# Support Officer Cancer & Diagnostics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/support-officer-cancer-and-diagnostics/ba7e78e9-a784-4e7f-b2ca-5905d380e33c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/support-officer-cancer-and-diagnostics/ba7e78e9-a784-4e7f-b2ca-5905d380e33c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board - **Location:** Black Country Integrated Care Board; Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care Board - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Officer (discipline unspecified) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 to £48,117 a year - **Contract type:** Fixed-Term - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T11:51:28.665Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/D9118-26-0037 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/D9118-26-0037/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=D9118-26-0037 - **Employer website:** https://blackcountry.icb.nhs.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job summary - Supporting the development and delivery of strategic and operational plans to enable the Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull (BBCS) Integrated Care Board (ICB) cluster to achieve its objectives and key performance targets as set out in national cancer policy and the National Cancer Plan (2026). - Support the Cancer and Diagnostics Team to ensure that strategic and operational planning and delivery processes are embedded at a programme level. - Supporting the development of plans, ongoing monitoring and reporting of these plans ensuring governance processes are followed. ### Main duties of the job - Drafting support for cases for change, service specifications, briefings, policies and protocols and other relevant documents. - Project support, supporting new users, developing new templates. - Ongoing monitoring of project action logs to support delivery of the Cancer and Diagnostics Delivery Plan. - Recording liaison with BBCS localities and associated patient and public representation groups. - Maintaining Cancer and Diagnostics delivery plan issues log/risk register working with the ICB, primary care and providers. - Supporting Cancer and Diagnostics reporting and monitoring for the function. - Supporting the team with coordination of planning and delivery of regional and national returns/performance reporting. - Supporting new Cancer & Diagnostics pathway awareness with providers and primary care. - Be a key member of the Cancer & Diagnostics Team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management, both internally and externally. - Supporting teams to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed and delivered effectively. - Supporting the delivery of public engagement and awareness events in the community. - Supporting and informing the targeting of resources, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the tasks/projects by providing high quality support including complex information and analysis, communications and stakeholder management. ### About us Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care System bring together the NHS, councils and voluntary sector to serve 2.7 million people. Our vision is to be the healthiest place to live and work, improving life chances and reducing inequalities. You will model system values, champion inclusion and actively address health inequalities, helping create an environment where everyone can thrive. In return, the Cluster offers a supportive, ambitious and inclusive environment with opportunities to develop and work across partners to deliver meaningful change. The ICB is committed to having a workforce which is representative of the population of Birmingham, the Black Country, and Solihull Cluster. Our current staffing profile demonstrates that we are not as representative as we would like to be at this level within the organisation. We would actively welcome applications from women and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds for this role. The ICB is registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We actively welcome applications from applicants with a disability and commit to shortlisting all such suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you require to participate in the recruitment process ### Details - Date posted: 04 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year - Contract: Fixed term - Duration: 18 months - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: D9118-26-0037 - Job locations: Black Country Integrated Care Board, St. Peters Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SH, United Kingdom, Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care Board, Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham, B1 1TT, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities The Job holder will be accountable for: Specific requirements of the role: - Drafting support for cases for change, service specifications, briefings, policies and protocols and other relevant documents. - Project support, supporting new users, developing new templates. - Ongoing monitoring of project action logs to support delivery of the Cancer and Diagnostics Delivery Plan. - Recording liaison with BBCS localities and associated patient and public representation groups. - Maintaining Cancer and Diagnostics delivery plan issues log/risk register working with the ICB, primary care and providers. - Supporting Cancer and Diagnostics reporting and monitoring for the function. - Supporting the team with coordination of planning and delivery of regional and national returns/performance reporting. - Supporting new Cancer & Diagnostics pathway awareness with providers and primary care. - Be a key member of the Cancer & Diagnostics Team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management, both internally and externally. - Supporting teams to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed and delivered effectively. - Supporting the delivery of public engagement and awareness events in the community. - Supporting and informing the targeting of resources, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the tasks/projects by providing high quality support including complex information and analysis, communications and stakeholder management. - Ensuring accurate and open communication and co-ordination with a range of organisations and individuals, researching and drafting correspondence and papers and ensuring the management of specific tasks, lead reporting and analysis across a range of specialties, functions and projects for the planning and delivery function. A COPY OF THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION IS ATTACHED ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services. - Experience in communications and stakeholder management. - Comprehensive knowledge of project management and programme management **Desirable** - Workforce development knowledge and experience - Working knowledge of Microsoft Project ECDL, Excel and Visio - Previous experience in similar role in public sector - A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it - A good understanding of the commissioning agenda - An in depth understanding of current NHS policy ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area. - Further training or significant experience in programme/ project management, financial management or supporting change management processes. ### Other Requirements **Essential** - An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust. - Used to working in a busy environment. - Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change. - Commitment to continuing professional development. - Professional calm and efficient manner. - Effective organiser. - Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Putting the long-term health, social care and well-being needs of the population first (system first) - Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve excellence in everything we do - Holding yourself and others to account for delivering better outcomes. - Being inclusive, supportive and empowering at all times. - Engaging and enabling those working towards the aims we have as a collective. - Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences. - Evidence of success in efficient and effective project and programme management. - Skills for communication on complex matters, difficult situations and potential conflict, requiring persuasion and influence. - Skills for manipulating information. Intermediate keyboard skills - Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks. - You conduct yourself in a caring and considerate manner at all times. - You are respectful to others and listen to others. - You operate with openness and honesty and ensure you are approachable in conducting your role. - Professionalism and understanding difference is key ### Equality, Diversity and Inclusion **Essential** - A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas ## 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.