MRP Deputy Director of Planned Care (Cancer and Diagnostics)
NHS England
Fulbourn, CB21 5XBView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£112,782 to £129,783
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
22 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
Reporting directly to the Director of Improvement and Planned Care the Deputy Director of Planned Care (Cancer and Diagnostics) will lead on the deliv...
The Deputy Director of Planned Care (Cancer and Diagnostics) will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across East of England Region. The post holder will
- work with regional and system colleagues and with other ALBs and national teams to ensure that the Diagnostics and Cancer performance standards are met, that systems deliver high quality Services and that this is supported by a structured approach to improvement across health systems.
- work alongside regional colleagues to ensure that systems plan and deliver services which meet operational planning and constitutional commitments.
- provide subject matter expertise to Regional colleagues, ICB's and to wider systems and ALBs based on comprehensive experience of managing Diagnostics and Cancer performance measures, and a sound ability to interpret both performance and activity data
- support a system approach to improvement in elective recovery services, using assets from across the system to improve outcomes, experience and efficiency of services.
- be a part of a team with responsibility for analysing performance against a variety of measures, and from this identify strategies and interventions to support and facilitate necessary improvements, at organisation and system level or across East of England
- develop structures and processes to support the sustainable delivery of high quality elective services across East of England.
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Qualifications and experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working with Acute Hospital Providers and ICBS at a provider, system or regional level with preference for on the ground experience in Diagnostics and cancer.
- Ability to work as a subject matter expert for Diagnostics and cancer care with regional colleagues, ICBs and others.
- Demonstrable experience of working with Acute Hospital Providers and ICBs to deliver improvement in national constitutional and planning standards for Diagnostics and Cancer
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable experience and ability to hold executive level management teams to account for delivering improvement in Diagnostics and Cancer performance standards.
- Demonstrable understanding of NHS national and regional strategy/programmes for Diagnostics and Cancer
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of using data from a range of sources / present in clear manner
- Demonstrate highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
9 October 2026
Last checked
9 October 2026
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