Primary Care Quality Improvement Facilitator for Cancer in Grimsby

This position includes work primarily in North and North East Lincolnshire. This post will support primary care professionals and practice teams across North Lincolnshire & North East Lincolnshire Places. You will be working in conjunction with the teams at these Places and the Awareness and Early Diagnosis Team of Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance which works across the cancer pathway and spans the whole IC.

As a healthcare system, we are working towards the NHS Long Term Plan ambition of 75% of cancers diagnosed in the early stages by 2028 which has been qualified for primary care in a number of contracts and specifications - for example the Direct Enhanced Service and the Quality and Outcomes Framework. As one of our team of Primary Care Quality Improvement Facilitators for Cancer you will provide invaluable practical implementation support to PCNs to improve the quality of their services and work towards achieving cancer-related objectives. You will also provide a vital communications channel between primary care and the Alliance work programmes.

Main duties of the job include:

• Build effective relationships with and actively engage Primary Care Networks and local cancer and public health stakeholders to raise awareness of the importance of early cancer diagnosis and influence the content of local delivery plans.
• Effectively manage ongoing relationships with multiple PCNs and practices across your locality to secure improvements in early cancer diagnosis.
• Lead or support workstreams to increase uptake of the three cancer screening programs, improve primary care referral practices and pathways in line with the PCN DES and regional plans.
• Assist PCNs with the analysis and interpretation of statistics relevant to prevention screening and early diagnosis.
• Share best practice tools and resources to support PCNs to adopt quality improvement interventions that will contribute to achieving earlier cancer diagnosis and better outcomes for patients.
• Support PCNs to develop early cancer diagnosis improvement plans in line with the PCN Cancer Direct Enhancement Scheme Invest and Impact Fund and other relevant contracts.
• Create and facilitate opportunities and mechanisms for PCNs to improve communications and networking between GP practices and PCNs.
• Support and/or advise PCNs and GP practices to set up and implement early cancer diagnosis projects focused on screening and improving referral practice.
• Develop, plan, coordinate and evaluate learning events for primary care professionals to enhance knowledge of and interventions to improve cancer outcomes with a focus on early diagnosis screening and addressing health inequalities.
• Work in partnership with primary and secondary care partners to support and promote more effective ways of working across the patient pathway.
• Keep up to date with policy, evidence and NHS/public health cancer strategies, supporting the dissemination to local partner and primary care organisations in the area, as appropriate.
• Provide progress reports against the agreed operational plan and identified performance measures via quarterly reports for Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to regularly travel within the region and to occasionally travel across the country.
• Ability to work flexible hours and out of hours as required.
• Hold full current driving licence.

Person Specification:

• Experience in proposing changes in conjunction with working groups which have wider implications for performance and service policy.
• Experience of partnership working and the ability to develop sustainable relationships with key bodies and individuals.
• Experience in persuading stakeholders of the importance of projects including negotiating and motivating others.
• Knowledge of the practical application of the principles of change management and workforce redesign.
• Excellent organisational skills and communication skills.
• Computer literate - experience of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel to at least intermediate level.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.