Non Clinical - Deputy Cancer Services Manager (Internal vacancy)

  • Department Cancer Services Department
  • Salary £66,582.00 – £77,368 per annum
  • Closing Date 04/06/2026
  • Location The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b
  • Job ref 223-DCM-443
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract 12 month secondment
  • Hours 37.5 hours per week

This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within either of these Trusts, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

Job overview

Cancer Services are seeking a Deputy Cancer Services Manager for a 12-month secondment. 

The purpose of the Deputy Cancer Services Manager role is to support the senior operational and strategic leadership of Cancer Services. This will be through ensuring high-quality, safe, and effective cancer pathways, delivering on national cancer standards, and driving continuous improvement of cancer delivery and transformation within The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust.

The role will support and deputise for the Head of Cancer Services and take delegated responsibility for operational delivery, performance management, and service improvement across cancer pathways. The postholder will work collaboratively with clinical and operational colleagues to improve patient outcomes, experience, and access.

Main duties of the job

  • Oversee the daily running of cancer pathways, ensuring smooth coordination across tumour sites and multidisciplinary teams.
  • Lead operational planning for cancer services, including winter planning, resilience, and business continuity.
  • Provide day-to-day senior operational oversight of cancer pathways, MDT coordination, and diagnostic and treatment capacity.
  • Focus on sustainable long-term improvement across service areas to significantly improve the patient experience and staff involvement.
  • Line manage, coach and develop staff.
  • Support the Head of Cancer Services in providing inspirational leadership to the Cancer Services team, senior managers, clinical, administrative, and operational teams.
  • Foster a culture of compassionate, inclusive, and accountable leadership, aligned with Trust values

Working for your organisation

Cancer Services are a non-clinical corporate team that track and drive cancer patient pathways in the trust, to meet national cancer standards. The team also facilitate weekly MDT meetings and PTL meetings. 

Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment

We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team —  clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.

We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising  individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a  meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached documents of the Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

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The well-being of our staff is of the upmost importance to us.  If you are offered a role at our Trust, and fall into the increased and higher risk categories as set out by Public Health England (PHE) and NHSI/E, your line manager will complete an risk assessment with you.  This will be completed in conjunction with the latest guidance from Public Health England in relation to Covid-19.

By submitting your application to Trac, you are giving your consent for parts of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems. This is to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation. 

If successful, by completing the NHS Jobs application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.

If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
 
Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
 
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.  In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
 
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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