Cancer MDT Streamlining Project Manager

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stoke-on-Trent seeks a project manager to oversee the Cancer MDT Optimisation project. The role requires advanced communication and interpersonal skills, with significant experience in project management. The successful candidate will ensure the efficiency of MDT meetings and support collaborative practices across clinical and non-clinical staff.

Benefits

Development packages

Inclusive culture with equal opportunities

Commitment to staff welfare

Qualifications

• Proven ability to work with diverse MDT members for improving processes.
• Experience in facilitating service improvement.
• Ability to motivate staff and encourage collaborative working.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Cancer MDT Optimisation project across all cancer MDTs.
• Engage with all members of the MDT to implement efficient practices.
• Support and monitor project progress ensuring quality and safety.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Project management experience

Job description

Overview

12 Months Fixed Term. An exciting development opportunity, managing the implementation of an optimisation toolkit across all Cancer Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT)s facilitated by UHNM, focusing on improved function of individual MDTs and increasing efficiencies for clinical and non-clinical staff involved in a patient’s cancer journey.

The post holder will support, facilitate and monitor the progress of the project as directed by Cancer Services in line with Cancer Alliance planning guidance. The post holder will engage with all members of the MDT (clinical, non-clinical and managerial) to enable streamlining practices to be introduced and monitored against a clear action plan. The post holder will be required to motivate staff to encourage collaborative working in the design of new ways of working and provide ongoing support whilst maintaining quality and safety of patients.

Informal chats are encouraged prior to application or interview.

The successful candidate will become the lead for the Cancer MDT Optimisation project across all cancer MDTs across UHNM, looking to implement a specific toolkit to ensure efficient and effective MDT meetings for our patients and staff. The proven ability to work with a range of staff members, both clinical and non-clinical to facilitate improved processes being embedded and then monitored is vital. Advanced communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as is demonstrable experience of project management in the delivery of service improvement.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we\u2019re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rowena Dring Job title: Cancer Manager Email address: [e-mail]