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Salary for this role£57,528 – £64,750 a year

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Role description

Job summary

The postholder will support the delivery of the Non-Surgical Oncology (NSO) and Urgent Cancer Care (UCC) work programme within the Northern Cancer Alliance. To make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes and drive service improvement across urgent & non-surgical oncology pathways at a system level.

The post requires strong, autonomous project management skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships across multiple organisations. Management of a portfolio of work, under the oversight of the Programme Manager, and will work collaboratively with clinical and operational experts to develop, implement, and embed best practice whilst ensuring relevant standards and compliance requirements are met. The role requires confidence in fostering strong professional relationships and collaboration without the need for daily on-site or office-based contact, using a range of communication and engagement approaches to maintain connection and momentum across geographically dispersed teams.

This is a hybrid role, combining home working with attendance at our base sites (Northumbria House at Cobalt or North Ormesby Health Village), as well as attendance at provider and service partner sites across the North East and North Cumbria. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly, balancing home working with in-person engagement as required to support delivery of the programme.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the Macmillan Cancer Alliance Delivery Manager (NSO and Urgent Cancer Care) includes the delivery and continuous improvement of cancer care initiatives across the Northern Cancer Alliance system, with a particular focus on both Acute Oncology Services (AOS) and urgent cancer care (UCC). This role involves coordinating multidisciplinary teams to ensure best practice in the rapid assessment and management of patients presenting with acute oncology complications or requiring urgent cancer interventions as per the agreed model of care. Additional responsibilities include leading projects, driving service transformation, supporting clinical teams, and upholding the highest standards of patient care in accordance with organisational objectives and national guidelines.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

About us

The Northern Cancer Alliance represents an integration of all stakeholdersin cancer services for its population of 3.1 million people. The NorthernCancer Alliance consists of statutory and non-statutory bodies but is not astatutory organisation in its own right.

The Northern Cancer Alliance will adopt a whole-population, whole-pathway approach to addressing the ambitions of the Cancer Strategy. Itwill work across its geographical footprint to transform services and care,reducing variation in the availability of good care and the outcomes oftreatment while aiming to deliver continuous improvement in patientexperience, and reductions in inequality of access.

The Northern Cancer Alliance recognises the value of meaningful publicinvolvement and acknowledges the interdependency between patientsafety, clinical effectiveness and the patient experience within cancer careand treatment services. The Alliance is fully committed to the involvementof the public in all aspects of its work and embedding a culture whereinvolvement is part of "usual business".

In order to deliver its ambitions, the Northern Cancer Alliance Team will bedistributed across its footprint and encompass a central Programme

Date posted

23 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-8364976VD

Job locations

Northumbria House or North Ormesby Health Village

Cobalt Business Park or North Ormesby Health Village

NE270QJ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Support the continued development of the Alliance and deliver an agreed work plan.

Support the Programme Manager to deliver the Non-surgical Oncology (NSO) and Urgent Cancer Care (UCC) work plan/programme. This includes but is not limited to:

Deliver the Acute Oncology Service/Out Of Hours (AOS/OOH) system wide agreed model.
Support with delivery of the wider Non-surgical Oncology (NSO) and Urgent Cancer Care (UCC) programmes. These projects support the delivery of the high-level priorities within the NCA strategy and workplan to reduce treatment variation.
Report project progress via regular 1:1s with the Programme Manager and via the NCA's governance processes as required. You may also be required to report progress into the NCA Lead Cancer Nurse.
Ensure delivery focus is maintained by the project team with clearly defined objectives, roles, and responsibilities, and detailed and regularly maintained plans. The delivery team is based in different organisations across the Cancer Alliance footprint and could refer to individuals in organisations rather than a traditional team setting.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Desirable

Member of relevant professional body

Experience

Essential

Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to Cancer, clinical pathways, communications, involvement, engagement, and project management.
Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Comprehensive experience of project principles, techniques, and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.