Senior Elective Access Manager | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	16 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£85,431 - £97,148 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	15 February 2026
Location:	London, NW1 2PG
Company:	University College London Hospital
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7727007/309-UCLH-7318

Summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly skilled and experienced individual to join our team as a Senior Elective Access Manager. As one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, we provide academically-led acute and specialist services to a large and diverse population.

In this role, you will lead and develop a central management function within UCLH to support performance delivery against national elective access standards across all divisions. You will be responsible for generating insights on elective performance, monitoring divisional elective access capability and performance, providing expert resources to operational managers, and compiling and disseminating best practice.

This post provides additional focus and monitoring for RTT and DM01 performance complementing the existing line management or accountability structures.

The aims of the function are:
• Expert monitoring of divisional elective access capability and performance.
• Expert resource to operational managers and their teams, with specific responsibility for elective access analytical insights and policy.
• Compiling and disseminating learning and best practice.
• Advise and be project sponsor for development of elective access reporting and modelling tools.
• Developing insights and routine monitoring across the trust of elective access.
• A resource for clinical boards to provide intensive support for specific divisions with elective access risks on a project basis.

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, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

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

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 UCLH a great place to work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?


This advert closes on Monday 2 Feb 2026

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