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.
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
Abilities
Essential
- 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
Education
Essential
- 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
- 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
- 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
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This advert is for Dermatology Transformation Programme Manager with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Basingstoke, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £79,504 - £91,609 per annum. The contract type is Secondment: 12 months. The application deadline is 12 Jul 2026.
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