UCL Partners

London Cancer, Integrated Cancer System Head of Communications, London Cancer Fixed term (12 months), 30 hours per week

Sonja — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:23:37 +0000

London Cancer is an Integrated Cancer System for North Central and North East London and West Essex. It brings together providers from across the health community, academia and the voluntary sector to drive step change improvements in outcomes and experience for the patients and populations we serve.

The Head of Communications will develop and lead London Cancer’s communications, media and stakeholder engagement strategy and activities, and will be the principal advisor on these and related issues to the London Cancer Board and central team. They will support London Cancer and its clinical leaders to develop staff and external stakeholder awareness, understanding, opinion and behaviour favourable to achieving London Cancer’s strategic objectives.

This role offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced communications professional looking for a new challenge and an innovative way of working with healthcare services across the community. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm for working collaboratively with staff, patients, carers, the public, clinicians, and a range of organisations to improve services. We need energy, creativity and an innovative approach to putting patients and carers at the centre of what we do and how we structure the message and vision of London Cancer. We welcome applicants capable of generating enthusiasm in others and gaining confidence among a diverse multi-professional team.

A Job description can be found here.

HOW TO APPLY

All applicants will be acknowledged.

Candidates wishing to apply should submit by email a detailed CV and a covering letter or supporting statement which addresses the criteria set out in the candidate specification. Applications should be sent by Friday 1^st June 2012 to applications@uclpartners.com

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Please contact the Director of Integrated Cancer, Charlotte Williams, charlotte.williams@uclpartners.com, 02031082346.

London Cancer, UCL Partners, 170 Tottenham Court Road, London. Tel: 02076796393, contact@londoncancer.org

UCLPartners Women’s Health Programme Presentation – 8th June

cate — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:43:43 +0000

Following the recent expansion of UCLPartners, Professor Judith Stephenson, Programme Director for Women’s Health, is delighted to invite you to a presentation of the UCLPartners Women’s Health Programme, as part of the annual meeting of the Katherine Twining Women’s Health Research Network in East London on the 8th June, 9:00 – 11:00am.

The event continues with the annual meeting of the Katherine Twining Women’s Health Research Network to which you are warmly invited. The Network aims to facilitate multidisciplinary research in reproductive health and childbirth providing leadership in development and delivery of women’s health studies.

For the agenda and further information about the event please click here

If you would like to attend please email Emily Goodyear

Further information on the UCLPartners Women’s Health Programme can be found here

London Cancer Integrated Cancer System – Project Manager, User Involvement & Patient Experience (12 month post)

Sonja — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:55:45 +0000

London Cancer is an Integrated Cancer System for north central & north east London and west Essex. It brings together providers from across the health community, academia and the voluntary sector to drive step change improvements in outcomes and experience for the patients and populations we serve.

In developing this post, London Cancer has receive exceptional support from Macmillan Cancer Support, in defining the role and helping us to plan how best to address this vital area where we must do more and think differently, and to reflect our need to develop a system that is developed in partnership with our patients and population.

Going forward, Macmillan Cancer Support and London Cancer have agreed to work together on this area, and Macmillan Cancer Support has kindly provided resource (funding and expertise) to enable work in all three areas.

This role offer an exciting opportunity for an individual with enthusiasm for and experience of working collaboratively with patients, carers, the public, clinicians, and a range of organisations to improve services. We need energy, creativity and an innovative approach to putting patients and carers at the centre of what we do. We welcome applicants with previous experience of community work, involvement in implementing change and quality improvement initiatives; capable of generating enthusiasm in others and gaining confidence among a diverse multi-professional team.

A Job description can be found here.

HOW TO APPLY

All applicants will be acknowledged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Please contact the Director of Integrated Cancer, Charlotte Williams, charlotte.williams@uclpartners.com, 02031082346.

London Cancer, UCL Partners, 170 Tottenham Court Road, London. Tel: 02076796393, contact@londoncancer.org

Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Co-ordinator

fiona — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:35:44 +0000

Are you a driven and enthusiastic individual who is looking for an exciting opportunity? UCLPartners is looking for a Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Co-ordinator to support their expanding PGMDE programme. UCLPartners is one of five accredited academic health science systems in the UK. Our purpose is to translate cutting edge research and innovation into measurable health gain for patients and populations – in London, across the UK, and globally.

If you are organized and articulate with the ability to multi-task and thrive on being challenged, then this is the role for you. You will be responsible for a wide range of activities relating to the work of our PGMDE boards.

Further information on the role can be found on the job description and person specification or please contact: Ann Pyatt or Robert Duke, Associate Directors, Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Programme, UCLPartners on 020 3108 2333 (Ann) or 020 3108 2331 (Robert).

Closing date: 22 May 2012

Candidates wishing to apply should email applications@uclpartners.com in the form of a one page covering letter of interest and CV.

Job Description & Person Specification

Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Co-ordinator

Associate Director posts for Core Training and Higher Training Programmes

cate — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:26:28 +0000

UCLPartners is to appoint three Associate Directors to lead on the delivery of ‘value-plus’ postgraduate medical and dental education for the core and higher specialties for which UCLP is the lead provider. The Associate Directors, each having responsibility for a portfolio of PGMDE specialties, will work closely with the Director of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education for UCLPartners, the LP training programme directors, and the PGMDE management team to deliver first class PGMDE to all UCLP trainees. The successful applicants will be senior clinicians working within one of the UCLP Local Education Providers and will have a keen interest in, and substantial experience of, postgraduate medical and dental education. They will also be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of the Medical & Dental Education Commissioning System and will have evidence of success in leadership and teamwork, and of their ability to motivate others to achieve enhanced quality in PGMDE.

The time commitment for each Associate Director post will be two PAs per week.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm on 28^th May and it is anticipated that interviews will be held in the week starting Monday 18^th June.

Job Description and Person Specification

Associate Director for PGMDE (Core Training Programmes)

Associate Director for PGMDE (Higher Specialty Training Programmes)
(Cardiovascular, Respiratory Medicine, Geriatrics, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Clinical Radiology, Gastroenterology, Renal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology)

Associate Director for PGMDE (Higher Specialty Training Programmes)
(General Adult and Old Age Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Neurology, Neurophysiology & Audiovestibular Medicine, Ophthalmology, Trauma & Orthopaedics)

London Cancer Integrated Cancer System – Clinical Lead for Earlier Diagnosis (1 day per week)

TimB — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:26:36 +0000

London Cancer is an Integrated Cancer System for North Central & North East London and West Essex. It brings together providers from across the health community, academia and the voluntary sector to drive step change improvements in outcomes and experience for the patients and populations we serve. This radical refocusing of local providers and GPs into a partnership around patients will require us to work together as a co-ordinated, coherent system; providing access to the very best rapid diagnostics for every patient irrespective of where they access our system or the type of cancer they have.

This post will provide clinical leadership for the London Cancer Earlier Diagnosis work stream, to achieve its objectives to improve outcomes and patient experience, whilst also designing effective interventions with local patients, GPs, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Public Health and the primary care community to help diagnose cancer earlier and more effectively.

This post receives full-time support from a Project Manager for Primary & Community Care Engagement

The post holder is accountable to the Chief Medical Officer of London Cancer for 3 years, with annual review. The position is a one day per week commitment, remunerated at the appropriate sessional rate, depending on the professional appointed.

To download the job description, please click here: Clinical Lead for Earlier Diagnosis – April 2012

HOW TO APPLY

All applicants will be acknowledged.

Candidates wishing to apply should submit by email a detailed CV and a covering letter or supporting statement which addresses the criteria set out in the candidate specification. Applications should be sent by 31^st May 2012 to applications@uclpartners.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Please contact the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones, at k.pritchard-jones@ucl.ac.uk or on 020 7679 6393; or the Director of Integrated Cancer for London Cancer, Charlotte Williams, at charlotte.williams@uclpartners.com, or on 020 3108 2346.

March Update

cate — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:25:58 +0000

The March Update is now available to download here

Charlotte Williams

cate — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:07:54 +0000

Charlotte is developing the London Cancer Integrated Cancer System for North Central & North East London and West Essex. This innovative partnership, led by UCLPartners, brings together providers from across the health community, academia and the voluntary sector to drive step change improvements in outcomes and experience for the patients and populations we serve.

Charlotte has extensive experience in senior NHS leadership, including at executive team level, and has led significant innovation and operational system change in the hospital sector in London, the East of England and the South East. She has a Masters in Health Services Management and experience of public health and acute commissioning, having undertaken postgraduate study in the UK and New Zealand. Charlotte holds a Masters in Biochemistry from Oxford.

February Update

cate — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:26:35 +0000

The February Update is now available to download here

Delivering value-based health care: maximising outcomes for every pound we spend

Jenny — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:59:49 +0000

On Wednesday 29th February 2012, UCLPartners and the Greater London Authority hosted a meeting for leaders and future leaders of London’s health and social care system. The conference built on two oversubscribed events in 2011, with the same faculty, which were aimed at a national audience. The focus of the session was on value: outcomes achieved for patients per pound spent.

The programme included an introduction to value-based health care delivery (VBHCD) from Prof Michael Porter (Harvard), and examples of applying VBHCD: In a large provider organisation with Prof Tom Lee (Partners Community Healthcare, Inc.); and Across the stroke pathway in London with Dr Charlie Davie (UCLPartners)

Thank you to those that were able to join us. We hope you found it an inspiring and informative session.