Job summary
- Main area
- Transformation
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 251-WCA9892
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
- Town
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £79,504 - £91,609 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Dermatology Transformation Programme Manager
Band 8c

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
This vacancy is only open to employees currently working within organisations that form part of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).
Applications from candidates outside the HIOW ICS will not be considered. Subject to agreement from the substantive employer, this opportunity may be offered as a secondment.
We are seeking an exceptional and visionary leader to join our senior team as System-Wide Dermatology Service Transformation Lead. This is a unique opportunity to drive large-scale transformation across dermatology services, improving access, quality, productivity, and patient outcomes across the region.
Working collaboratively with clinical leaders, providers, commissioners, digital teams, operational managers, and system partners, you will lead the development and delivery of a sustainable transformation programme that addresses current challenges while creating a modern, integrated dermatology service for the future.
Main duties of the job
Expression of Interest
To apply, please submit your CV and a supporting statement outlining your suitability for the role, highlighting relevant leadership, transformation, and service improvement experience to [email protected] and [email protected]
Lead the delivery of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Dermatology Transformation Programme, working across provider organisations to improve access, quality, productivity, patient outcomes and service sustainability. The postholder will identify and address unwarranted variation in dermatology and skin cancer pathways, designing and implementing a standardised operating model across the system. This includes referral management, clinical triage, booking processes, waiting list management and pathway redesign.
Working with senior clinicians, operational leaders and system partners, the postholder will develop and deliver transformation plans, establish effective governance arrangements, monitor performance against national and local targets, and ensure benefits are realised. The role requires strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and programme leadership skills to secure agreement across organisational boundaries and implement sustainable change that improves the experience and outcomes of patients across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Your Next Career Move Made Easier – Accommodation May Be Offered
We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability. If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Educated to master’s level of equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a clinical setting responsible for multiple tumour pathways and care
Desirable criteria
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of cancer pathways across multiple tumour pathways, including understanding of challenges, variation, national standards and best practice
- Significant cancer specific experience of acute services leadership at a senior level
- Experience in system level strategic planning, including cancer specific trajectory setting.
- Experience managing multi-million-pound budgets
- Extensive experience in programme and portfolio delivery
- Evidence of effectively delivering change without contractual levers
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable evidence of WCA values, Courage, Accountability, Kindness and Equity
- Flexibility to work within tight deadlines, on high stakes outcomes
- Advanced and effective communication skills in written, verbal and technical fields.
- Competent in analytical techniques including informatics (e.g. pathway analyser) system data interpretation, research and evidence review and application of alternative models of care
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sally Rickard
- Job title
- Managing Director - Wessex Cancer Alliance
- Email address
- [email protected]
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