Divisional Director Velindre Cancer Service

Job summary

A unique opportunity has arisen for an exciting and impactful role to lead the Velindre Cancer Services at this formative stage. As Divisional Director, Velindre Cancer Services (VCS) you will be an integral part of the Divisional Triumvirate, working collaboratively with the Divisional Medical Director and Divisional Nurse Director to ensure effective and efficient operational processes are in place.

You will be a visible, credible and influential leader, who demonstrates strong, consistent and effective operational delivery skills with a proven track record of achievement. Central to this role is the ongoing engagement of clinical managers in this specialist environment to ensure delivery of local and national priorities, as well as the service redesign required to transition services to the new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC) in 2027.

As a successful candidate you will possess exceptional strategic and operational expertise to deliver, evaluate and progress the Trust's vision in achieving excellence in healthcare delivering safe, high-quality patient care within available resources. You will play a pivotal role in the integration of Research, Development & Innovation as part of our journey to nVCC.

Beyond your Divisional remit, you will support the delivery of Cancer pathways within the Trust and across the wider healthcare community.

More information on how we are building your new Cancer Centre can be found here

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the main duties of the Divisional Director are:

Leadership and management of all VCS

Service delivery and operational performance across VCS

Performance of the clinical pathways against local and national treatment standards

Ensuring safe, high quality patient centered services that benchmarks favourability with Specialist Peer Group

Financial management and delivery against agreed targets

Instil a culture of inclusion, maximising opportunities for patient and public involvement

Workforce planning, to meet the current and future needs of the services

Ensure Research, Development & Innovation is integral to VCS service delivery

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/