Cancer Performance Manager Band 8A | Cancer Services – Cancer Performance | Ashgrove House, Foresterhill This is an exciting opportunity to join NHS Grampian as Cancer Performance Manager and take on a key leadership role at the heart of cancer pathway delivery and improvement. You will lead the Cancer Performance Team, helping clinical and operational services turn complex pathway information into practical action that improves tracking, escalation, performance and patient flow.

The role offers a varied portfolio and the prospect to build broad experience across cancer services, diagnostics, operational management and service transformation. You will work alongside clinical teams, operational managers, analysts and innovation colleagues to explore new ideas and develop improved approaches to the delivery of cancer pathways and diagnostic services.

As part of the Acute Sector team, you will gain experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries, influencing senior stakeholders and contributing to decisions on performance recovery, demand and capacity, pathway redesign, workforce, investment and the implementation of the Framework for Effective Cancer Management.

The post also provides the opportunity to collaborate beyond NHS Grampian through regional and national cancer networks, including the National Cancer Managers Forum. This will allow you to contribute to shared learning,



help shape improvement approaches and bring ideas and good practice back into local cancer services.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic senior manager who enjoys working with people, data and new ideas. You will bring highly developed knowledge of healthcare performance, service improvement and organisational change, together with the confidence to provide constructive challenge, build strong relationships and turn national requirements into practical local delivery.

Applicants should be educated to Master's level in a relevant subject, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge, training and senior management experience. Experience of cancer waiting times and cancer pathways is desirable, but we also welcome applicants with strong transferable experience in complex healthcare performance, improvement or operational management.

Informal enquiries Sasia Pryor, Unit Operational Manager – CSS3, CSS6 and Cancer Performance

Email: [email protected]

Interviews scheduled for Monday 30th November

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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