Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-SB-EMF19799
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £57,888 - £64,880 Per annum (pro rata) including High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Manager Oncology B8
Band 8a
Job overview
The Oncology division at the Royal Surrey is looking for a forward-thinking, experienced leader to join us as a specialty manger.
We are looking for someone who has a proven track record of operational NHS leadership and management experience to join our busy and forward-thinking Oncology division. The role will require working alongside our large Oncology Medical workforce, as well as the admin and clerical support function in the outpatient setting. Forming close links with the other divisions in the trust, as well as our Oncology outreach partner Trusts is an essential part of this role.
We are looking for someone who has excellent communication and organisational skills and can work independently with a broad range of professionals.
The Oncology division provides a large and busy service as part of the Royal Surrey Cancer centre, with a significant portion of its role providing care to the population of Surrey Heartlands. The Oncology division puts patients at the heart of everything we strive to deliver and achieve. This post is instrumental in ensuring services run safely, with an excellent level of quality and strong governance processes in place, to ensure the patients are provided with a high level of care.
The nature of the work is fast paced and often involving complex and timely senior decision making on a regular basis. The post holder needs to be comfortable working in this type of environment.
Main duties of the job
This Specialty Manager is a key position within the Division’s management structure, responsible for providing day-to-day operational management and support across the Oncology outpatient function, medical workforce and admin and clerical staffing. In addition, the role is key to leading jointly with clinical leads a large amount of service transformation and networked working with other service leads across the division.
The Specialty Manager for Oncology Specialties is jointly responsible with the Clinical Directors and Matron for the effective strategic and operational management of the Oncology Strategic Business Unit’s (SBU), ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient services.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
The Specialty Manager with the Clinical Service Leads will provide overall operational leadership and direction to the Oncology Outpatients, Clerical, Administration, and medical staffing (including outreach medical cover arrangements across three site).
The post-holder will co-ordinate the activities of the medical SBUs, (alongside the service leads and matrons of the other Oncology departments), as well as working with allied health professional teams that support Oncology patients, thereby ensuring seamless clinical services are provided to patients through effective medical roster and outpatient performance management on a daily basis.
The Specialty Manager will develop and manage the activity plans for the SBU ensuring that service pathways and capacity and demand analysis is understood to ensure the delivery of outstanding services. This will include playing a key role in identifying opportunities for clinical innovation and modernisation, the delivery of all operational performance targets, waiting list and financial management, bed utilisation and management. Continually improving the quality of services to patients and redesigning services to meet best practice standards, improving efficiency and effectiveness and available resources.
The post-holder will be responsible for securing the commitment of all staff in the SBU to organisational change and continuous improvement.
Here at the Cancer Centre, we aim to provide first-class, high-quality care for all of our patients in a friendly and professional setting. Our services have received national recognition and praise and our patients benefit from the latest and most innovative treatments available, delivered by a team of committed and highly skilled staff. You will be joining our team of Oncologists, Specialist Registrars, Specialty Doctors, SHOs, AHP’s and Specialist Nurses.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent professional qualification
Desirable criteria
- Diploma or health care related post grad degree
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the complexity of operational NHS management
- Understanding of NHS medical workforce
- Service quality and quality management
- Current changes and developments within the NHS
- Change management theory
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of managing oncology services
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marianne Dabbs
- Job title
- Associate Director of Operations-Oncology & Cancer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact: Marianne Dabbs, Associate Director of operations for Oncology and cancer [email protected]
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