University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Senior Programme Manager- Operational Performance
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Senior Programme Manager- Operational Performance – Band 8C
East Midlands Cancer Alliance (EMCA)
Location: County Hall, Leicester (Hybrid Working)
Band: 8C
Responsible to: Associate Director for Programmes
Lead regional transformation. Improve cancer outcomes. Shape the future of NHS cancer services.
The East Midlands Cancer Alliance (EMCA) is looking for an outstanding Senior Programme Manager to provide strategic leadership for some of the NHS's most ambitious cancer improvement programmes.
This is an exceptional opportunity to lead large-scale transformation across one of England's largest Cancer Alliances, working with NHS England, Integrated Care Boards, provider Trusts, clinical leaders and system partners to deliver sustainable improvements in cancer services.
If you're an experienced strategic leader with a track record of delivering complex transformation programmes across organisational boundaries, we'd love to hear from you.
As a Senior Programme Manager, you will provide leadership across a significant portfolio of operational and transformational programmes, ensuring national priorities are translated into measurable improvements for patients across the East Midlands.
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Working directly with senior executives, clinicians and national colleagues, you will oversee programme delivery, governance, operational performance and assurance across eight NHS provider organisations and five Integrated Care Boards.
What You'll Do
This is a senior leadership role where you will:
- Lead the delivery of complex regional cancer transformation programmes.
- Develop and implement operational performance improvement strategies.
- Translate national policy into deliverable regional programmes.
- Provide executive leadership for cancer performance improvement, including Cancer Waiting Times.
- Oversee governance, assurance, programme risks and delivery milestones.
Key areas of responsibility
You will provide senior leadership across a wide range of strategic programmes, including:
- Cancer operational performance and recovery
- Cancer Waiting Times improvement
- Regional transformation programmes
- Diagnostic and treatment pathway redesign
- Service Development Funding (SDF)
- Strategic planning and business development
- Governance, assurance and risk management
- Expert Clinical Advisory Groups (ECAGs)
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Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We Have Four Primary Goals
- High-quality care for all
- Being a great place to work
- Partnerships for impact
- Research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- We are compassionate
- We are proud
- We are inclusive
- We are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Sadia Mansoor
- Job title: PMO Officer
- Email address: sadia.mansoor1@nhs.net
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