Prison Inclusion Health & Cancer Manager
| Posting date: | 12 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 January 2026 |
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE27 0QJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9319-26-0015 |
Summary
This post will lead the partnership work between the Trust and the local prison, identifying and developing appropriate interventions, with clinical teams, to quality improve the Trust healthcare offer to the offender population. The post will scope both Trust and prison healthcare processes to identify appropriate areas to improve processes considering challenges faced by prison patients in accessing timely cancer diagnostics and support whilst on the cancer pathway. Provide specialist advice and support on public health matters to all health care professionals. In conjunction with the multi-disciplinary / multi-agency teams, facilitate improvement in offender healthcare engagement rates and reduce did not attend appointments To be a bridge between the prison and the healthcare providers to enable improvements in joint care developing better methods for seamless communication To provide management and professional accountability for the effective delivery of the prison navigation project in accordance with national; regional and local guidelines. Develop, inform and implement strategies to ensure health professionals are adequately trained to support offender healthcare in cancer pathways. Adopt a patient centred approach ensuring patient experience and involvement is supported and enabled throughout the planning, design and implementation of the project. Improve offender engagement rates into healthcare and support the reduction in missed appointments. To support the Trusts Inclusive Equitable Healthcare model of care and contribute to the trauma informed care workstream. To collaborate with the external evaluation and support the formal University planning and evaluation of the project with appropriate recommendations Develop partnership working internally with cancer pathway leads, GMs and OSMs to embed public health principles of care factoring in inclusive equitable healthcare and externally with community partners. To monitor and evaluate service delivery and ensure effectiveness of action To lead the process and management of change within clinical and public health practice. To ensure good practice is identified and shared locally and nationally. ESSENTIAL CRITERIA Specialist healthcare knowledge, in related field (healthcare setting and/or prison healthcare), acquired through training to Masters level qualification or equivalent Management /leadership qualification or relevant experience Specialist healthcare knowledge, in related field (healthcare setting and/or prison healthcare), acquired through training to Masters level qualification or equivalent DESIRABLE Leadership Course Management Course Training qualification If you think you have the skills and motivation to succeed in this role we are keen to hear from you. Informal conversations or visits to our team from interested parties are strongly encouraged.