Quality Manager-Radiation Oncology Services in London

We’re recruiting for a Quality Manager in Radiation Oncology Services at HCA Healthcare. This role provides leadership and management responsibility to ensure high quality, safe and effective care within the radiotherapy and medical physics services across HCA UK. This includes:

• Ensuring compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., CQC, IRMER, IRR, H&S Executive, Environment Agency).
• Maintaining quality assurance accreditations (e.g., ISO, Macmillan Environmental Mark).
• Overseeing policy compliance to ensure a safe working environment for patients and employees.

You will be a key relationship owner in strategic partnerships and represent HCA Radiotherapy & Medical Physics at external partnership meetings to uphold quality, accountability to performance indicators and support service development. The Quality Manager role is pivotal in leading and overseeing the governance and quality management system across all HCA UK Radiotherapy facilities, ensuring services continuously evolve in response to best practices and regulatory changes.

Managing relationships with external partners to guarantee that HCA patients consistently receive the highest quality care, while also supporting the growth and development of radiotherapy services is paramount. The position ensures strict compliance with protocols, clinical standards, and regulatory frameworks, fostering a cohesive learning, safe and high-performing service across all locations.

At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.

What you’ll bring:

• Postgraduate education or equivalent knowledge of working or assessing a radiotherapy/oncology environment underpinned by relevant practical experience.
• HCPC registered professional.
• Experience in an oncology or radiotherapy environment.
• Involvement in successful project management.
• Experience in delivering training and providing supervision to support the development of multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience of auditing and service evaluation.
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries and managing complex stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrate leadership qualities with the ability to motivate team members to achieve their full potential.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with multi-disciplinary team members.
• Have demonstrable problem-solving and decision-making ability.
• Display strong organisational and time management skills, resulting in effective resource management.
• Commitment to personal and professional development.
• Demonstrate a high level of communication skills, including the ability to deal with sensitive information and the ability to negotiate and persuade in a complex and challenging environment.
• Demonstrate an ability to work under pressure, in an unpredictable working environment, maintaining a calm and professional attitude.
• Demonstrate a good level of theoretical skills.
• Ability to interpret and apply regulatory and accreditation standards into practice.
• To professionally represent HCA at external meetings and establish positive relationships with key stakeholders.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Patient confidentiality.
• Hospital Health & Safety Procedures.

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.

We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day.

As a Quality Manager in Radiation Oncology Services, you’ll be eligible for:

• 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with the option to buy or sell leave to suit you.
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals.
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme.
• Group Life Assurance from day one.
• Critical illness cover.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay.
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland.
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you.
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers.

Culture and values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other. Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual.
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion.
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness.
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity.

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.