Project Lead

This is an exciting opportunity to join RM Partners West London Cancer Alliance as a Programme Lead delivering a range of cancer service transformation projects across the geography. This key post will support both South West London and North West London Integrated Care Systems (ICS’s) to deliver the aims of the NHS Long Term Plan for cancer, working closely with colleagues across all our partners including acute Trusts, Primary Care and pan-London.
We are looking for someone with significant career experience in, and an excellent understanding of the NHS with a particular interest and experience in primary care. You will have demonstrable health care transformation and project management skills and be able to build relationships quickly and use your excellent interpersonal skills and communication to support programme delivery across multiple stakeholders. NHS operational management experience along with a clear understanding of the primary care landscape is seen as essential.
Interviews will be hosted on 24th or 25th April.

Cancer Alliances were established in 2019 following the publication of the Long Term Plan in order to deliver the commitments around cancer to save 55,000 more lives per year.
RM Partners is the cancer alliance for NW and SW London ICS’s, supporting 3.7 million people. We are hosted by The Royal Marsden, and work independently to serve our population, working with Place Screening and Provider teams to deliver transformation. Our strategy can be found on the RM Partners website and is signed off by both ICS CEO’s.
Our stakeholders are critical to our mission, and we are proud of the scale and prestige of the institutions we work in partnership with. Our ambition is to save more lives from cancer through earlier diagnosis and reducing inequalities. Nationally Cancer Alliances role within the wider Health care system is described as leading the whole system planning and delivery of cancer services for each of their ICSs including:

- System planning that supports improvement in cancer outcomes and constitutional standards and enables ICS commissioning;
- Whole system delivery of cancer pathways, linking primary and secondary care and diagnostic pathways, to support long term commissioning decisions, with resource to support;
- Using clinical expertise to ensure every intervention is evidence based.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
- Lead the development of multiple projects and programmes that support delivery of RM Partners key aims to improve survival and shift stage of diagnosis earlier. Establish effective communication systems, working relationships and involvement, as appropriate each ICS, networks and organisations across the geography.
- Be responsible for sharing information and best practice, persuading and influencing change in services with clinicians and a range of other stakeholders. These will often be challenging and difficult discussions around the detail of national and local policy.
- Develop an effective collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach to the design and provision of all relevant services and programmes. Advising and influencing commissioners and primary on configuration of service delivery models.
- Personally lead, support and contribute to formal negotiations with senior level staff from external stakeholders, providing a high level of negotiating expertise to secure the most advantageous arrangement.
- Present complex information to a range of lay, managerial and clinical audiences, including RM Partners Boards, project boards and senior managers