# Senior Programme Manager – Cancer & Diagnostics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-programme-manager-cancer-and-diagnostics/e51c3eda-42f1-45d5-b90f-9c7b59e9fe30 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-programme-manager-cancer-and-diagnostics/e51c3eda-42f1-45d5-b90f-9c7b59e9fe30.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - **Location:** Leicester Royal Infirmary - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Programme manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T10:50:55.107Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Leicestershire/Leicester/University_Hospitals_Leicester_NHS_Trust/Senior_Programme_Manager/Senior_Programme_Manager-v8248002 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8248002?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Senior Programme Manager – Cancer & Diagnostics Band 8C East Midlands Cancer Alliance (EMCA) Location: County Hall, Leicester (Hybrid Working) Responsible to: Associate Director for Programmes Lead the transformation of cancer and diagnostic services across the East Midlands Do you have the vision, leadership and programme management expertise to drive large-scale transformation across complex healthcare systems? The East Midlands Cancer Alliance (EMCA) is seeking an exceptional Senior Programme Manager – Cancer & Diagnostics to lead some of the region's most significant transformation programmes. This role sits at the forefront of delivering the ambitions of the NHS 10-Year Cancer Plan, improving early diagnosis, reducing waiting times and transforming diagnostic services for more than five million people across the East Midlands. Working with NHS England, Integrated Care Boards, Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs), provider Trusts and clinical leaders, you will provide strategic leadership across cancer performance, diagnostics and service redesign ### Main duties of the job As a Senior Programme Manager, you will lead a portfolio of complex, multi-organisational programmes that improve cancer services and diagnostic pathways across the East Midlands. You'll work at a senior system level, influencing strategic direction, translating national policy into regional delivery and ensuring programmes achieve measurable improvements in patient outcomes, operational performance and service sustainability. What you'll do You'll provide strategic leadership by: - Leading the development and delivery of regional cancer and diagnostics transformation programmes. - Delivering the Operational Performance and Improvement Strategy across the East Midlands. - Translating national cancer and diagnostics policy into deliverable regional programmes. - Leading improvement of Cancer Waiting Times, including the Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) and 62-day performance. Lead the future of diagnostics A significant element of this role is leading the transformation of diagnostic services across the region. You'll provide strategic oversight of Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) and support the development of modern, efficient diagnostic pathways by: - Leading system-wide Community Diagnostic Centre programmes. - Improving diagnostic capacity, utilisation and productivity. - Developing patient-centred diagnostic pathways across community and acute settings. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities About you We're looking for an experienced senior programme leader who can confidently influence at executive level and deliver complex transformation across healthcare systems. You'll have: - A Master's degree (or equivalent experience), with evidence of continuing professional development. Further specialist qualifications at doctoral level are desirable. - Extensive experience leading complex transformation programmes within the NHS or similarly complex organisations. - Strong understanding of cancer services, diagnostics and operational performance improvement. - Significant experience developing long-term strategic plans and translating policy into delivery. - Outstanding leadership, communication, negotiation and influencing skills. - Experience managing substantial budgets, governance and programme assurance. - Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and use data to drive improvement. - Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and building partnerships across organisational boundaries. Why join the East Midlands Cancer Alliance? This is a unique opportunity to influence the future of cancer and diagnostic services across an entire region. You'll work alongside senior NHS leaders and clinical experts to: - Deliver the ambitions of the NHS 10-Year Cancer Plan. - Improve cancer outcomes through earlier diagnosis. - Shape the future of Community Diagnostic Centres. - Introduce innovative diagnostic technologies and AI-enabled solutions. - Improve patient access, experience and operational performance. - Lead programmes with genuine national significance. We offer: - Hybrid and flexible working. - NHS Pension Scheme. - Generous annual leave entitlement. - Leadership development and continuing professional development opportunities. - A collaborative, ambitious and supportive working environment. Working arrangements The role is based at County Hall, Leicester, with hybrid working available. Regular travel across the East Midlands is required, including attendance at provider Trusts, Community Diagnostic Centres, Integrated Care Boards and regional meetings. The successful candidate will also work on-site within provider organisations when required to support pathway improvement, operational performance recovery, service redesign and diagnostic transformation. Make a lasting difference Every programme you lead will contribute to earlier cancer diagnosis, shorter waiting times, more efficient diagnostic services and better outcomes for thousands of patients across the East Midlands. If you're ready to lead strategic transformation at scale and shape the future of cancer and diagnostics across the NHS, we'd love to hear from you. Join the East Midlands Cancer Alliance and help deliver the next generation of cancer and diagnostic services across the East Midlands. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Analytical and judgement skills **Essential** - Highly Complex facts or situation that require analysis, interpretation, and comparison to develop strategies, assist strategic objective and ensure team performance/delivery ### Knowledge, Training and Experience **Essential** - Master’s degree or equivalent experience. - Further specialist training or qualifications equivalent to PHD level Evidence of CPD ### Planning and organisational skills **Essential** - Developing long term strategic plans for service improvement in new areas ### Responsibilities for human resources **Essential** - Responsible as line manager for several departments and/or service areas. Responsible for designing and delivering relevant training. ### Communication and Relationship Skills **Essential** - Provide and receive highly complex/sensitive/ contentious information where there maybe barriers to understanding that will need highly developed persuasion, negotiation, reassurance, and empathy skills ### Responsibilities for patient, client care **Essential** - Incidental patient contact ### Responsibilities for information resources **Essential** - Develops documents from relevant information ### Responsibilities for research and development **Essential** - Undertakes surveys pertaining to own area of work ### Responsibilities for financial and physical resources **Essential** - Hold budgets for services, departments, and major areas of activity i.e commissioning services. ### Responsibilities for policy and service deployment implementation **Essential** - Responsible for policy development and implementation across working area and/or organisation where appropriate ## Documents - [pers spec (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10604528) - [job description (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10604527) - [employee benefits (pdf, 578.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2350) - [understanding your right to work in the uk (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2349) ## 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.