This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within either of these Trusts, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
Job overview
Cancer Services are seeking a Deputy Cancer Services Manager for a 12-month secondment.
The purpose of the Deputy Cancer Services Manager role is to support the senior operational and strategic leadership of Cancer Services. This will be through ensuring high-quality, safe, and effective cancer pathways, delivering on national cancer standards, and driving continuous improvement of cancer delivery and transformation within The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust.
The role will support and deputise for the Head of Cancer Services and take delegated responsibility for operational delivery, performance management, and service improvement across cancer pathways. The postholder will work collaboratively with clinical and operational colleagues to improve patient outcomes, experience, and access.
Main duties of the job
* Oversee the daily running of cancer pathways, ensuring smooth coordination across tumour sites and multidisciplinary teams.
* Lead operational planning for cancer services, including winter planning, resilience, and business continuity.
* Provide day-to-day senior operational oversight of cancer pathways, MDT coordination, and diagnostic and treatment capacity.
* Focus on sustainable long-term improvement across service areas to significantly improve the patient experience and staff involvement.
* Line manage, coach and develop staff.
* Support the Head of Cancer Services in providing inspirational leadership to the Cancer Services team, senior managers, clinical, administrative, and operational teams.
* Foster a culture of compassionate, inclusive, and accountable leadership, aligned with Trust values.
Working for your organisation
Cancer Services are a non‑clinical corporate team that track and drive cancer patient pathways in the trust, to meet national cancer standards. The team also facilitate weekly MDT meetings and PTL meetings.
Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non‑clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high‑quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached documents of the Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
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