Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Care
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 188-SNM040425-A
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southampton General Hospital
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum (PA) Pro rata
- Closing
- 23/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/05/2025
Employer heading
Lead for Patient Stratified Follow Up and Personalised Care
Band 8a
Job overview
Main duties of the job
The 8a Lead for Patient Risk Stratified Follow Up Pathways (PSFU) and delivery of Personalised Care in cancer services is an innovative and dynamic role using clinical knowledge and expertise and experience in the use of digital tools.
The focus of the role will be to:
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Specific to this role is the suitability for agile working which is a mixture of on-site and remote working. In addition, we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Develop and embed personalised care interventions and Personalised Stratified Follow Up (PSFU) into cancer pathways by facilitating the collaboration between clinical and digital teams at UHS to maximise the benefits of digital tracking. The role will support the monitoring and sustained delivery of PSFU by measuring and evaluating the benefits.
• Facilitate cancer services by coordinating and supporting the governance and roll out of the remote surveillance by working across professional, departmental and Trust boundaries as required to develop and support patient-centred seamless care, with particular focus on the delivery of Personalised Care, patient self-management and wellbeing services.
This role will allow for flexible working with allowance for some home working.
The candidate should have experience of cancer nursing, transformation programmes and the implementation of digital platforms in cancer services.
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patients first
- Working together
- Always Improving
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Knowledge of improvement skills across a range of disciplines, with a track record of managing successful change
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Member of relevant professional body – where appropriate
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of recent policy initiatives and developments in cancer care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working autonomously and self starter
Skills and Abilities – Analytical
Essential criteria
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
- Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Skills and Abilities – Planning
Essential criteria
- Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances
- Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans
- Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines
Skills and Abilities – Management
Essential criteria
- Skills for direct line management and job management
- Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility
- Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders
Communication
Essential criteria
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large groups
- Persuade senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new opportunities
- Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues
Autonomy
Essential criteria
- Manages project or team within the constraints of NHS strategic plan
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary
Financial and Physical Resources
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of financial processes
Personal and People Development
Essential criteria
- Able to work across boundaries forming effective working relationships with a wide range of staff
- Experience in educating and training others
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Keen
- Job title
- Head of Cancer Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07880500813
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