familiarity with project budget management and processes.
• Experience of managing people.
• Experience of managing change and service improvement.
• Experience of using Microsoft Office IT packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint.