# Senior Operational Manager - Lung Cancer Screening > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-operational-manager-lung-cancer-screening/6ac858ed-8a85-4676-b784-c50b15b01509 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-operational-manager-lung-cancer-screening/6ac858ed-8a85-4676-b784-c50b15b01509.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Manchester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-15T14:21:46.609Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Manchester/Manchester_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Respiratory/Respiratory-v8153676 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8153676?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Do you want to work in a service where we diagnose lung cancer early and save people’s lives? Do you have experience in NHS operational management and are looking for a new opportunity? Are you enthusiastic, autonomous and able to positively respond to change? With experience in the delivery of innovation and new NHS services, including (ideally) a screening programme? An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of the expanded Greater Manchester Lung Cancer screening programme. This award-winning programme delivers lung cancer screening to people aged between 55 and 74 years old, who have ever smoked in their lifetimes, from mobile clinics in the community. This dynamic senior operational manager post will be based at Wythenshawe hospital but will require occasional travel to our community clinics when they are situated at locations across Greater Manchester. Travel payments will be made for any travel completed above home to base mileage. You will receive an enhanced induction and training package and be part of an established team with support for you to thrive in your role and contribute to improved patient care, health, and quality of life. If you are successful, you will be part of the  operational leadership of the GM LCS programme and within the Lung cancer and thoracic surgery directorate, based at Wythenshawe hospital. ### Main duties of the job The Senior Operational Manager will support the Programme Manager by providing senior operational leadership and day‑to‑day management for the Greater Manchester Lung Cancer Screening Programme, one of the largest and most complex lung screening programmes in England. The post holder will take delegated responsibility for the safe, effective, and responsive operational delivery of the programme across multiple community sites and providers, ensuring delivery against national and local performance standards, contractual requirements, and payment‑by‑activity trajectories. The role retains core operational responsibilities at scale (similar to the Band 6 Operational Manager role) while exercising a higher level of autonomy, initiative, oversight, and decision‑making, including: - Line management and professional oversight of Band 6 Operational Manager(s) - Senior leadership of administrative and failsafe functions - Proactive risk management and problem solving - Deputising for the Programme Manager as required The post holder will play a key role in supporting the programme’s transition to business‑as‑usual operations, implementing new ways of working, responding rapidly to operational pressures, and ensuring continuity, resilience, and quality across the pathway. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.Explore ‘Inside MFT – Your Candidate Place’To help you feel confident, prepared and fully informed before you apply, we invite you to explore Inside MFT – Your Candidate Place. This welcoming one-stop hub gives you a real sense of who we are — what we stand for, how we reward and support you, and the many ways we care for you as you care for others. You’ll also find practical hints and tips for submitting a great application, along with the essential information you need to know before you apply.To access ‘Inside MFT – Your Candidate Place', simply click on the relevant PDF document under the ‘Documents to download’ section and once opened, you can either scan or click on the QR code.Closing vacancy listings earlyWe welcome applications from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. To help us manage applications fairly and give each one the time it deserves, our adverts may close early if we receive a high level of interest. Early applications are therefore encouraged.Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your applicationHere at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, we’re proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOU—for our patients, our communities, and each other. 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We look forward to receiving your application. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing (e-mails) with a wide range of people, including senior medical staff, other health care professionals, managers, patients and people from other organisations - Ability to motivate staff and demonstrate effective and positive leadership - Ability to work autonomously and exercise sound judgement in complex, fast moving situations - Ability to analyse and interpret complex and varied information and develop/enact action plans - Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver under pressure **Desirable** - Excellent management skills and ability to manage conflict ### Knowledge **Essential** - Strong understanding of NHS operational management and governance - Understanding of confidentiality, data protection and information governance requirements. **Desirable** - Knowledge of national lung cancer screening guidancef national and local initiatives - Awareness of health inequalities and population health approaches ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of management of complex healthcare services and working with multi-disciplinary teams in the NHS - Experience of senior operational management across multi-site or community-based services - Contributing to improvements in service standards and patient experience - Experience of developing innovative and lasting solutions to operational and performance issues. - Monitoring compliance with local and national performance and quality targets - Experience of working across organisational boundaries - Experience of working with external agencies - Experience of operational risk management and service improvement - Experience of budget awareness and contributing to financial management and human resource management - Experience of managing administrative and support staff **Desirable** - Experience of working in a screening programme - Experience of payment by activity or contract based services - Experience of Finance and cost improvement programmes - Experience of working within a cancer pathway (ideally Lung) ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to degree level or equivalent experience - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Recognised leadership or management qualification ## Documents - [fr (pdf, 920.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10453616) - [lcs senior ops manager b7 jd&ps (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10453615) - [inside mft – your candidate place (pdf, 306.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2890) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.