Main area Cancer Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 Hours Per Week) Job ref 357-LN-1854-24
Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Lincoln County Hospital or Pilgrim Hospital Boston Town Lincoln Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/02/2025 23:59
Cancer Team Leader Band 5
NHS AfC: Band 5
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
* Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
* Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
* Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
* Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
* Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
This is a challenging yet rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Job overview
Starting May 2025
1 x 37.5 hour posts
We have an exciting opportunity for a Cancer Team Leader to join our driven and industrious team in the Cancer Centre.
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.
Main duties of the job
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
Person specification
Qualifications
* 4 GCSEs Grade C or above (or equivalent) in Maths and English or equivalent experience
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Certificate of Management qualification
* ECDL or equivalent
* AMSPAR
Previous Experience
* Ability to prioritise workload
* Management of PAS and national standards
* Experience of managing change
* Knowledge within the cancer speciality.
* Experience and evidence of recruitment, delegation, negotiation, staff management, appraisal, communication and managing change
Skills
* Demonstrate personal drive and the ability to encourage others.
* To be confident and to gain respect with staff, clinicians and peers.
* To work effectively in a team.
* To be prepared to make decisions using own judgement and initiative
* To demonstrate awareness and a knowledge of organisational systems and practice.
* Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of clinical governance and health and safety.
* Evidence of implementing change to improve service delivery.
* Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
* Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: Patient Centred Safety Compassion Respect Excellence
* Experience in a multi-disciplinary professional setting
* Experience in decision making in an operational setting
* Skills in process redesign
Specific Requirements
* 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
* A working knowledge of the current health care agenda
As a responsible employer ULTH would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
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