Project Improvement Manager – Cancer Diagnostics

As a Project Improvement Manager, you will support the delivery of complex transformation programmes that improve diagnostic services and cancer performance across the East Midlands.

Working with Senior Programme Managers and multidisciplinary teams, you'll coordinate projects from development through to implementation, ensuring improvements are delivered effectively, on time and in partnership with organisations across the region.

You'll use data, improvement methodologies and collaborative working to identify opportunities, redesign pathways and deliver sustainable improvements that directly benefit patients.

You'll play a key role in delivering regional diagnostic improvement by:

Focus areas

This role has a particular focus on improving diagnostic services across the East Midlands, including:

We're looking for someone who is passionate about improvement and enjoys working across organisational boundaries to solve complex problems.

Why join the East Midlands Cancer Alliance?

At EMCA you'll become part of a high-performing regional team committed to improving cancer services for more than five million people.

Working arrangements

The role is based at County Hall, Leicester, with hybrid working available. Regular travel throughout the East Midlands is required, including attendance at provider Trusts, Integrated Care Boards and regional meetings. The successful candidate will also work on-site within acute provider organisations when required to support pathway improvement, operational performance recovery and diagnostic transformation.

Help transform cancer diagnostics

Every improvement you deliver has the potential to reduce waiting times, speed up diagnosis and improve outcomes for patients affected by cancer.

If you're passionate about service improvement, enjoy working collaboratively and want to make a lasting difference across the NHS, we'd love to hear from you.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

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Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential: - Degree level or equivalent knowledge and experience; - Diploma level qualification or experience in specialist area

Communication and Relationship Skills

Analytical and judgement skill

Essential: - Complex facts, situation that require analysis, interpretation and comparison to ensure compliance

Planning and organisational skills

Essential: - Plan and organise a broad range complex activities requiring formulation and adjustment. Facilitate collaborative working, implement new ways of working

Responsibilities for policy and service deployment implementation:

Essential: - Lead on service development for specialist area. Lead on policy development for specific area that may have wider implications for working practices

Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

Essential: - Hold delegated budget for service area. Authorised signatory for expenses and small payments.

Responsibilities for human resources

Essential: - Line manager for department. Manage the delivery of teaching and development interventions

Responsibilities for information resources

Essential: - Regularly Develops and maintains reports and documents pertaining to area of responsibility from numerous sources or use by various audiences

Responsibilities for research and development

Essential: - Undertakes surveys pertaining to own area of work