Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Fixed term: 5 months (FTC)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7913395
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £85,641 - £97,746 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 8c Cancer General Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
This post is the senior operational management lead working across cancer services alongside the operational team, divisional clinical director and head of nursing
The post-holder will work with senior clinical leaders and managers to drive and deliver excellent management leadership, support and capacity. They will ensure that effective management and delivery underpins the leadership of cancer pathways they manage and that the divisional clinical director is supported to ensure that leadership decisions are translated into transforming delivery of services.
The Cancer General Manager will work in partnership with the divisional clinical director and head of nursing to ensure the full engagement of all staff involved in cancer pathways in the delivery of the cancer performance strategy.
The post-holder will deputise for the Group Cancer Operational Director when required.
Main duties of the job
· To provide senior management leadership in supporting the division’s contribution to the business unit and Trust agenda and national plan, within the clinical and corporate governance frameworks of the Trust.
To remain up to date with changing objectives, external guidance, frameworks and directives, advising the division as necessary.
· To promote world class care and work in a way that is patient-centred, involves service users, responds positively to feedback from user groups and promotes teamwork across services.
· To promote a culture of safety and quality, openness and accountability, public service and teamwork in an environment of flexibility in which innovation can flourish in response to patients’ needs.
· Lead on delegated Clinical Practice Group work and promote the use improvement methodology in day to day working for all staff in the division.
· Support and manage the division to meet Trust and Monitor performance objectives
· To develop appraisal, objective-setting and performance development plans for all relevant staff. This includes ensuring that all staff groups covered by the post-holder have clear objectives set as part of their appraisal with professional heads.
· To ensure the delivery and compliance of mandatory training requirements for all staff
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post graduate qualification or equivalent experience
- Management qualification
- Evidence of continuing personal development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent substantial senior management experience, in an NHS acute setting or equivalent
- Evidence of leading and managing complex change within a complex environment
- Strategic planning and project management
- Managing large and complex budgets
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Leadership of a multidisciplinary team and delivering to deadlines and within resources.
- Significant acute operational management experience in a complex healthcare organisation
- Management of staff
- Ability to work across site, managing competing demands
- Effective communication skills
- Service planning and project management
- Broad understanding of the NHS and key policy issues which effect performance
- Aptitude to engage in constructive collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to achieve success through partnership
- Significant complex budgetary management
- Demonstrates excellent negotiation skills
- Ability to achieve effective team working within the division and across divisions
- Numerate, IT literate, analytical and able to use business intelligence effectively.
- Demonstrate advanced influencing and negotiation skills
- Ability to formulate business cases
Aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and flexibly in a dynamic environment
- Diplomatic style
- Attention to detail
- Resilient
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jade O'Connell
- Job title
- Group Head of Cancer Performance and Improvement
- Email address
- [email protected]
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