General Manager – Oncology | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	24 November 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£72,921 - £83,362 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	24 December 2025
Location:	London, NW1 2BU
Company:	University College London Hospital
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7638660/309-UCLH-7106

Summary

The Oncology Department at UCLH is seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic General Manager to join our vibrant and supportive management team within the Cancer Division.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced operational leader to play a key role in ensuring the efficient and effective day-to-day management of our oncology services. The post holder will work closely with a wide range of staff groups, including medical, nursing, and administrative teams, to deliver high-quality care and drive continuous improvement across inpatient, outpatient, and day case settings.

As a senior member of the management team, the General Manager will be encouraged to proactively identify, pursue, and lead service improvement and transformation initiatives. The role demands a comprehensive understanding of cancer performance, alongside the passion and capability to support developments in diagnostic and treatment pathways across the department.

We are looking for someone with proven experience of working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, who demonstrates excellent communication and leadership skills, and whose approach reflects the UCLH values of safety, kindness, teamwork, and improving together.

This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact on the delivery and future direction of Oncology services within one of the UK’s leading cancer centres.

The successful candidate will have strong operational management experience and be responsible for:
• The day-to-day running of Oncology services including the Acute Oncology service and Cancer assessment unit
• Effective management of budgets, workforce, and performance
• Delivery of national cancer performance targets
• Leading service improvement and transformation projects

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Ensuring delivery of excellent, safe patient care and improving outcomes.

• Clinical governance, including ensuring complaints and incidents are investigated and responded to according to Trust standards and policies.

• Activity and Finance: achieving and setting annual plans, leading on delivery of CIP (cost improvement programme).

• Ensuring Key access targets are met within their specialties in particular Cancer Waiting Time Targets (CWT), 6 week diagnostic targets and 18 week RTT.

• Strategic and operational development of services.

• Supporting transformation and efficiency across all divisional sites.

• Maintaining performance in line with national targets and providing response for future surges or operational issues impacting on delivery of services.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.


We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street



We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineandpathology.


Weare committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.


For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.


Please note, due toanticipatedhigh volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You areadvised not to delaysubmittingyour completed application




The successful candidate will also be expected to:

• Adhere to the UCLH Service Commitment "Putting Patients First" and adopt a professional approach to customer care at all times.

• Comply with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy and treat staff, patients, colleagues and potential employees with dignity and respect at all times.

• Take personal responsibility for promoting a safe environment and safe patient care by identifying areas of risk and following the Incident, Serious Incidents and Near Misses reporting policy and procedure.

• Take personal responsibility for ensuring that UCLH resources are used efficiently and with minimum wastage, and to comply with the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs).

• Comply with Trust policies for personal and patient safety and for prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI); this includes a requirement for rigorous and consistent compliance with Trust policies for hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment and safe disposal of sharps.

• In accordance with the Trust's responsibilities under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 to undertake work and alternative duties as reasonably directed at variable locations in the event of and for the duration of a significant internal incident, major incident or pandemic.

• Be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures, the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Data Protection Act.

• To maintain confidentiality at all times.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*


*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.


UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit:Flexible working. 


To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placeto work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?



This advert closes on Monday 1 Dec 2025

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