Personalised Cancer Care Project Manager

Whittington Maternity Voices Partnership; Greater London; On-site; GBP 66,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Whittington Health NHS Trust seeks a Personalised Cancer Care Project Manager to lead development, delivery and evaluation of PCC interventions across hospital and community settings.

You will oversee HNAs, PCSPs, EOTS, PSFU pathways and wellbeing initiatives, while driving PCC data quality and COSD reporting. The role requires a postgraduate healthcare or PM degree and PRINCE2 or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering complex whole system change projects.
• Knowledge of the public sector and health service.
• Experience of operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Experience of planning and coordinating projects in a complex and challenging environment.
• Understanding of policy developments in cancer care.
• Understanding of neighbourhood health agenda and community initiatives.
• Insights and experience of commissioning processes.
• Management of complex HR cases; capability, long term sickness.

Responsibilities

• Scope and map the current cancer workforce's ability to deliver personalised cancer care. Identify gaps within service provision and education needs of the team; take responsibility for upskilling and education of the team to enable integrated delivery of personalised cancer care.
• Engage and motivate colleagues aligned to the project to deliver its aims and objectives.
• Work with the Trust to create and improve timely referral routes across pathways.
• Lead or support projects to improve access to cancer rehabilitation, prehabilitation, physical activity and psychosocial support to improve experience and quality of life for people living with and beyond cancer.
• Support expansion and improvement of personalised (stratified) follow-up including patient-initiated follow-up.
• Represent the trust and its patients in neighbourhood health projects affecting personalised cancer care, ensuring the voice of local people is represented.
• Lead projects supporting personalised cancer care involving local communities to reduce inequalities, improve patient experience and enhance quality of life.

Skills

Complex program management

Stakeholder engagement

Public sector experience

Education and training

Education

Postgraduate degree in healthcare or project management or leadership/management

PRINCE2 or other project management qualification

Job description

Personalised Cancer Care Project Manager

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Personalised Cancer Care Project Manager Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 220-WHT-8328428

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Health NHS Trust Town ARCHWAY Salary £66,274 - £73,496 Per Annum (pro rata) Including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 23:59

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This is an exciting opportunity to join the Cancer Services team at Whittington Health and play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering personalised cancer care, improving the experience, outcomes and quality of life of people living with and beyond cancer across both hospital and community settings.

The post holder will oversee the development, delivery and evaluation of PCC interventions, including Holistic Needs Assessments (HNAs), Personalised Care and Support Plans (PCSPs), End of Treatment Summaries (EOTS), Personalised Stratified Follow-Up (PSFU) pathways and Health and Wellbeing initiatives.

Operating within a project management framework, the post holder will lead service improvement initiatives. They will be responsible for improving PCC data quality and reporting, including submissions to COSD and North Central London Cancer Alliance performance dashboards.

The role will provide leadership and influence across the cancer workforce, supporting clinical teams to embed personalised care principles into routine practice.

The post holder will represent Whittington Health within local partnership programmes and contribute to wider neighbourhood health priorities.

If you are a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a can-do attitude, passionate about improving cancer services and making a real difference to the lives of people affected by cancer, we would be keen to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Scope and map the current cancer workforce's ability to deliver personalised cancer care. Identify gaps within service provision and education needs of the team take responsibility for the upskilling and education of the team to enable the integrated delivery of personalised cancer care.

Engage and motivate colleagues aligned to the project to deliver its aims and objectives.

Work with the Trust to create and improve timely referral routes across pathways.

Where applicable, lead new or support existing projects to improve access to cancer rehabilitation, prehabilitation, physical activity and psychosocial support with the aim of improving experience and quality of life for people living with and beyond cancer.

Support expansion and improvement of personalised (stratified) follow-up including patient-initiated follow-up.

Represent the trust and its patients in neighbourhood health projects affecting personalised cancer care, ensuring the voice of the local people living with and beyond cancer is represented.

Lead projects supporting personalised cancer care involving local communities with an aim of reducing inequalities, improving patient experience and enhancing quality of life.

Working for our organisation

We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients.

Our mission

Helping local people live longer, healthier lives.

Our vision

Provide safe, personal, co-ordinated care for the community we serve.

Our goals

We have developed six key strategic goals to make sure we continue to support people to live longer, healthier lives.

• To secure the best possible health and wellbeing for all our community
• To integrate and coordinate care in person-centred teams
• To support our patients and users in being active partners in their care
• To be recognised as a leader in the fields of medical and multi-professional education, and population-based clinical research
• To innovate and continuously improve the quality of our services to deliver the best outcomes for our local population

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will represent Whittington Health within local partnership programmes and contribute to wider neighbourhood health priorities. They will play a key role in delivering sustainable improvements in patient experience, quality of life and outcomes for people affected by cancer, while supporting the future development and sustainability of personalised cancer care services.

Please see the Job Description attached.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of delivering complex whole system change projects
• Knowledge of the public sector and health service
• Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
• Experience of planning and coordinating projects in a complex and challenging environment
• Understanding of recent policy initiatives and developments in cancer care
• Understanding of the neighbourhood health agenda and community health initiatives
• Insights and experience of commissioning processes
• Management of complex HR cases; capability, long term sickness

Education and qualifications

• Post graduate degree in either healthcare or project management or leadership/management
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• In depth knowledge of health care systems and the delivery of cancer services
• Advanced communication skills or equivalent
• PRINCE 2 or other project management qualification

Skills and abilities

• Ability to plan over short medium- and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to a broad rand of stakeholders as required
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Line management, supervision and coaching/mentoring
• In depth knowledge of patient experience and engagement
• Event management

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Other important information

• You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

As part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

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We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation.