General Manager for Cancer Services

An exciting opportunity for a General Manager for Cancer Services has arisen at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.
We are seeking a dynamic leader to oversee the operational and administrative functions of Cancer Services, ensuring compliance with contractual and performance requirements, including Cancer PTL management and demand forecasting. You will be responsible for managing the Trust's performance against Cancer Waiting Times Standards, identifying risks, and implementing corrective actions to ensure high standards of care.
Working collaboratively across departments, you will lead the delivery and improvement of cancer services, ensuring integration of medical, nursing, and professional teams to drive service growth and redesign in line with the Trust's strategic goals. You will provide expert guidance on cancer service delivery and pathway design, keeping up-to-date with local and national policies.
This role involves managing Oncology and Palliative care services, external cancer performance data submissions and ensuring robust governance systems for safe and effective service delivery. You will oversee the Cancer Quality Surveillance Programme, ensuring accurate governance and operational documentation across specialties.
As a key representative of the division, you will engage with external partners, commissioners, and regulatory bodies, ensuring Cancer Services align with broader Trust objectives and demonstrate value for money., Responsible for the operational delivery, performance and governance for an agreed portfolio of clinical services, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and regulatory standards.
Responsible for achieving financial, quality, performance, productivity, and workforce targets, both locally and nationally, as outlined in business planning, appraisal, and personal development processes.
Responsible to establish and maintain robust internal controls to ensure effective financial management and resource allocation in alignment with the Trust's financial plan and governance requirements. This includes delivering contracted activity levels, managing pay and non-pay expenditure within agreed budgets, achieving cost improvement targets, and supporting service line profitability.
Lead the implementation of capital schemes and service developments within the assigned portfolio, ensuring adherence to procurement processes and successful delivery of projects on-time and within budget.
Responsible for establishing and maintain effective structures and control systems for staff management, encompassing recruitment, appraisals, development, and support, in line with the Trust's HR policies and procedures.
Lead engagement with internal and external stakeholders, fostering collaborative relationships to enhance communication and ensure the successful delivery of the business plan and strategic objectives., We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.
Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.
As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
+ Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
+ St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
+ Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
+ Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff., London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
+ Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
+ St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
+ Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
+ Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.