Oncology Vice-Chief, Head of London Market

Cleveland Clinic; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking an experienced Oncology Vice-Chief to lead clinical service development and manage departmental recruitment. This role involves ensuring performance accountability in an integrated market, collaborative strategy with various functions, and maintaining the highest standards of care. The ideal candidate will have advanced medical qualifications and extensive leadership experience in Oncology. This position offers the opportunity to impact lives within a supportive healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a matrixed healthcare environment, preferably in a large Oncology practice.
• Proven history of working with strategic alignment within the Oncology market.
• Current NHS Teaching Hospital appointment.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical design and development of Oncology service.
• Manage recruitment for the Oncology Department.
• Oversee the performance of the Oncology Institute.

Skills

Advanced leadership experience

Commercial focus

Strategic alignment

Oral and written communication in English

Education

FRCR or MRCP oncology

MD or PhD

Inclusion on the specialist register for Clinical or Medical Oncology

Job description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Oncology Vice-Chief, Head of London Market

Location

London

Facility

Central London - Victoria

Institute

Executive Administration-Cleveland Clinic London

Job Code

UK0830

Job Summary

Reporting to the Market Chief of Staff and indirectly to the Institute Chief, the Oncology Vice Chief serves as the doctor leader of an Institute across a market, spanning responsibility across all departments within an Institute. Responsible for doctor practice management within the market, the Oncology Vice Chief serves as key liaison between market leadership and Institute leadership teams.

Job Details

Responsibilities

• Lead the clinical design and development of a world leading Oncology service.
• Lead on recruitment of a comprehensive leading Oncology Department with coverage across all service dependent specialties.
• Responsible for the performance of the Oncology Institute across the market. Accountable to Institute-based performance goals for growth within a market including for safety, quality and patient experience and patients served.
• Works closely with commercial teams (Marketing and BD) and other functions (Regulatory, Market Access, Legal) to align on business plans and strategies.
• Serves as the operational leader for provider groups across departments.
• Acts as the leadership connection between teams across markets, Institutes, divisions and departments to meet strategic goals and key initiatives for that Institute and market.
• Provides indirect supervision and input into annual performance reviews for doctors in the market.

Experience

• Advanced leadership experience within a matrixed health care environment, preferably in a large Oncology practice or hospital setting
• Proven history of working with commercial focus and strategic alignment within the Oncology market
• Research experience
• Current NHS Teaching Hospital appointment
• Established London private practice and recognition with all private medical insurers

Education

• Full active General Medical Council (GMC) Registration
• FRCR or MRCP oncology and a higher MD or PhD
• Fellowship Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) or equivalent; specific area dependent on clinical specialty
• Inclusion on the specialist register for Clinical or Medical Oncology

Languages

• Oral and written communication in English

Certifications

• GMC registration, license to practice medicine and registration on the specialist register in the United Kingdom
• Credentialed as a consultant / specialist in respective area of expertise in United Kingdom

Complexity of Work

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to effectively communicate to a large, diverse audience
• Ability to think strategically and solve complex problems in a matrixed environment
• Requires agility, influence, emotional intelligence and the ability to drive results
• Demonstrates and models inspirational, inclusive, and truly human leadership behaviors
• Navigates a complex, global regulatory landscape
• Builds a culture of continuous improvement and risk management
• Ability to treat dotted lines as solid lines

Personal Protective Equipment

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures

Safeguarding

All caregivers have a personal and a professional responsibility to identify and report abuse. A patient or fellow caregiver may disclose information of being abused or suspected abuse. A caregiver may also witness abuse or simply have concerns of abuse taking place. Should any caregiver suspect abuse then it is vital that the CCL safeguarding policy and procedure is immediately implemented.

It is the caregiver’s responsibility to ensure they are fully compliant with CCLs safeguarding and training and read, understood and adhere to the CCL’s Safeguarding Policy and Protocols.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity / Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment / engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.