Cancer Operations Director | The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Hillingdon Hospital serves the local population of Hillingdon, playing an important role in the diagnosis of cancer, and treatment of common cancers. A key focus of this role will be to deliver sustainable resilient cancer pathways, to ensure the Trust is able to consistently deliver the constitutional standards and provide a high-quality patient experience.

Accountable to the Chief Operating Officer and working in partnership with Clinical Directors and Divisional/ Lead Nurses, this post is responsible for operational delivery, operational performance, financial performance, governance, change, and business development across the Directorate. You will provide effective leadership and be a key member of the Trust's and Division's senior management teams.

The postholder will be required to:

Use their operational credibility to deliver robust systems and take stakeholders on an improvement journey for the benefit of patients and deliver change at scale and pace to improve cancer services and understand treatment variation.

Build appropriate trust and engagement through effective stakeholder engagement and clear strategic thinking to ensure delivery of the Cancer Strategy

Prepare, collate and present programme updates to ensure clear understanding of the current position

Use analytical skills to understand and solve problems

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.