Service Manager Cancer

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Annual leave

Staff discounts

Onsite facilities

Onsite parking

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Cancer Services Manager to coordinate and implement their cancer services transformation, aligning with national reporting and performance requirements. The role requires collaboration across tumor sites and cancer specialties.

You will lead across the Trust with senior clinical and nursing leaders, driving complex projects and improvements while supporting executive leadership. The Trust emphasizes NHS benefits and staff development.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years NHS general management experience.
• Previous experience of working within cancer specialties.
• Experience of workforce planning.
• Experience of capacity planning.
• Proven track record of implementing service change and modernising service delivery.
• Significant experience of managing clinical staff and developing team working across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide Trust-wide leadership with the Clinical Lead for Cancer and Lead Cancer Nurse to oversee cancer services across the Trust.
• Lead strategic projects for cancer sites and services, often with external partners.
• Support the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and clinical divisional teams to meet objectives.

Education

Degree or equivalent

Postgraduate Health or Management qualification or Master’s level experience

Job description

Site Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Town Salisbury Salary £66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata if part time Salary period Yearly Closing 11/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

This role is a key role in the delivery of the national Cancer Plan here at Salisbury Hospital, and part of the BSW Hospitals Group. As the Cancer Services Manager you will be responsible for the coordination, oversight and implementation of our cancer services transformation programme, while ensuring SFT meets the requirements of national performance reporting and analysis.

This role requires well developed team working and the ability to collaborate across multiple teams covering all tumour sites and cancer related specialities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide Trust-wide leadership, in partnership with the Clinical Lead for Cancer and the Lead Cancer Nurse to oversee the development and delivery of cancer services across the Trust, and in the context of wider services for the population served.

The post holder will play a key role in supporting the Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO) and clinical divisional management teams in delivering both divisional and corporate Trust objectives. This includes leadership of strategic projects for the Trust across the range of cancer sites and services, often with partners outside of SFT.

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is part of the Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Hospitals Group, alongside Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Together, we are committed to delivering outstanding, sustainable healthcare through collaboration, innovation and excellent patient care.

With a history spanning more than 250 years, SFT combines a proud heritage with a forward-looking approach to healthcare. We employ more than 4,000 staff, provide around 470 beds and deliver acute, specialist and regional services across Wiltshire and beyond.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive, supportive workplace where colleagues feel valued, developed and empowered to reach their potential. Flexible working helps colleagues balance work and personal commitments while meeting the needs of patients.

We offer NHS benefits including the NHS Pension Scheme, generous annual leave, staff discounts and onsite facilities.

Salisbury offers an exceptional quality of life, combining a historic city with beautiful countryside, access to the south coast and excellent transport links. Find out more at Experience Salisbury.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent
• Post graduate Health or Management qualification or relevant experience to Master’s level
• Minimum five years NHS general management experience during which the knowledge and skills defined in the JD have been achieved

Experience

• Previous recent experience of working within cancer specialties
• Experience of workforce planning
• Experience of capacity planning

Experience

• Proven track record of implementing service change and modernising service delivery
• Significant experience of managing clinical staff and developing team working across various disciplines of staff including consultants
• Experience of working and influencing at a senior level and leading a team
• Significant experience of effective performance management and continuous improvement in a complex environment
• Experience of working and influencing at a senior level and leading a team

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. Take a look at our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) for more detailed information https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/media/2lfatov2/employee-value-proposition-document-v12-final.pdf

These include but aren't limited to:-

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 year.
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• 40% bus discount exclusive to SFT employees (period tickets only)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking (fees and restrictions apply)
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa eg those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £16 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.