Deputy Director Cancer Services

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Divisional Director post in Cancer Services. This role will work in conjunction with the Divisional Management teams to collectively ensure delivery of the organisational strategy, operational planning and financial performance of the Division.We are looking for credible and influential leaders. You will demonstrate strong, consistent and effective leadership, enabling delivery of high-quality patient care within available resources. You should possess a proven track record of delivery and experience of significant staff and budgetary management. You should be results-driven, have led complex change initiatives and have a record of helping services and staff excel in their levels of performance. Central to these roles is the ongoing engagement of clinical managers in a complex, specialist environment to collaboratively deliver annual business planning, ensuring sufficient capacity and capability to deliver both local and national priorities in addition to supporting the Trust to deliver the research and private care agendas. The post holder will also play a pivotal and proactive role in exploration of new strategic opportunities and alternative models of service delivery across both the Chelsea, Kingston and Sutton sites and our wider network.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Divisional Director, Divisional Medical Director and Divisional Nurse Directors with the strategic and operational management of the Cancer Services Division. The post holder will lead on financial and performance improvement initiatives as well as take a lead on project development and service improvement within the Division. The Cancer Services Division is structured into three Clinical Business Units each supported by a Clinical Business Unit Manager, Clinical Director and Matron:Cancer Services is organised across 3 Clinical Business Units (CBUs):

o CBU1: Breast, Plastics, Lung, Acute Oncology Service (AOS), Kingston Partnership, Joint Thoracic Service (JTS), all Medical Day units and Home Care and acts as divisional lead for all resident doctors and all medical secretaries.

o CBU2: Haematology, Head & Neck and Thyroid, Neuro-oncology, Children & Young People, Sarcoma and Renal Melanoma and also leads on the ambulatory and ward areas for Children and Young People and Haematology

o CBU3: GI, Gynaecology and Urology and also leads on all solid tumour ward across both sites.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.