Associate Director-programmes - Birmingham, United Kingdom - The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
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An opportunity has arisen in the West Midlands Cancer Alliance to join this dynamic, high profile and busy team.

The role will be to support the Managing Director to provide leadership, operational management support, transformation, quality improvement and assurance; all in line with the delivery of the National Cancer Programme priorities within the NHS Long-Term Plan.


As the Associate Director - Programmes, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the Midlands Region and oversee the improvement functions of our combined improvement and transformation teams.

This role is at the heart of our matrix working arrangements where the transformation, assurance and improvement of the region's cancer alliance work will be undertaken by a single integrated cancer alliance team.

The post holder will therefore need to have a deep and detailed understanding of cancer alliance services and national cancer policy.


The Associate Director will:


  • Make sure that our improvement offer is targeted but is also shared out equitably across the localities.
  • Oversee the input of clinical expertise into the programme.
  • Deputise for the Managing Director as required.
  • Have expertise in clinical engagement at a senior level.
  • Provide expert guidance and direct support in the delivery of cancer alliance priorities and standards.
  • Have considerable experience in service improvement methodologies.
  • Work to drive the reduction in variation of care delivery by highlighting good practice and driving systematic implementation.
  • Take a leadership role in a number of regional workstreams as requested by the managing director.
  • Develop and implement systems to ensure information is properly managed and best practice is shared across the team, Directorate and the wider systems as appropriate.


There are approximately 2 million people in the UK are living with or affected by cancer, and there are over 360,000 new diagnoses every year.

Do you want to be part of a team to ensure more people survive cancer than ever before? Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with cancer? Working as part of the national NHS Cancer Programme, that's exactly what you will do.


The West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA) is one of twenty-one Cancer Alliances across England, one of the largest Alliances in the country.

WMCA covers a large geographical area of 6 counties:

Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, The Black Country and Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent.

The West Midlands Cancer Alliance team is hosted at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust working across the wider West Midlands footprint.

This role requires regular travel across the Midlands and the team meet face to face in Central Birmingham once a fortnight.


Cancer Alliances were set-up to deliver the collective ambitions identified by the National Cancer Taskforce, with the aim of increasing survival rates across the area and the experience of those living with and beyond cancer, ensuring that we address inequalities and improve patient experience wherever possible.

We do this by bringing together all the organisations which commission, provide, and contribute to cancer services across our area to enable quality improvemen.

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for further details and information.
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