Cancer Workforce Development Project Manager

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in North Cumbria is seeking a Project Manager for its Cancer Services team. The role involves leading workforce development initiatives, managing project plans, and engaging with stakeholders to enhance cancer services. Ideal candidates will have a Masters degree and substantial project management experience, alongside a commitment to improving health services in the region.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working scheme

NHS discounts

Salary sacrifice schemes

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS pension scheme

Confidential counselling service

Qualifications

• Experience of leading, managing and delivering projects involving stakeholders.
• Substantial experience of working at a senior level.
• Demonstrable ability to provide and receive highly complex information.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of a standardised cancer workforce project.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans.
• Produce regular project reports and updates.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of systems and procedures

Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills

Advanced IT skills in Microsoft applications

Ability to deliver training/briefings

Ability to analyze and interpret complex data

Education

Relevant Masters degree or equivalent experience

Project Management Qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for a project manager to join the Cancer Services team to build capacity and establish a standardised cancer workforce structure within North Cumbria.

The post holder will lead the planning, development and delivery of strategic workforce initiatives that support the transformation of cancer services across North Cumbria. The post holder will work collaboratively with key stakeholders to implement workforce development plans, improve capacity and capability and ensure alignment with national strategies and workforce frameworks such as ACCEND.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the delivery of a standardised cancer workforce project across North Cumbria.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, ensuring milestones, risks, and outcomes are clearly reported.
• Support workforce data analysis for future workforce planning.
• Lead engagement with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with ICB/Trust/Alliance cancer workforce priorities.
• Produce regular project reports, updates, and presentations for senior management.
• Support the development of new roles (e.g., ACPs, cancer support workers) and career progression pathways within cancer services.

About Us

At NCIC we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and offers a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

We are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and we are committed to being an inclusive and compassionate place to work. We are working together across the North East and North Cumbria to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job Details

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year Per Annum Pro Rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 262-A-25-7405107
Job locations: Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY

Responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Benefits

• 27‑day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working scheme
• NHS discounts*
• Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Excellent opportunities for development*
• Competitive NHS pension scheme
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work‑related problems (subject to eligibility)

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information. If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered. Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications – Essential

• Relevant Masters degree or extensive knowledge, skills and experience to equivalent level
• Project Management Qualification or equivalent level of experience
• Evidence of continuing personal development

Knowledge and Experience – Essential

• Advanced knowledge of systems and procedures
• In‑depth understanding of policies and practice relating to the NHS workforce
• In‑depth understanding of health care provision and awareness of current NHS policies and priorities
• Substantial experience of working at a senior level
• Experience of leading, managing and delivering projects involving stakeholders
• Experience of holding responsibility for budgets, budget setting and demonstrable knowledge of financial processes within your own service
• Experience of managing incoming and outgoing information requirements, handling correspondence/queries which may be highly complex, sensitive or highly confidential
• Experience of negotiation with senior stakeholders which may include difficult and controversial issues, presenting complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Experience of working at strategic level, able to recognise direction and implications of policy and the potentially competing priorities/interests
• Experience of leading, managing, developing, influencing and inspiring staff

Skills and Aptitudes – Essential

• Well‑developed interpersonal and communication skills with staff at all levels using from the full range of methods as appropriate
• Demonstrable ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information
• Advanced IT skills in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Able to deliver training/briefings/updates to large groups of staff at all levels
• Demonstrable ability to analyse and interpret highly complex data, facts or situations to make reasoned and logical deductions, compare a range of options and formulate plans

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. Standard Check: £21.50 + administration cost £5.90 = £27.40 (deducted over a 4‑month period or one‑off). Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost £5.90 = £55.40 (deducted over a 4‑month period or one‑off).

Employer Details

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY
Website: https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/