Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative and Clerical
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 203-EL697
- Employer
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Warwick
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/05/2024
Employer heading
Macmillan Project coordinator
Band 4
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 5300 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes. The Trust have also been able to freeze car parking charges.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).
Job overview
We are looking for a Macmillan Project Coordinator who will be responsible coordinating and delivering projects within the Cancer Service Team. The role will have a focus on improving the delivery of National, Local and Organisation targets of the delivery of Personalised Care to Cancer patients.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting Cancer Leads to ensure that a portfolio of tasks/ projects are planned, managed and delivered effectively. They will be responsible for providing complex and accurate information for our internal and external staff/ clients in a customer focused, time sensitive and professional manner, where there may be barriers to understanding.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a key role in providing high quality, proactive administrative and project support to the Cancer Service Team. They will be responsible for providing complex, accurate information for our internal and external staff/ clients in a customer focused, time sensitive and professional manner, where there may be barriers to understanding. They will focus on improving the delivery of National, Local and Organisation targets of the delivery of Personalised Care to Cancer patients.
Working for our organisation
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Demonstrate that the offer and completion of Holistic Needs Assessment for all cancer patients at SWFT has become ‘business as usual’ and is accepted as an integral part of person centred cancer care.
Identify areas of improvement
To support any process, change documents and systems, reporting to the Lead Cancer Nurse.
Support the implementation of my care plan to all cancer tumour sites.
Work alongside the wider clinical team and the Macmillan Support Centres to jointly review the current HWBIS event and offer portfolio, identify gaps, and contribute to the opportunities for personalised care. Have a clear knowledge of the services available for people living with cancer locally to them.
Develop and deliver a training and support package for clinical teams in the use of MyCarePlan and provide one to one mentoring and system advice to those that require it.
Monitor intervention progress and key outcome measures providing and presenting reports to Stakeholders as required.
Undertake audit in relation to cancer services projects.
Contribute to clinical governance agenda within the Trust Elective Care Division by ensuring any areas of clinical risk and patient safety are reported promptly and appropriately.
Support Teams to ensure Holistic Needs Assessments are sent to each patient and that those where a care plan is developed as per the Trust Standard Operating Procedure.
Access the impact of the project on ‘footfall’ into the two Macmillan centres at SWFT and uptake of HWBIS offers available.
Active participation in Macmillan progress reviews.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Undergraduate Degree, Higher National Diploma, or equivalent experience in relevant area
- GCSE Grade C or equivalent good literacy, numeracy and IT
- Evidence of personal professional development
Desirable criteria
- Educated Business apprenticeship level 3 equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of Project administration and project implementation
- Experience working in team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a busy deadline-oriented office
- Demonstrable knowledge of equal opportunities practices and data protection requirements
- Professional telephone manner
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent Computer Skills in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Outlook
- High level of organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload within conflicting demands
- Ability to work on own, recognising when to refer issue to a senior member of staff.
- Ability to follow instructions and procedures and recognise the importance of these within the organisation.
- Clear understanding of the need for confidentiality in the job role
- Experience of working with databases
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Team player
- Good coaching skills
Other Job Requirements
Essential criteria
- Team Player
- Flexible and adaptable approach
- Learns from experience and feedback
- Ability to embrace organisational change
- Under supervision, visit clinical areas across the Trust
- Independent means of transport in order to commute to various location, sites (with equipment, at times)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Osborne
- Job title
- Lead Cancer Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
01926 495321 ext 6986
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