Head of Cancer Performance

Employer: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Royal Derby Hospital

Town: Derby

Salary: £74,290 – £85,601 pa

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 09/02/2025 23:59

Interview date: 24/02/2025

Head of Cancer Performance

Band 8c

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

We are looking for an ambitious and talented senior leader with a flair for high quality management and administration for the role of Head of Cancer (Band 8b/c dependent on experience) to lead our Cancer Centre and wider multi-disciplinary teams to improve services for cancer patients at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton. Reporting directly to the Associate Director, Patient Access & Performance, as part of the Chief Operating Officer’s portfolio, this is a demanding role with influence and impact across the whole Trust and beyond, so it will require good stakeholder management skills via clear communications and visible leadership to create the impact required.

You will also be joining us at a time of unprecedented challenge in Cancer services as we look to revolutionise our services to become more responsive for our patients. This will require you to have experience and knowledge of change management tools and techniques, whilst at the same time ensuring that the patient is at the centre of everything you do. Experience and knowledge of cancer services will be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

You will have a track record of demonstrable leadership, being a role model for high quality values and behaviour, and the proven ability to lead or support transformational change in order to improve how we do things.

It will be critical that you have the ability to inspire staff, stimulate innovation and collaboration and strive for the highest standards of performance. As a financially astute manager, you will also be fully committed to delivering services as efficiently as possible.

We will provide the successful applicant with the exposure, experiences and stretch critical to their development for the next stage of their career to Director level and beyond if required. As a result, ongoing coaching and mentoring to support that development will be provided.

We are looking to fill this assignment as soon as possible. If this sounds like just the challenge you’ve been looking for, then we look forward to hearing from you!

Closing date: 9 February 2025

Interview Date: 24 February 2025

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

• Degree or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
• Professional management qualification or equivalent
• Understanding of cancer pathways and targets
• Knowledge and understanding of NHS policy and of key changes in the NHS
• Experience working with MDT’s

Experience and Knowledge

• Substantial experience of working in a senior manager post
• Successful track record of managing change in a complex environment
• Experience of interpreting and implementing national and local policy
• Proven track record of managing and developing services
• Demonstrate an understanding of commissioning dynamics
• Experience and understanding of cancer waiting times
• Experience of cancer waiting time submissions
• Experience of managing operational services in medical specialities

Communication and Relationship

• Evidence of effective negotiating, influencing and networking skills
• Evidence of collaborative working and effective strategic influencing
• Evidence of building effective relationships with clinicians to lead and develop services
• Evidence of working with MDT’s
• Experience of peer review

Performance Management

• Ability to lead and support successful operational performance
• Ability to review performance of speciality teams
• Ability to work with teams to improve cancer pathways
• Ability to work with the ICB to improve cancer outcomes for the Staffordshire and Derbyshire systems

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB, we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

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Name: Claire Carson

Job title: Associate Director Patient Access & Performance

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Telephone number: 01332 786361

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Address: Recruitment Team, Workforce Management
Training Centre
Rehab Block, Level 3
Royal Derby Hospital
Derby
Derbyshire
DE22 3NE

Telephone: 01332 788466

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