We are recruiting for an Oncology Team Leader who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who will provide timely, efficient, and effective operational management support to the Service, ensuring that the Oncology administration services and operations are responsive, innovative and provided to the highest possible standard.
Working under the direction of the Assistant Service Manager for Cancer Performance, the individual will take managerial responsibility for the operation and delivery of all patients related administrative, clerical and secretarial functions, overseeing Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Secretarial team - consistent of: Medical Secretaries & Support Secretaries.
In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum pro rata.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
To provide effective leadership and performance management of administration staff within the Directorate, eg. medical secretaries and contact centre staff.
To support the Service Managers in the management of all aspects of cancer services and performance management. They will be directly responsible for the management and co-ordination of secretarial and clerical staff within a defined area.
To work unsupervised and act independently to manage own workload, referring to the appropriate Service Manager when necessary.
Responsible for the delivery of agreed targets and standards
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with clinicians in the Trust.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
