# Project Manager – Personalised Care and Living With and Beyond Cancer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/project-manager-personalised-care-and-living-with-and-beyond-cancer/42dac3ae-4ff7-4fae-8df3-b149bd9f4dcb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/project-manager-personalised-care-and-living-with-and-beyond-cancer/42dac3ae-4ff7-4fae-8df3-b149bd9f4dcb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust - **Location:** Maidstone Hospital - **Workplace type:** hybrid - **Profession:** Project manager - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T10:51:11.510Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Maidstone/Maidstone_Tunbridge_Wells_NHS_Trust/Kent_Medway_Cancer_Alliance/Kent_Medway_Cancer_Alliance-v8326481 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8326481?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mtw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Please note this role is currently only being advertised to staff members who are currently working within the Kent and Medway ICS To provide effective project and programme management support to the Personalised Care and Living with and Beyond Cancer programme across Kent and Medway. The post holder will work as a Band 7 Project Manager within the Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance, supporting the Cancer Alliance Programme Lead to translate the National Cancer Plan for England into practical local delivery. This will include supporting the development and delivery of personalised and sustainable cancer care, including personalised care planning, personalised follow-up, supported self-management, rehabilitation and prehabilitation, health and wellbeing, psychosocial support and late effects, with a focus on accessible, integrated and community-based care. The post holder will focus on reducing unwarranted variation and inequalities, improving access and pathways, and ensuring the voice of people affected by cancer informs service development. They will manage allocated projects autonomously while supporting programme governance, monitoring, evaluation and benefits reporting. ### Main duties of the job Key responsibilities include: - Provider performance and accountability: Monitor delivery against personalised care priorities, reporting performance, identifying variation and supporting improvement. - Personalised care improvement: Coordinate the implementation of personalised assessment and care plans, using data to drive uptake and reduce variation. - Scope supportive oncology and late effects: Map provision and identify gaps of local patient support, care pathways and services. The post holder will also be responsible for supporting an agreed portfolio of Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs), which are established to lead pathway transformation and service improvement within the relevant cancer tumour group. This will include supporting the chair with oversight of the CRG work programme, ensuring that agreed actions are completed in a timely fashion by action owners, and supporting service improvement initiatives. Programme strategy, prioritisation, governance and overall outcomes remain the responsibility of the Cancer Alliance Programme Lead. Responsibilities may change in response to evolving programme priorities and requirements. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission. All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date has been agreed. Please note: This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship. In line with the UK Immigration Rules and Home Office Sponsorship Guidance, employers may only sponsor individuals for roles that meet strict eligibility, salary, and compliance requirements. Where a role does not meet these criteria, organisations are prohibited from assigning a Certificate of Sponsorship. Applicants must therefore already hold a valid immigration status and ongoing right to work in the UK in order to be considered. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across organisational boundaries - Strong project management, analytical and organisational skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and develop clear recommendations. - Strong report writing, presentation skills and Microsoft Office skills. - Ability to manage competing priorities and work autonomously. **Desirable** - Experience of facilitating workshops and co-production activities. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree level or equivalent experience. **Desirable** - Project/programme management qualification. ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Significant project management experience within healthcare, transformation or service improvement. - Experience of managing projects across organisations or professional groups. - Experience of analysing information and reporting to senior stakeholders. - Understanding of cancer services and the needs of people living with and beyond cancer. - Knowledge of personalised care, service improvement and health inequalities. - Understanding of project governance and risk management. **Desirable** - Experience of working within a Cancer Alliance or cancer services. - Knowledge of the National Cancer Plan LWBC interventions and priorities ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 63.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2762) - [tips when completing your application (pdf, 50.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2920) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 160.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10668743) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.