Current Opportunities

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Radiotherapy in-department waits project
Have you recently had radiotherapy treatment, or supported someone attending their radiotherapy appointments?

The North West Radiotherapy Network are hosting a virtual listening event to better understand your experiences of visiting the radiotherapy department, including what helped your visit run smoothly and any waiting times.

The listening event will be on Tuesday 10th February 2026, 12 – 2pm on MS Teams, see flyer for more information: GM Patient Listening Event Poster NWRTSSCN Feb 26

If you would like to take part, please register your interest by completing a short registration form: Radiotherapy in-department waits project – Fill in form

 

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Opportunity Details

Closing Date:January 31, 2026
Location:Virtual
Hours/Commitment:One-off Event/Task
Experience Required:No experience required
Experience Required:Experience or radiotherapy treatment or supported someone attending their radiotherapy appointment
Diagnostic and Pharmacy Programme Group (DPPG) - Patient and Carer Representative
We are looking for one patient and carer representative who has experience of a cancer diagnostics pathway, and an interest in the transformation of diagnostics and pharmacy, to join the GM Diagnostics and Pharmacy Partnership Group (the strategic oversight group for the Greater Manchester Diagnostics Network).

The purpose of the group is to ensure continued development and delivery of high-quality diagnostic and pharmacy services across GM (not just limited to cancer). The key areas of work that full under the network include imaging, pathology, physiological sciences, endoscopy, pharmacy transformation, and community diagnostic centres.

The meetings will be held on Monday afternoon 2-4pm (once every 2 months)

If you would like to take part, please send through a written expression of interest detailing why you are interested in diagnostics and pharmacy, and any relevant experience you may have.

GM DPPG role profile Dec 25_Naomi Roussak

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Opportunity Details

Closing Date:January 31, 2026
Location:In Person
Hours/Commitment:Long Term – regular time required over a period of 6 months plus
Experience Required:No experience required
Metastatic cancer – patient resource
There are lots of different terms used to refer to metastatic cancer (where cancer has spread from its original location to another part of the body). We would like to produce a resource to help patients understand what metastatic cancer is, and address any commonly asked questions, and potential myths that exist.. Everybody is welcome to attend and share their thoughts, regardless of if you have experience of metastatic cancer.

First meeting: Thursday 4 December, 11am-12pm

Please let us know if you would like to join and we will send you the joining link.

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Opportunity Details

Closing Date:April 30, 2026
Location:Virtual
Hours/Commitment:Medium Term – input required for between 1-6 months
Experience Required:No experience required
Personalised Care: Core Interventions Delivery Group Member
We are seeking a patient and/or carer representative to sit on our quarterly delivery group for Core Interventions. In line with the NHS long term plan, all patients diagnosed with cancer should receive access to the below interventions where appropriate.

Core interventions include:

  • Holistic Needs Assessments and Personalised Care and Support Plans

  • End of Treatment Summaries

  • Personalised Stratified Follow-Up

  • Cancer Care Reviews

We need your help to support he programme’s aim to champion the importance of meaningful, high quality personalised care at every step of a patient’s cancer experience and to ensure that every person diagnosed with cancer in GM has access to quality personalised care interventions at every contact with their medical team and beyond.

Personalised Care Delivery Group Role Profile

If you would like to get involved please get in touch!

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Opportunity Details

Closing Date:February 28, 2026
Location:Virtual
Hours/Commitment:Long Term – regular time required over a period of 6 months plus
Experience Required:No experience required
Tags:acute oncology, Breast, colorectal, Head and neck, lung, oesophago-gastric, skin, Urology
Join our small communities!
Would you like to use your experience to help improve cancer services across Greater Manchester? Join our small communities!

A small community can be defined as an ‘expert by experience’ focus group, where members share lived experience of a particular cancer type/pathway, and help us to make improvements.

We are looking to expand our small communities to ensure we hear from a diverse range of patient and carer viewpoints, and are particularly interested in those who have been diagnosed or affected by cancer recently.

For more information on small communities, and experience/skills required, please read our terms of reference and our role profile

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Opportunity Details

Closing Date:January 31, 2026
Location:Hybrid
Hours/Commitment:Long Term – regular time required over a period of 6 months plus
Experience Required:Some specific experience required
Experience Required:Experience as a patient or carer with a specific cancer type: breast, colorectal, gynaecological, head and neck, lung, oesophago-gastric (OG), skin or urology.