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Location

Bolton, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom

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Job description

The Imaging department is looking to recruit a Breast Screening Programme Manager to support the operational and strategic delivery of the national breast cancer screening programme for Bolton, Bury and Rochdale. The position is full-time / permanent, however options for flexible working will be considered.

Candidates who are new to programme management, breast imaging or screening programmes, will be offered the opportunity of a band 7 training post (ie progression role starting at band 7 and progressing to Band 8a after 12 months provided competences have been met).

Main Duties

This role requires an individual with passion, commitment, excellent communication skills, vision and the desire to drive standards and lead on service improvement. The post holder will work directly with the Lead Mammographer and the Director of Breast Screening . You will help to support the divisional management team, reporting directly to the operational business manager, to help deliver the breast screening imaging services across Bolton, Bury and Rochdale.

You will support the Operational Business Managers in the operational delivery and performance management of national and local performance targets and objectives. The post holder will be integral to the development and improvement of the services clinical and administrative processes to help deliver the divisional strategy for the division.

The post holder will work closely with the specialty clinical leads, senior management and Greater Manchester commissioners to support the effective strategic and operational management of the specialties, ensuring the delivery of high quality patient services within the resources available.

The post holder will be the direct line manager for the breast screening admin and clerical imaging team. This will involve direct management, supporting with workforce and HR issues, including staff rostering, annual leave, sickness absence, finance, training and development etc.

About Us

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the north west side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have a CQC rating as good overall and we have some key areas of outstanding practice with an outstanding rating for being well led at every level.

Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare. The Trust offer a range of flexible working patterns to enable our staff to balance their work and personal life.

Job Description &Personal Specification

Qualifications
• Degree or certificate of higher education.
• Post graduate qualification / equivalent experience in screening programmes.

Experience
• Managing and leading a screening service within a healthcare setting.
• Managing change and developing clinical services.
• Developing and implementing strategic change in coordination with key stakeholders.
• HR Management
• Risk management
• Managing budgets
• Experience in developing business cases and/or leading projects through to completion and evaluation.

Knowledge
• Knowledge of current issues relating to health screening programmes, pathways and key performance indicators.
• Knowledge of quality improvement, modernisation and change techniques.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and risk management.
• Knowledge of or experience of screening imaging pathways (Faster Diagnosis, Assessment, TP/TR rate), diagnostic validation and clinical pathways.
• Experience of dealing with difficult or complex performance issues.
• Understands and is able to interpret national policy
• Understanding of confidentiality and data protection.

Skills
• Analytical skills, ability to analyse complex data and think strategically.
• Ability to appraise capacity and demand analysis.
• Interpersonal skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to deal with conflict management and stressful/hostile situations.
• Innovative and creative in producing future service developments.
• Able to demonstrate initiative and judgment in identifying key issues.
• Effective decision making.
• Excellent time management and strong planning/ organisational skills
• Strong persuasive and influencing skills.
• Excellent Computer literacy.

This advert closes on Monday 26 Feb 2024

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