Breast Screening Programme Manager


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bradford, BD5 0NA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Aug 2026
Closing date:	4 Sept 2026

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Summary

The role requires visible and effective leadership across breast imaging services, promoting high-quality patient care, operational excellence and staff engagement. The post holder will lead service teams, develop leadership capability, support recruitment and retention, and ensure effective communication across all levels of the organisation. Responsibilities include implementing Trust policies, fostering collaborative working, supporting performance management and workforce development, managing staff performance and appraisals, and representing the General Manager at internal and external meetings. The post holder is also expected to use data, audit findings, research and national guidance to drive continuous improvement and support the achievement of Trust objectives. The post holder will contribute to the long-term strategic planning and development of breast imaging and breast screening services, ensuring alignment with NHS Breast Screening Programme requirements and future service demands. This includes undertaking service reviews, identifying opportunities for improvement, developing business cases, assessing the impact of service changes, and supporting proposals for service expansion, innovation and improvement. The role aims to ensure services remain sustainable, responsive and capable of delivering high-quality patient outcomes. The post holder is responsible for ensuring robust systems and processes are in place to monitor, manage and improve operational performance. This includes overseeing performance reporting, tracking key performance indicators, managing demand and capacity, supporting delivery of constitutional standards and cancer targets, implementing new technologies and ways of working, and ensuring compliance with internal and external reporting requirements. Working closely with clinical and managerial colleagues, they will identify performance issues, develop corrective action plans, and support the delivery of efficient, high-quality services in line with organisational priorities. The role plays a key part in maintaining high standards of quality, patient safety and regulatory compliance across breast imaging services. Responsibilities include supporting learning from incidents, complaints and investigations, ensuring compliance with Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) standards, overseeing quality assurance programmes for imaging equipment, and maintaining robust governance and risk management processes. The post holder will support audit activity, continuous quality improvement, risk register management and patient experience initiatives, while also acting as Quality Manager for ISO 9001:2015 accreditation requirements. The post holder has delegated responsibility for managing budgets within their portfolio and ensuring services operate within agreed financial resources. This includes monitoring expenditure, identifying and delivering efficiency savings and Cost Improvement Programmes (CIPs), supporting annual budget setting, and developing accurate financial plans to support service delivery and development. Working closely with Finance Business Partners, the General Manager and procurement colleagues, the post holder will ensure financial governance, value for money, transparent decision making, and effective management of procurement and capital investment programmes.

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