Cancer Transformation Programme Manager: Sponsorship Available

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a Cancer Transformation Programme Manager across the three Acute Trusts within the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group. This new role is fixed term for 12 months only and would be suitable for secondment and flexible working. There would be an expectation to travel to all three Acute Trusts across the region as required.Noona is a digital platform designed to collect and manage Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes (EPROs) for patients on an oncology pathway. It enables patients to remotely report symptoms, side effects and wellbeing, enhancing communication between patients and clinical teams, and enabling clinical teams to make assessments.The project will scope how the platform could be used most effectively. Some early suggestions are to enable assessment of patients before SACT appointments for to ascertain fitness to proceed, to enable patients undergoing Immunotherapy treatment to report any issues, and for assessment of patients being referred to a Late Effects clinic using a prepopulated questionnaire.

Interview date:22 September 2026.

Main duties of the job

The key objectives of the programme are to:

  • To enhance patient communication with the clinical team.
  • To reduce unnecessary patient attendance at outpatient appointments
  • To make patient pathways, and therefore the workforce, more efficient
  • The post holder would be required to lead the rollout across NNUH, JPUH and QEH in a co-ordinated implementation plan, supported by clinical and operational colleagues.

The post holder must have a good understanding of digital infrastructures and project management skills; clinical skills are not a prerequisite, but the post holder must be able to interpret clinical pathways into operational processes.

Person Specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

Essential

  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Experience

Essential

  • Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement

Desirable

  • Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

Attitude, aptitude

Essential

  • Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focus, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
  • Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Skills, abilities and knowledge

Essential

  • Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
  • Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 15 September 2026

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