General Manager - Haematology

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in the United Kingdom is seeking a full-time General Manager for the Haematology department within the Cancer Division. The successful candidate will lead operational management and service improvement initiatives, ensuring effective performance and budget management. Strong experience in a clinical setting and excellent communication skills are essential for this pivotal role.

Qualifications

• Proven operational and service improvement leadership in a hospital or clinical setting.
• Experience managing budgets, workforce, performance and cancer performance targets.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day running of the haematology service, ensuring effective management of budgets, workforce, performance, and delivery of cancer performance targets.
• Lead service improvement and transformation initiatives across a broad haematology spectrum.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to provide integrated care.

Skills

Operational management experience

Managing budgets

Leadership

Strong communication skills

Job description

General Manager, Haematology – Cancer Division, UCLH

We are recruiting a full‑time General Manager in Haematology within the Cancer Division at UCLH. The successful candidate will bring strong operational management experience and will lead operational and service improvement for their department.

Responsibilities

• Day‑to‑day running of the haematology service, ensuring effective management of budgets, workforce, performance and delivery of cancer performance targets.
• Lead service improvement and transformation initiatives across a broad haematology spectrum including haematopoietic stem cell transplant, haematological oncology (lymphoma, myeloma, leukaemias, myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative disorders), haemoglobinopathies, coagulation and thrombosis, and general haematology.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams, laboratory haematology services, and specialist diagnostic services to provide integrated care.
• Act as medical cover for the Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service (SIHMDS) and support the cellular therapy unit, gene therapy, immunotherapy and apheresis programmes.
• Represent the department on national centres, including the Red Cell Network and a nationally commissioned specialist TTP centre.

Qualifications

• Proven operational and service improvement leadership in a hospital or clinical setting.
• Experience managing budgets, workforce, performance and cancer performance targets.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Alignment with UCLH Trust values and a values‑based approach to patient care.

UCLH provides Europe’s largest clinical haematology services in the newly opened state‑of‑the‑art Grafton Way Building. The department functions as a joint Haematology and Cancer Institute, recognised as a centre of excellence for clinical haematology services.