To enhance the support Greater Manchester (GM) Cancer Alliance provides to Primary Care and to represent the Primary Care view in GM Cancer Alliance programmes, we are looking to secure sessional input from primary care professionals: General Practitioner(s), Practice Manager(s), Practice Nurse(s).
We are seeking expressions of interest from colleagues who are currently working in these roles in Greater Manchester and who represent both clinical and non-clinical roles.
Each PA will be remunerated at a rate of £295 per PA worked between 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday and is for a period not exceeding 3.5 hours.
The successful applicant will be engaged through a “contract for services” with GM Primary Care Board (Hosted by Viaduct CIC). This can be directly with the individual or through their principal employer (e.g. a GP Practice).
Please note the deadline for expression of interest / application is Friday 30th September 2024.
Please return all expressions of interest by this date to gmcancer.earlydiagnosis-primarycare@nhs.net. This email address can also be used if you have any queries relating to these roles.
Role outlines and Person specification
Role Summary
The NHS Long Term Plan sets out stretch ambitions and commitments to improve cancer outcomes and services. For early cancer diagnosis the key ambition is that by 2028, 75% of people with cancer will be diagnosed at an early stage (one or two).
To realise this ambition, it will be necessary to continue our collective efforts to implement ways of working that will be new and innovative but that also build on work that is known to have a positive and sustained impact on the early identification of cancer.
This includes a range of activities: raising awareness of the symptoms of cancer; providing Primary Care with the tools and access to education to ensure timely referrals; accelerating access to diagnosis and treatment; and maximising the number of cancers identify through screening. Our collective efforts should also make use of personalised and risk stratified screening and embrace testing family members of cancer patients where they are at an increased risk of cancer.
Greater Manchester (GM) Cancer Alliance recognises the key role Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and their member practices have in supporting early cancer diagnosis and in particular through the implementation and delivery of the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES).
Feedback from PCNs has identified that there is a strong association with the following factors and progress against the requirements of the DES and the early diagnosis of cancer.
- Evidence of a proactive community of practice
- Effective leadership
- Data driven and evidence based improvement projects
- Performance monitoring
- Utilisation of decision making support tools
- Engagement with education and training programmes
- Innovation
Working alongside the GM Cancer Alliance Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Manager and the team of Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Facilitators who are working directly with PCNs, the post holder will provide professional and clinical expertise to support their work and the support they offer to PCNs and their member practices.
The post holder will also support the work programmes of the GM Cancer Alliance Workforce and Education and Personalised Care Teams.
The post holder is accountable to the GM Cancer Alliance Associate Medical Director for Early Diagnosis and Primary Care and is subject to a satisfactory robust annual review. The position is a weekly 1 PA commitment up until 31/03/2026 in the first instance.
Working relationships
- GM Cancer Alliance Associate Medical Director for Early Diagnosis and Primary Care
- GM Cancer Alliance Director of Cancer Commissioning and Early Diagnosis
- GM Cancer Alliance Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Project Manager
- GM Cancer Alliance Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Facilitator Team
- Members of the Early Diagnosis Programme Board
- GM Cancer Alliance Workforce Team
- GM Cancer Personalised Care Team
- GM Cancer Primary Care Support Roles – Practice Nurse and Practice Manager
- GM GP Cancer Leads
- GM PCN Clinical Directors
- GM PCNs and member practices
- Place Based Locality Leads for Cancer
- GP Excellence Programme Leads
- GM Primary Care Training Leads
Objective
To provide professional and clinical expertise to GM Cancer Alliance and General Practice colleagues in relation to achieving the early diagnosis ambition and delivery of the Workforce and Training and Personalised Care programmes of work.
Roles and responsibilities
Guidance and support
The postholder will:
- Provide professional and clinical representation when requested at meetings in support of the work of GM Cancer Alliance.
- Contribute to and provide critical review of the GM Cancer Alliance programmes of work as they relate to General Practice.
- Provide professional and clinical expertise in support of the work programmes of GM Cancer Alliance and specifically in relation to early diagnosis, workforce and education and personalised care as they relate to General Practice.
- Support the other GM GP Cancer Leads.
- Advocate for GM Cancer Alliance staff in their engagement with General Practice in the delivery of the work programme of GM Cancer Alliance.
Delivery
The postholder will:
- Ensure that objectives are set and an accompanying work programme is developed and agreed with the GM Cancer Alliance Associate Medical Director for Early Diagnosis and Primary Care and the GM Early Diagnosis and Primary Care Project Manager and that this includes input for the Workforce and Education and Personalised Care Teams.
- Utilise the established contacts with General Practice that GM Cancer Alliance has built to ensure engagement and delivery of the agreed objectives.
- Use their influence with General Practice to support active engagement with GM Cancer Alliance staff and their work programme.
- Be available to the Early Diagnosis and Primary Care Project Manager to answer ad hoc requests.
- Use insight in the use of best practice, guidance, and analytics to inform quality improvement and programme delivery.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of cancer data and data quality to inform the work of primary care.
- Promote the systematic application of quality framework tools such as NICE Quality Standards.
- Use insight to support the development and delivery of personalised care.
- Work collaboratively with other representative to help promote the highest level of education and training for all health care professionals within General Practice.
- Ensuring there is a strong focus on reducing inequality and addressing variation across general practice.
Service improvement
The postholder will:
- Develop a robust understanding of the key opportunities and application to improve patient care and patient experience in General Practice.
- Engage and support the development of the Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Facilitators work programme and support offer to General Practice.
- Work collaboratively with other representatives of general practice to identify best practice and support implementation as it relates to early diagnosis and personalised care.
Person specification
| Area | Essential | Desirable |
| Values and behaviours | ||
| Committed to quality in all that they do | Y | |
| Values diversity and difference and promotes equality of opportunity | Y | |
| Shows commitment to changing the culture of current cancer processes and systems to promote greater focus on patient experience and clinical outcomes and looking at the whole patient journey | Y | |
| Operates with integrity and openness | Y | |
| Is energetic and enthusiastic, capable of generating enthusiasm in others and gaining confidence among a diverse multidisciplinary team | Y | |
| Is committed to reducing health inequalities from systematic change | Y | |
| Knowledge and experience | ||
| Has the credibility to be a clinical expert by way of demonstrable clinical excellence and being able to command trust from colleagues | Y | |
| Has the credibility to represent general practice and comment on schemes of work, planning and strategy | Y | |
| Has in-depth knowledge of the cancer pathways, provision and services | Y | |
| Shows an awareness of the wider strategic issues affecting health care delivery in the NHS, especially in Greater Manchester – thorough knowledge of national and local factors that may affect cancer care | Y | |
| Has experience of assessing training and education needs of colleagues both clinical and non-clinical | Y | |
| Experience of clinical leadership, quality improvement activity and pathway transformation work | Y | |
| Has developed plans for service changes and improvements | Y | |
| Qualified GP, registered with a license to practice and working clinically within GM | Y | |
| Skills and capabilities | ||
| Is able to influence others to deliver programmes of work | Y | |
Role Summary
The NHS Long Term Plan sets out stretch ambitions and commitments to improve cancer outcomes and services. For early cancer diagnosis the key ambition is that by 2028, 75% of people with cancer will be diagnosed at an early stage (one or two). To realise this ambition, it will be necessary to continue our collective efforts to implement ways of working that will be new and innovative but that also build on work that is known to have a positive and sustained impact on the early identification of cancer.
This includes a range of activities: raising awareness of the symptoms of cancer; providing Primary Care with the tools and assess to education to ensure timely referrals; accelerating access to diagnosis and treatment; and maximising the number of cancers identify through screening. Our collective efforts should also make use of personalised and risk stratified screening and embrace testing family members of cancer patients where they are at an increased risk of cancer.
Greater Manchester (GM) Cancer Alliance recognises the key role Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and their member practices have in supporting early cancer diagnosis and in particular through the implementation and delivery of the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES). Feedback from PCNs has identified that there is a strong association with the following factors and progress against the requirements of the DES and the early diagnosis of cancer.
- Evidence of a proactive community of practice
- Effective leadership
- Data driven and evidence based improvement projects
- Performance monitoring
- Utilisation of decision making support tools
- Engagement with education and training programmes
- Innovation
Working alongside the GM Cancer Alliance Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Manager and the team of Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Facilitators who are working directly with PCNs, the post holder will provide professional and managerial expertise to support their work and their offer to PCNs and their member practices.
The post holder will also support the work programmes of the GM Cancer Alliance Workforce and Education and Personalised Care Teams. The post holder is accountable to the GM Cancer Alliance Early Diagnosis and Primary Care Project Manager and is subject to a satisfactory robust annual review. The position is a weekly 1 PA commitment up until 31/03/2026 in the first instance.
Working relationships
- GM Cancer Alliance Associate Medical Director
- GM Cancer Alliance Director of Cancer Commissioning and Early Diagnosis
- GM Cancer Alliance Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Project Manager
- GM Cancer Alliance Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Facilitator Team
- Members of the Early Diagnosis Programme Board
- GM Cancer Alliance Workforce Team
- GM Cancer Personalised Care Team
- GM Cancer Primary Care Support Roles – General Practitioner and Practice Nurse
- GM GP Cancer Leads
- GM PCN Clinical Directors
- GM PCNs and member practices
- Place Based Locality Leads for Cancer
- GP Excellence Programme Leads
- GM Primary Care Training Leads
Objective
To provide professional and managerial expertise to GM Cancer Alliance and General Practice colleagues in relation to achieving the early diagnosis ambition and delivery of the Workforce and Training and Personalised Care programmes of work.
Roles and responsibilities
Guidance and support
The postholder will:
- Provide representation when requested at meetings in support of the work of GM Cancer Alliance.
- Contribute to and provide critical review of the GM Cancer Alliance programmes of work as they relate to general practice.
- Provide professional and managerial expertise in support of the work programmes of GM Cancer Alliance and specifically in relation to early diagnosis, workforce and education and personalised care as they relate to general practice.
- Link to and represent GM Cancer Alliance at appropriate meetings and events.
- Advocate for GM Cancer Alliance staff in their engage with General Practice in the delivery of the work programme of GM Cancer Alliance.
Delivery
The postholder will:
- Ensure that objectives are set and an accompanying work programme is developed and agreed with the GM Early Diagnosis and Primary Care Project Manager and that this includes input for the Workforce and Education and Personalised Care Teams.
- Utilise the established contacts with General Practice that GM Cancer Alliance, together with other networks (e.g local Practice Manager networks) has built to ensure engagement and delivery of the agreed objectives.
- Use their influence with Practice Managers and their colleagues to support active engagement with GM Cancer Alliance staff and their work programme.
- Be available to the Early Diagnosis and Primary Care Project Manager to answer ad hoc requests.
- Use insight in the use of best practice, guidance, and analytics to inform quality improvement and programme delivery.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of cancer data and data quality to inform the work of primary care.
- Promote the systematic application of quality framework tools such as NICE Quality Standards.
- Use insight to support the development and delivery of personalised care.
- Work collaboratively with other representative to help promote the highest level of education and training for all health care professionals.
- Ensuring there is a strong focus on reducing inequality and addressing variation across general practice.
Service improvement
The postholder will:
- Develop a robust understanding of the key opportunities and application to improve patient care and patient experience in General Practice.
- Engage and support the development of the Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Facilitators work programme and support offer to general practice.
- Work collaboratively with representatives of General Practice to identify best practice and support implementation as it relates to early diagnosis and personalised care.
Person specification
| Area | Essential | Desirable |
| Values and behaviours | ||
| Committed to quality in all that they do | Y | |
| Values diversity and difference and promotes equality of opportunity | Y | |
| Shows commitment to changing the culture of current cancer processes and systems to promote greater focus on patient experience and clinical outcomes and looking at the whole patient journey | Y | |
| Operates with integrity and openness | Y | |
| Is energetic and enthusiastic, capable of generating enthusiasm in others and gaining confidence among a diverse multidisciplinary team | Y | |
| Is committed to reducing health inequalities from systematic change | Y | |
| Knowledge and experience | ||
| Has the credibility to be an expert in practice management and systems by way of demonstrable experience and being able to command trust from colleagues | Y | |
| Has the credibility to represent non-clinical colleagues and comment on schemes of work, planning and strategy | Y | |
| Has in-depth knowledge of the cancer pathways, provision and services | Y | |
| Shows an awareness of the wider strategic issues affecting health care delivery in the NHS, especially in Greater Manchester – thorough knowledge of national and local factors that may affect cancer care | Y | |
| Has experience of assessing training and education needs of colleagues | Y | |
| Experience of leadership, quality improvement activity and pathway transformation work | Y | |
| Has developed plans for service changes and improvements | Y | |
| Holds a Practice Manager role currently within GM | Y | |
| Skills and capabilities | ||
| Is able to influence others to deliver programmes of work | Y | |
Role summary
The NHS Long Term Plan sets out stretch ambitions and commitments to improve cancer outcomes and services. For early cancer diagnosis the key ambition is that by 2028, 75% of people with cancer will be diagnosed at an early stage (one or two). To realise this ambition, it will be necessary to continue our collective efforts to implement ways of working that will be new and innovative but that also build on work that is known to have a positive and sustained impact on the early identification of cancer.
This includes a range of activities: raising awareness of the symptoms of cancer; providing Primary Care with the tools and education to ensure timely referrals; accelerating access to diagnosis and treatment; and maximising the number of cancers identify through screening. Our collective efforts should also make use of personalised and risk stratified screening and embrace testing family members of cancer patients where they are at an increased risk of cancer.
Greater Manchester (GM) Cancer Alliance recognises the key role Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and their member practices have in supporting early cancer diagnosis and in particular through the implementation and delivery of the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES). Feedback from PCNs has identified that there is a strong association with the following factors and progress against the requirements of the DES and the early diagnosis of cancer.
- Evidence of a proactive community of practice
- Effective leadership
- Data driven and evidence based improvement projects
- Performance monitoring
- Utilisation of decision making support tools
- Engagement with education and training programmes
- Innovation
Working alongside the GM Cancer Alliance Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Manager and the team of Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Facilitators who are working directly with PCNs, the post holder will provide professional and clinical expertise to support their work and the support they offer to PCNs and their member practices.
The post holder will also support the work programmes of the GM Cancer Alliance Workforce and Education and Personalised Care Teams. The post holder is accountable to the GM Cancer Alliance Early Diagnosis and Primary Care Project Manager and is subject to a satisfactory robust annual review. The position is a weekly 1 PA commitment up until 31/03/2026 in the first instance.
Working relationships
- GM Cancer Alliance Associate Medical Director
- GM Cancer Alliance Director of Cancer Commissioning and Early Diagnosis
- GM Cancer Alliance Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Project Manager
- GM Cancer Alliance Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Facilitator Team
- Members of the Early Diagnosis Programme Board
- GM Cancer Alliance Workforce Team
- GM Cancer Personalised Care Team
- GM Cancer Primary Care Support Roles – Practice Manager and GP
- GM GP Cancer Leads
- GM PCN Clinical Directors, PCNs and member practices
- Place Based Locality Leads for Cancer
- GP Excellence Programme Leads
- GM Primary Care Training Leads
Objective
To provide professional and clinical expertise to GM Cancer Alliance and General Practice colleagues in relation to achieving the early diagnosis ambition and delivery of the Workforce and Training and Personalised Care programmes of work.
Roles and responsibilities
Guidance and support
The postholder will:
- Provide professional and clinical representation when requested at meetings in support of the work of GM Cancer Alliance.
- Contribute to and provide critical review of the GM Cancer Alliance programmes of work as they relate to general practice.
- Provide professional and clinical expertise in support of the work programmes of GM Cancer Alliance and specifically in relation to early diagnosis, workforce and education and personalised care as they relate to General Practice.
- Advocate for Practice Nurses and associated colleagues.
- Link to and represent GM Cancer Alliance at appropriate meetings and events.
- Advocate for GM Cancer Alliance staff in their engagement with general practice in the delivery of the work programme of GM Cancer Alliance.
Delivery
The postholder will:
- Ensure that objectives are set and an accompanying work programme is developed and agreed with the GM Early Diagnosis and Primary Care Project Manager and that this includes input for the Workforce and Education and Personalised Care Teams.
- Utilise the established contacts with General Practice that GM Cancer Alliance, together with other networks (e.g General Practice Nurse Education Network) has built to ensure engagement and delivery of the agreed objectives.
- Use their influence with General Practice and specifically nursing teams to support active engagement with GM Cancer Alliance staff and their work programme.
- Be available to the Early Diagnosis and Primary Care Project Manager to answer ad hoc requests.
- Use insight in the use of best practice, guidance, and analytics to inform quality improvement and programme delivery.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of cancer data and data quality to inform the work of primary care.
- Promote the systematic application of quality framework tools such as NICE Quality Standards.
- Use insight to support the development and delivery of personalised care.
- Work collaboratively with other representative to help promote the highest level of education and training for all health care professionals.
- Ensuring there is a strong focus on reducing inequality and addressing variation across general practice.
Service improvement
The postholder will:
- Develop a robust understanding of the key opportunities and application to improve patient care and patient experience in General Practice as it relates to the nursing workforce.
- Engage and support the development of the Primary Care and Early Diagnosis Facilitators work programme and support offer to General Practice.
- Work collaboratively with nursing staff and other representatives of General Practice to identify best practice and support implementation as it relates to early diagnosis and personalised care.
Person specification
| Area | Essential | Desirable |
| Values and behaviours | ||
| Committed to quality in all that they do | Y | |
| Values diversity and difference and promotes equality of opportunity | Y | |
| Shows commitment to changing the culture of current cancer processes and systems to promote greater focus on patient experience and clinical outcomes and looking at the whole patient journey | Y | |
| Operates with integrity and openness | Y | |
| Is energetic and enthusiastic, capable of generating enthusiasm in others and gaining confidence among a diverse multidisciplinary team | Y | |
| Is committed to reducing health inequalities from systematic change | Y | |
| Knowledge and experience | ||
| Has the credibility to be a clinical expert by way of demonstrable clinical excellence and being able to command trust from colleagues | Y | |
| Has the credibility to represent nursing colleagues and comment on schemes of work, planning and strategy | Y | |
| Has in-depth knowledge of the cancer pathways, provision and services | Y | |
| Shows an awareness of the wider strategic issues affecting health care delivery in the NHS, especially in Greater Manchester – thorough knowledge of national and local factors that may affect cancer care | Y | |
| Has experience of assessing training and education needs of colleagues both clinical and non-clinical | Y | |
| Experience of leadership, quality improvement activity and pathway transformation work | Y | |
| Has developed plans for service changes and improvements | Y | |
| Qualified nurse, registered to practice and working clinically within GM | Y | |
| Skills and capabilities | ||
| Is able to influence others to deliver programmes of work | Y | |