Service Improvement Facilitator

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The Northern Gynaecological Oncology Centre (NGOC)was founded in 1948 and is based in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead (Gateshead Health NHS Trust.) The NGOC is a tertiary referral centre for the North East & North Cumbria Cancer Network, with a catchment population of 2.5 million. Recently, with reconfiguration of regional services, the NGOC has been named Lead Provider of tertiary gynaecological oncology care for women within this whole region.Gateshead Health NHS Trust have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team as a service improvement facilitator. You will be an integral member of the Macmillan funded project developing a pelvic radiotherapy late effects service.The successful post holder will work with the Macmillan Lead Gynae-Oncology nurse on a project to develop a pelvic radiotherapy late effects pathways on pelvic radiation disease (PRD) an umbrella term for a variety of symptoms a patient may experience following radiotherapy to the pelvis, this will include gynaecological, prostate, urology and colorectal cancers This will involving working with a broad range of stakeholders across the Northern Cancer Alliance, provider organisations and primary care.The successful post holder will apply service improvement methodology to the project and support the delivery of quality improvement and transformation change. You will engage with the multidisciplinary team, clinicians, nurses and patients to develop pathways for patients experiencing the consequences of treatment. The focus will be on the delivery of high standards of care and the development of the service in which staff are able to achieve their full potential, this ensuring quality and safety across the serviceBased in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Yvonne Anderson Job title: Lead Gynae/Oncology Nurse Email address: yvonne.anderson6@nhs.net Telephone number: 0191 4452123