[Hiring] Project Manager @Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Role Description

Please note this role is currently only being advertised to staff members who are currently working within the Kent and Medway ICS.

To provide effective project and programme management support to the Personalised Care and Living with and Beyond Cancer programme across Kent and Medway. The post holder will work as a Band 7 Project Manager within the Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance, supporting the Cancer Alliance Programme Lead to translate the National Cancer Plan for England into practical local delivery.

This will include supporting the development and delivery of personalised and sustainable cancer care, including:

• Personalised care planning
• Personalised follow-up
• Supported self-management
• Rehabilitation and prehabilitation
• Health and wellbeing
• Psychosocial support
• Late effects

The post holder will focus on:

• Reducing unwarranted variation and inequalities
• Improving access and pathways
• Ensuring the voice of people affected by cancer informs service development

They will manage allocated projects autonomously while supporting programme governance, monitoring, evaluation and benefits reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in project management within healthcare settings
• Knowledge of cancer care pathways
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams

Requirements

• Monitor delivery against personalised care priorities
• Coordinate the implementation of personalised assessment and care plans
• Map provision and identify gaps of local patient support, care pathways and services
• Support an agreed portfolio of Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs)
• Ensure that agreed actions are completed in a timely fashion by action owners
• Support service improvement initiatives

Benefits

• At least 27 days of annual leave plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 23.7% and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• Additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents

Company Description

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.

We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex.

With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff, we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.

Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers:

• Two operating theatres
• 28 inpatient and day-care beds
• Diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy)
• Consultation/treatment rooms

We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it’s adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust.