Cancer Team Leader Band 5
Job Description
This post will work with the Cancer Centre Management and Coordinator teams to provide close and sustained monitoring and oversight of tumour site performance against the national standards. The post holders will hold and develop an expert level of understanding of CWT guidance and tumour site knowledge in their areas of responsibility, ensuring that the pathway support provided to the individual CBU’s is consistent and reliable.
They will provide direct line management to a dynamic team of staff, providing training, support and monitoring performance. This role will contribute towards an environment and culture that supports and encourages personal and professional development whilst supporting the improvement in performance against national, regional and local standards.
The successful candidate will possess a sound working knowledge of cancer pathways and cancer waiting times within an acute Trust setting, demonstrate IT skills, and exhibit personal drive and the ability to encourage others.
You must also be a confident communicator with the ability to liaise accurately with a wide range of different professional groups (both clinical and non-clinical) and demonstrate awareness and a knowledge of organisational systems and practice.
Among your skills will be the ability to work in a fast moving, challenging environment, being prepared and able to make decisions using own judgement and initiative and have experience of implementing change to improve service delivery.
The successful candidate will also have the following skills:-
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to multi-task
- Adaptable to change
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post i.e. travel across county/sites
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).
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jess Triffitt Job title: Cancer Team Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01522 512512
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