Assistant Cancer Performance Manager

Job overview

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Cancer Services team as our Assistant Cancer Performance Manager. You will be joining a dynamic and enthusiastic team who are committed to ensuring the monitoring and efficiency of pathways for patients with a suspected cancer. We are looking for an enthusiastic person with people management experience  who is passionate about  ensuring that cancer pathways for all patients are of a high standard, are equitable and  that national targets are met.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include:

• Developing systems and processes to collect performance management and clinical information for patients with diagnosed or suspected cancer throughout the whole of their pathway.
• To provide daily oversight of the cancer backlog and tip-ins, proacting ensuring patients are escalated and/or removed from cancer pathways at the earliest opportunity.
• To participate in PTL meetings each week, escalating patients accordingly and monitoring compliance with CWT targets.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

• 1.     To line manage the CWT Team Manager, CWT Trainer and Urgent Appointment Team Leader, ensuring appraisals and sickness/leave management within policy guidance. 2.     To support the CWT Team Manager in ensuring staffing levels are sufficient and effective for workload. 3.     To support the Urgent Appointments Team Leader with the day-to-day running of the team, ensuring workload is effectively managed and deadlines are prioritised. 4.     As instructed, support the recruitment and retention of Cancer Pathway Co-ordinators, Urgent Appointment Coordinators and other members of Cancer Services. 5.     To liaise with HR as required for staff support and management of staff within policy guidance.