Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Awareness and understanding of the wider NHS Agenda
- Experience
Acute NHS hospital operational experience.
- Experience
Extensive line management and problem solving experience.
- Experience
Budgetary experience and delivery of Cost Improvement Schemes
- Qualifications
First degree or has appropriate level of senior management experience
- Qualifications
Management Qualification
- Personal Attributes
Drives for better outcomes (identifying opportunities and taking action to improve)
- Personal Attributes
Finds new solutions (bringing new insights and thinking to the table).
- Other requirements specific to the role
Able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service
- Other requirements specific to the role
Able to both lead and be part of a team
- Other requirements specific to the role
Able to work under pressure
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Issues related to relevant Care Group
- Qualifications
Healthcare Qualification
- Personal Attributes
Navigates organisational politics and culture, key stakeholders and personalities, to build support and engagement.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen within the WCCSS Care Group for a Deputy General Manager in the Cancer Care Directorate at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD). The specialties that this position will oversee and work with are:
- Oncology
- Haematology
- Specialist Palliative care
The post holder will be required to work across all sites within UHD. Discussion regarding the post and secondment opportunities are welcomed.
This role requires First degree or has appropriate level of senior management experience and Masters’ degree or equivalent relevant experience to the role or demonstrable equivalent working experience.
Base Location: Poole/Bournemouth
Interview Date: Wednesday 4th November, 2026
Main duties of the job
Expectations of the role:
The purpose of this role is to lead the Directorates in ensuring the provision of high-quality patient services that are clinically safe, delivered cost effectively and meet the Trust’s values, priorities and performance targets.
The Directorate is undergoing significant transformation with their IP beds and services across all areas , the role will be directly involved with all aspects of this process and the future plans for Cancer Care at UHD.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The services are largely based at Poole and Bournemouth with some services at Christchurch. There is direct line management across a wide range of professional and administrative roles .
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.
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This advert is for Deputy General Manager Cancer Care with University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust in Poole, England. It is listed as a Band 8 General manager role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Oct 2026.
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