Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (FTC for 9 months duration)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-6401164
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queens Medical Centre
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Cancer Psychology Audit and Evaluation Manager
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
We are looking for a fixed term (9 months) B5 Audit and Evaluation Manager to join our cancer psychology team. This is a 0.4 wte position.
You will work alongside a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, and other Clinical Psychologists as part of a supportive and caring team of cancer psychologists. You will manage the collection of activity and performance data from the team to contribute to a national evaluation of cancer psychology services, overseen by Macmillan.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.
The post holder will be responsible for collecting data from multiple Trust systems and clinicians, and liaising internally and externally with different partners to ensure the evaluation data set is as complete and high quality as possible.
This is a role where you will be able to use a range of project management skills, and make a significant difference to the lives of people living with cancer by helping the cancer psychology service continually improve.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Manage the compilation of activity and performance data from the Macmillan Cancer Psychology Nottingham service
• Compile anonymised individual patient data from multiple Trust data systems and clinicians in the Cancer Psychology service
• Maintain and store activity and performance datasets confidentially and securely
• Liaise closely with Macmillan and their appointed evaluation partners to ensure the data meets their requirements and respond to their queries
• Support the cancer psychology team to recruit patients and healthcare staff to participate in evaluation questionnaires and interviews about the cancer psychology service
• Ensure quarterly data reports for Macmillan and their evaluation partners are sent in a timely and secure manner following the processes in the data sharing agreement
• Support the Cancer Psychology Service to ensure patients are informed about the evaluation
• Support the Cancer Psychology Service to create streamlined and patient friendly administrative processes
• Support the Cancer Psychology Service with ad hoc requests when capacity allows, for example helping with training event arrangements.
Person specification
Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's behavioural standards
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to NVQ Level 3/A level
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level
- Experience of continuing professional development
- Training in data management and research and evaluation in healthcare
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of the operations of Clinical Psychology services in medical settings
- Experience of organising meetings and taking minutes/notes
- Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and experience of undertaking audits
- Experience of working within an NHS setting
- Experience of implementing new systems and processes
Communication & relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Able to build effective working relationships with colleagues across an organisation, and with external collaborators
- Able to summarise and communicate requests and complex information to clinicians, data analysts and external partners
- Able to liaise with patients of the cancer psychology service and cancer health professionals in the Trust around administrative requests and evaluation data gathering
- Able to respond sensitively and compassionately when communicating with patients
Desirable criteria
- Able to draft short reports and summaries, tailored to different audiences
Analytical and judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Able to identify potential problems in project implementation and suggest solutions
- Able to apply agreed protocols for collecting and managing data to specific situations, particularly with regard to data integrity and security
Desirable criteria
- Experience of data analysis to extract key themes
- Able to undertake data cleaning to correct data errors
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Able to plan and monitor data gathering
- Able to compile large datasets from multiple data sources, including coordinating the contributions of the members of the cancer psychology team
- Able to create high quality and efficient administrative processes
- Able to store data accurately, and organise data files in a clear way
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mike Rennoldson
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Mike Rennoldson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist- Cancer, tel. 07812 279087; [email protected].
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