General Manager for Cancer Services - Bank / Locum

Croydon Health Services NHS Foundation Trust; Croydon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a General Manager for Cancer Services to lead operational delivery and performance for a 12-month secondment covering maternity leave. This senior leadership role will drive improvements in cancer services, ensuring quality patient care while meeting strategic targets. Applicants should hold a degree and have substantial operational management experience in a healthcare setting.

Benefits

Access to core skills training

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven track record of senior operational management experience.
• Experience in managing complex organizational change projects.
• High level of leadership and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of operational cancer services and performance.
• Drive improvement for National Cancer Wait Standards.
• Ensure high quality patient services aligning with clinical best practices.

Skills

Leadership skills

Operational management

Stakeholder relationship management

Budget management

Education

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Post Graduate Management related qualification

Job description

Overview

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Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.

Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people's homes all across the borough.

We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action - our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care. Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the Trust's Cancer Services for a 12 months secondment, covering maternity leave. The role of the General Manager for Cancer, supports the Director of Cancer with the delivery of operational cancer services and Cancer Waiting Times performance, working with primary care, NHSE, RM Partners, Macmillan and the South West London Cancer Alliance.

This is a key senior leadership role with an emphasis on operational delivery and performance, but also contributing to strategic direction of cancer and clinical pathways across the Trust. The role provides strong local leadership to balance strategic plans with operational needs to ensure robust delivery. It supports the Trust in ensuring the provision of high quality patient services that are clinically sound, delivered cost effectively and meet the Trust's priorities and performance targets.

Working closely with the Clinical Leads for Cancer and Lead Cancer Nurses, the role is pivotal in ensuring the patients on the urgent suspected cancer pathways are treated in line with the Planned Care and Cancer workstream of the Trust's Operational Recovery Programme. Excellent partnership working with clinical directorates, clinical support services and SWL sector is essential to ensure recovery of cancer services.

Main duties

Main duties of the job

The role of the General Manager for Cancer, supports the Director of Cancer with the effective delivery of cancer services.

The role supports the Directorates and Trust in ensuring the provision of high quality patient services that follow clinical best practice pathways, delivered cost effectively whilst meeting the Trust's priorities and performance targets.

The post holder will be a key driver of improvement particularly with regards to the National Cancer Wait Standards, early diagnosis and implementation of one stop pathways and ensuring we close the gap of health inequalities within the borough.

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The role of the General Manager for Cancer, supports the Director of Cancer with the effective delivery of cancer services.

The role supports the Directorates and Trust in ensuring the provision of high quality patient services that follow clinical best practice pathways, delivered cost effectively whilst meeting the Trust's priorities and performance targets.

The post holder will be a key driver of improvement particularly with regards to the National Cancer Wait Standards, early diagnosis and implementation of one stop pathways and ensuring we close the gap of health inequalities within the borough.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Post Graduate Management related qualification (or Corporate experience) in an NHS provider organisation

Desirable criteria

• Clinical Background

Knowledge and understanding

Essential criteria

• Clear understanding of the NHS Agenda and in depth knowledge of current legislation and NHS policy
• In depth knowledge and understanding of the national, local and Trust financial situation and challenges
• In depth knowledge of Health Sector practices and functions of NHS provider organisations and current targets in place for emergency care and patient flow

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of the national and local issues pertaining to the delivery of effective patient flow.
• Knowledge and understanding of the issues specifically challenging Croydon Health services

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven track record of senior operational management experience in a multi- disciplinary environment.
• High level of leadership and organisational skills.
• Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
• Budget management experience. Specifically managing to budget whilst delivering against CIP and QIPP schemes
• Managing complex organisational change projects - including working with clinical / non clinical staff to change team structures & ways of working

Desirable criteria

• Experience of financial recovery and turnaround

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

If you decide to apply for this post, but do not hear back from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

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Documents to download

• General Manager for Cancer Services (PDF, 444.2KB)
• CHS DBS Policy Statement (PDF, 53.0KB)
• Map of Croydon University Hospital (PDF, 95.6KB)
• CHS Accomodation (PDF, 1.4MB)