Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Cancer Recovery Programme Director

The closing date is 22 April 2026

Job summary

Here is an exciting leadership opportunity for you to join us as a Cancer Recovery Programme Director .

As subject matter expert you will oversees the improvement, delivery and transformation of Cancer performance and pathways for the organisation, ensuring that it serves the needs of the local residents, population, and lead sustainable improvement against national cancer standards. The post holder will work in collaboratively with system partners especially the community services and primary care with regular updates to the ICB and the regional teams.

The Cancer Recovery Director will lead the development of an integrated improvement plan underpinned by individual cancer pathways encompassing pathway transformation, left shift and cancer quality and outcomes.

You will strive for excellence, compassion, and inclusion, creating a safe and secure space for colleagues to share areas for improvement and develop ideas; they will listen and reflect, helping to empower teams and support mutual learning, and insist on a culture of transparency with colleagues in all activities wherever feasible.

Main duties of the job

  • Be required to build strong influential relationships with all staff within the MSE Hospitals and beyond, through appropriate engagements with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ensure that all stakeholders, including Senior Clinicians, are appropriately engaged with implementation arrangements, and regularly briefed on progress against key Programme milestones.
  • Ensure high levels of stakeholder engagement at all times, the post holder will be communicating highly contentious information proposing major change in service delivery as part of the Cancer recovery programme.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Details

Date posted

15 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£112,782 to £129,783 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-CORP-MSE-5990

Job locations

Basildon Base

Basildon Hospital

Essex

SS16 5NL


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To lead on the development of the MSEFT Cancer Recovery Programme. Accountable for ensuring that the programme is appropriately structured, resourced to deliver sustainably in the organisation.
  • Ensure high levels of stakeholder engagement at all times, you will be communicating highly contentious information proposing major change in service delivery as part of the Cancer recovery programme.
  • Lead on the development of the MSEFT Cancer programme pipeline of initiatives for improvement, efficiency, and transformation.
  • Analyse and interpret information relating to the performance of multi-stranded projects and highly complex project and Programme data, reporting on targets, and putting strategies into place to manage delivery

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To lead on the development of the MSEFT Cancer Recovery Programme. Accountable for ensuring that the programme is appropriately structured, resourced to deliver sustainably in the organisation.
  • Ensure high levels of stakeholder engagement at all times, you will be communicating highly contentious information proposing major change in service delivery as part of the Cancer recovery programme.
  • Lead on the development of the MSEFT Cancer programme pipeline of initiatives for improvement, efficiency, and transformation.
  • Analyse and interpret information relating to the performance of multi-stranded projects and highly complex project and Programme data, reporting on targets, and putting strategies into place to manage delivery

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional background with degree ideally in healthcare or health related subject
  • Project Management qualification
  • Quality Improvement qualification
  • Educated to Master's degree or equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in specialist area

Desirable

  • Professional Financial Qualification or equivalent commercial experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive involvement in leading significant and complex projects in the NHS,
  • Significant proven track record of achievement in change management in a large and complex customer-facing organisation, including the NHS
  • Extensive track record of successfully developing and maintaining high quality Cancer Portfolio arrangements and using improvement methodology to provide structure and rigour to programme delivery, reporting and accountability
  • Extensive track record of successfully managing very senior relationships across multiple partner organisations drawing on high levels of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and personal credibility to create positive relationships for change based on trust and confidence
  • Extensive experience of developing and implementing improvement strategies

Personal and People Development

Essential

  • Evidence of successfully leading, developing, and managing a team
  • Experience of leading, coaching and building capability across an organization as required for the delivery of highly complex and strategic change projects.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional background with degree ideally in healthcare or health related subject
  • Project Management qualification
  • Quality Improvement qualification
  • Educated to Master's degree or equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in specialist area

Desirable

  • Professional Financial Qualification or equivalent commercial experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive involvement in leading significant and complex projects in the NHS,
  • Significant proven track record of achievement in change management in a large and complex customer-facing organisation, including the NHS
  • Extensive track record of successfully developing and maintaining high quality Cancer Portfolio arrangements and using improvement methodology to provide structure and rigour to programme delivery, reporting and accountability
  • Extensive track record of successfully managing very senior relationships across multiple partner organisations drawing on high levels of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and personal credibility to create positive relationships for change based on trust and confidence
  • Extensive experience of developing and implementing improvement strategies

Personal and People Development

Essential

  • Evidence of successfully leading, developing, and managing a team
  • Experience of leading, coaching and building capability across an organization as required for the delivery of highly complex and strategic change projects.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon Base

Basildon Hospital

Essex

SS16 5NL


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon Base

Basildon Hospital

Essex

SS16 5NL


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Interim Chief Operating Officer

Arshiya Khan

Arshiya.khan8@nhs.net

03004432031

Details

Date posted

15 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£112,782 to £129,783 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-CORP-MSE-5990

Job locations

Basildon Base

Basildon Hospital

Essex

SS16 5NL


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