Primary, Social and Community Care Clinical Lead - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

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Manchester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Greater Manchester Cancer is recruiting aPrimary, Social and Community Care Clinical Lead for the Greater Manchester Cancer Academy

Successful applicants will:

- provide Clinical Leadership and expertise in primary, social, and community care
- support the development of the Cancer Academy strategic plan from a primary, social and community care perspective
- lead engagement with key stakeholders across the three sectors to understand training and education gaps relating to cancer
- collaborate with partners in the development of offers education offers
- support the Greater Manchester Cancer Education Collaborative and delivery of the agreed education principles to reduce inequity around cancer education in relation to primary, social and community care
- work with colleagues across primary, social and community care to improve recruitment and retention through embedding a culture of lifelong learning
- support the Senior Responsible Officer and GM Cancer Workforce and Education team in providing clinical and managerial leadership for the delivery of the key outcomes outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan

The post holder is accountable to the GM Cancer Academy Director and GM Cancer Senior Responsible Officer. The post is a fixed term tenure ending 31/3/24, for 1 PA (4 hours) per week. This post is open to medical and non-medical senior clinical leaders.

(1) Short CV (maximum 5 pages)

(2) Clinical credibility

(2) Management experience and/or potential

(3) Proposed goals and objectives within the first 12 months, if appointed

Applications will be based on merit and will include an assessment of future potential in addition to previous experience.

Applications will be accepted from clinicians (senior doctors/nurses/AHPs) from any of the Greater Manchester and East Cheshire Provider Organisations.

Applications will be assessed by the Senior Responsible Officer and representatives of the Greater Manchester Cancer Senior Team with the appointment process involving various stakeholders of the GM healthcare system including people affected by cancer.

The Cancer Academy is a programme of work within the Cancer Alliance's Workforce and Education programme and is the independent hub for cancer education across Greater Manchester.

As the hive of cancer education, the Academy supports the development of a sustainable lifelong learning model for cancer care across all care settings.

The programme ensures that our workforce is equipped with the skills and tools necessary to deliver the best patient care whilst supporting the delivery of the NHS People Plan and the Long Term Plan ambitions for cancer services.

The Academy will help to reduce inequity around accessing cancer education and provides a mechanism to standardise training, education and career frameworks for our current and future non-medical workforce.

Roles and responsibilities

Leadership

The Clinical Lead will:

Have overall responsibility for the development and delivery of the Cancer Academy's primary, social and community care educational offers
Support the development and delivery the Greater Manchester Cancer Academy Strategy and implementation plan which feeds into a panGM Education Strategy
Attend the GM Education Collaborative to assist with the the delivery of the agreed Education Principles and GM cancer education strategy from a primary, community and social care perspective.
Support the Academy GP Fellow throughout their 6month placement and provide supervision.
Attend frequent meetings with the Cancer Academy Director, Senior Education Programme Lead and the GM Cancer Academy Programme Board, to review progress and objectives.
Keep outcomes that matter to patients at the heart of the pathway and its objectives.
Attend the Greater Manchester Cancer Clinical Lead forums.

Delivery

The Clinical Lead will:

Work closely with the Cancer Education Collaborative to deliver the principles across the system and support the core team with objectives that pertain to the Academy.
Support the shaping and delivery of skills labs ensuring that they are relevant to the needs of staff working in primary, community and social care and staff within these care settings are aware of the offers.
Work closely with the Director of Cancer Commissioning and Early Diagnosis, GM Primary Care Training hub, GM Clinical Skills Group, and other key stakeholders to ensure skills labs are publicised effectively and aligned with other work across the system to reduce duplication, seeking collaborative opportunities where possible.
Ensure that effective efforts are continually made to minimise unnecessary variation in cancer care.
Recognise and mitigate risks to the programme objectives, escalating to Programme Board accordingly, Cancer Academy Director and Senior Responsible Officer.
Attend regular meetings with the GM Cancer Academy programme team.
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