Closing date: 22 June 2026
Cancer Centre Manager
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for the detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
The role will support the operational and strategic aims of the Care Group, developing and managing a culture of change which drives efficiency, effectiveness and improved patient outcomes. The post holder will work in close liaison with the Care Group Manager, the Clinical Lead and Service Leads to consistently ensure the quality of patient care through efficient and effective department management. The post holder will have responsibility for an assigned portfolio as well as an overview of the Care Group, including management of identified staff and delegated financial resources. The post holder will lead on the Care Group's ongoing Estates and Capital Planning projects and other workstreams, aligned to their service portfolio, and will ensure that the Care Group's Estates Strategy is enacted.
Job responsibilities
* Oversee specific aspects of the cancer pathways for all tumour sites based at UHS and those patients referred to UHS for diagnosis or treatment, ensuring safe care and effective use of all resources.
* Direct line management responsibility for staff within the Cancer Centre and delegated responsibility for identified budgets.
* Lead the development of services within the Cancer Centre, in partnership with the Trust management team, in line with national recommendations and guidance.
* Lead on the development of the Cancer Centre strategy and overall strategic direction in line with national and regional directives, cost improvement and activity management programmes.
* Operate with a high degree of autonomy, manage a demanding workload to deliver sustainable service improvement, and deputise for the deputy COO on cancer-related discussions.
Person Specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
* First degree or equivalent.
* Evidence of post‑qualification study/professional development to Masters level (post‑grad certificate/MBA/MSc) or equivalent general management experience.
* Leadership training.
* Management training.
* Experience of working competently in an acute healthcare setting in a senior operational delivery/management position.
* Demonstrable knowledge of National and Local NHS, including national service frameworks.
* Evidence of advanced leadership qualities.
* Evidence of presenting complex information to internal and external groups in an understandable way.
* Report writing skills and experience.
* Ability to analyse and interpret complex data to facilitate operational delivery decisions to support key performance targets.
* Experience of successful delegated budget management and evidence of achieving financial and finite resource targets.
* Operational management experience in a clinical care group for more than 2 years.
* Membership of a professional body.
* Experience of working in NHS.
* A breadth of clinical experience across the specialist area.
* Evidence of successful leadership, management and engagement of clinical teams to introduce change.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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