Quality Manager - Radiation Oncology Services

HCA Healthcare UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Quality Manager for Radiation Oncology Services to ensure compliance and high-quality care across HCA UK. The role involves providing scientific support, leading the quality management system, and managing strategic partnerships. Ideal candidates possess postgraduate qualifications and experience in an oncology environment. Benefits include competitive salary and flexible perks emphasizing career development and well-being.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private Healthcare Insurance

Private pension contribution

Season Ticket Loan

Group Life Assurance

Critical illness cover

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Discounts with major retailers

Qualifications

• Experience in an oncology or radiotherapy environment.
• Ability to work under pressure, maintaining professionalism.
• Strong interpersonal skills to liaise with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific support for clinical oncologists and radiographers.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality regulations.
• Lead the governance and quality management system.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Project management

Organizational skills

Education

Postgraduate education in radiotherapy or oncology

HCPC registration

Job description

Quality Manager - Radiation Oncology Services

Quality Manager-Radiation Oncology Services

London: The Harley Street Campus

Full time: 37.5hours per week

Permanent Contract

Salary: Competitive + a range of flexible benefits

Were recruiting for Quality Manager- Radiation Oncology Services at HCA Healthcare. This role provides leadership and management responsibility to provide strong governance; ensuring high quality; safe and effective and care within the radiotherapy and medical physics services across HCA UK. This includes:

• Ensuring compliance with regulatory standards(e.g., CQC, IRMER, IRR, H&S Executive, Environment Agency).
• Maintaining quality assurance accreditations(e.g., ISO, Macmillan Environmental Mark).
• Overseeing policy compliance to ensure a safe working environment for patients and employees.

Main duties of the job

You will be a key relationship owner in strategic partnerships and representing HCA Radiotherapy & Medical Physics atexternal partnership meetingsto uphold quality; accountability to performance indicators and support service development.

The Quality Manager- Radiation Oncology Services role is pivotal in leading and overseeing the governance and quality management systemacross allHCA UK Radiotherapy facilities,ensuring services continuously evolve in response to best practices and regulatory changes.Managing relationships with external partners to guarantee that HCA patients consistently receive the highest quality care,while also supporting the growth and development of radiotherapy services is paramount.

The position ensures strict compliance with protocols, clinical standards, and regulatory frameworks,fostering a cohesive learning, safe and high-performing service across all locations.

About us

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the worlds leading healthcare providers. In the UK, were one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing. We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That's why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Quality Manager - Radiation Oncology Services you'll be eligible for:

• 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
• Group Life Assurance from day one
• Critical illness cover
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers

Job responsibilities

Act as a Medical Physics Expert (MPE)

Provide scientific support for clinical oncologists, radiographers, dosimetrists and the rest of the medical physics team.

Be responsible for the development and commissioning of new equipment and techniques.

Propose, lead and participate in research and development projects.

Write comprehensive reports for new procedures, equipment and techniques, including commissioning reports and work instructions

Define and participate in the routine tasks within the department including QA, duty cover etc.

Advise the Head of Radiotherapy Physics, Medical Physics Leads, and wider business

Take ownership of all ongoing physics matters in their area of work.

Be responsible for delegated radiation protection matters, ensuring compliance with legislation, organising RPA and EA audits and ensuring compliance with IRR, EPR and IR(ME)R regulations.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience in an oncology or radiotherapy environment
• Involved in successful project management
• Experience in delivering training and providing supervision to support the development of multidisciplinary team
• Experience of auditing and service evaluation
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries and managing complex stakeholder relationships
• Demonstrate leadership qualities with ability to motivate team members to achieve their full potential
• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with multi-disciplinary team members.
• Have demonstrable problem solving and decision-making ability
• Display strong organisational and time management skills, resulting in effective resource management
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Demonstrate a high level of communication skills, including ability to deal with sensitive information & the ability to negotiate and persuade in a complex and challenging environment
• Demonstrate an ability to work under pressure, in an unpredictable working environment, maintaining a calm and professional attitude
• Demonstrate a good level of theoretical skills
• Ability to interpret and apply regulatory and accreditation standard into practise
• To professional represent HCA at external meetings and establish positive relationships with key stakeholders
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Hospital Health & Safety Procedures

Qualifications

• Postgraduate education or equivalent knowledge of working or assessing a radiotherapy/oncology environment underpinned by relevant practical experience
• HCPC registered professional

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.