Imaging Services Manager

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George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women's, children's, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.

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Job overview

Job Title: Imaging Services Manger

Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (Hospital On Call Manager rota)

Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum

Closing Date: 31st January 2025

Interview Date: 20th February 2025

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

#JoinTeamEliot

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Imaging Services Manager to join our Urgent and Emergency Care team. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and developing a high-quality, efficient, patient-focused diagnostic imaging service. This role involves leading by example, providing specialist advice, and managing the training and development of all department staff. The Imaging Services Manager will oversee the operational and strategic management of the team, equipment, and facilities, ensuring a cost-effective service. Additionally, the role includes collaborating on policy development, monitoring service delivery, and ensuring compliance with local, regional, and national KPIs.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for, maintain and develop a high quality, efficient, patient-focused diagnostic imaging service.
• To lead by example and provide highly specialist advice to all grades of Radiographers, Assistant Practitioners, Radiology Department Assistants and all other non-Medical team members employed within the department.
• To manage and provide, to all department staff, training and knowledge to fulfil the requirements of the service, promoting an ethos of continuous professional development.
• To undertake delegated management of all team members employed within the Radiology Department.
• To lead, support and monitor a service which is cost-effective, through operational and strategic management of the team, equipment, facilities and innovative use of available resources; to complete the business planning processes for the department, identifying cost improvements and service developments.

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Lead and support a patient-focused diagnostic imaging service.
• Provide specialist advice and training to all grades of Radiographers and other non-medical team members.
• Manage the operational and strategic aspects of the Radiology Department.
• Develop and implement policies, standard operating procedures, and service improvements.
• Monitor and evaluate service delivery, ensuring compliance with KPIs.
• Manage recruitment, selection, and HR policies to encourage staff retention.
• Prepare and present reports on departmental performance.
• Collaborate with Radiologists and other team leaders on clinical and quality audits.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

Experience and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and proven record of people management
• Experience of operational budgetary control, ordering and procurement processes
• Ability to organise self and others
• Ability to consistently and accurately synthesise information to achieve a desired outcome
• Ability to work under sustained pressure while remaining positive and professional
• Ability to cope with and respond positively to change
• Have a record of taking initiative, managing your own time and working without supervision
• Advanced decision-making experience and resolving complex issues
• Managing a demanding workload
• Experience delivering local, Trust wide, regional or National improvement/process changes
• Knowledge of all Radiology modalities
• Experience of working within a clinical healthcare setting
• Awareness of current issues within the NHS

Qualifications and professional training

Essential criteria

• BSc or DCR in Diagnostic Radiography
• Achievement of master's qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent level training / experience HCPC registration

Desirable criteria

• Competence in administering intravenous injections
• Post graduate qualifications in leadership/management, CT, MR or X-ray

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

• Ability to have positive working relationships
• An enthusiastic approach to work and service improvement
• Able to recognise and resolve complex issues, referring to others where appropriate
• Positive and flexible approach to work
• Able to demonstrate an innovative and forward-thinking approach
• Understanding of own limits of responsibility
• Able to apply tact and sensitivity to establish trust and confidence
• Able to apply tact and sensitivity to establish trust and confidence

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Teaching, mentoring and coaching skills
• Able to persuade, negotiate and influence others
• Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines

Desirable criteria

• Teaching, mentoring and coaching skills

Please note:

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC where all subsequent information regarding your application will be generated. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

By applying for this post you are consenting to George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system, TRAC.

The Job application data you provide will be used to assess your application for employment at GEH, to verify your information and conduct reference checks, and to communicate with you. If you accept employment with GEH, the information collected will become part of your employment record and will be used for employment purposes.

All information provided will be used for recruitment purposes only and processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 624.5KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 512.6KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 648.5KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 620.0KB)