Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• DCR or BSc Hons in Diagnostic Radiography
• Post-graduate certificate/master's in clinical specialty or equivalent knowledge and experience in interventional imaging
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of continuing CPD relevant to this post.

Desirable

• Teaching, coaching or mentoring qualification
• Project Management qualification / experience
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI) management and leadership qualification
• Master's or equivalent in leadership or management in healthcare: NHS Leadership Academy or Institute of Leadership and Manager (ILM) qualifications; Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Human factors training
• PRINCE 2 (Projects in Controlled Environments)
• Radiation Protection Supervisor training

Experience

Essential

• Significant previous experience in a supervisory or managerial role within medical imaging in the NHS, including extensive technical knowledge of imaging services and equipment, financial management, service and capacity planning and management of staff.
• Understanding of all ethical and professional frameworks governing own scope of practice
• Experience of equipment evaluation, capital-replacement programmes, procurement processes and asset management, including how to coordinate a preventative maintenance and quality assurance programmes for all imaging equipment and project management for new installation
• Extensive knowledge of service specification, clinical and patient pathways and associated quality in healthcare, including the setting and maintenance of quality standards and development and implementation of robust quality management systems, including where relevant the Quality Standard for Imaging and ISO 9001 certification
• Clear understanding of NHS policy and experience of delivering against current NHS targets.
• Ability to use appropriate management and communication systems and networks, including digital software packages such as radiology information systems, electronic patient and staff records, patient management systems and quality management systems
• A commitment to expand and develop their core knowledge using evidence-based practice and to work alongside other medical professionals to enhance their understanding of patient pathways
• Promote and develop a learning culture that values and supports the development of all staff and learners through appraisal and staff development frameworks, clinical supervision, mentoring and coaching skills
• Time management skills with proven ability to meet conflicting demands, targets and deadlines
• Extensive radiographic experience in angiography and fluoroscopy, able to act as an expert in interventional imaging.

Desirable

• Experience of mentoring, staff supervision and appraisals.
• Experience of implementing policy, service planning and development and writing business cases.
• Experience of audit, research and teaching,
• Risk, incident and complaints management, audit, research and clinical governance
• Experience of budget management
• Experience of chairing meetings
• Participated in teaching at professional lectures, study days and workshops.
• Experience as a reporting radiographer or of managing reporting radiographers.
• Experience of implementing policy, service planning and development

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Analytical, resilient and creative person, who can work under their own initiative to meet challenging deadlines; comfortable with taking decisions, often under pressure
• Takes responsibility for operational management and provide overall professional leadership for the service and workforce, to ensure efficient and cost-effective service delivery to planned objectives, using resources effectively and efficiently to improve quality and productivity
• Able to take responsibility for: clinical governance and radiation safety, working closely with clinical leads and radiation protection advisors/medical physicists; establishing and operating effective risk management, identifying mitigation and implementing any actions for risk resolution; investigating incidents and complaints; and ensuring SMART action plans are followed through, with learning shared with the wider team
• An open and honest approach, high levels of integrity.
• Highly developed leadership skills. Self-motivated and able to motivate others. Understands the importance of staff training/development and possess excellent coaching and facilitating skills.
• Excellent written, spoken and presentational skills. Sound negotiator. Influential and has credibility in the clinical setting.
• Evidence of ability to work as a member of a team. Able to build effective working relationships. Able to handle and resolve conflict
• Experience of change management and/or service modernisation
• Promote and develop a learning culture that values and supports the development of all staff and learners through appraisal and staff development frameworks, clinical supervision, mentoring and coaching skills

Desirable

• Be adaptable and flexible in addressing service, operational and staffing challenges, able to challenge and manage difficult behaviour, implement human resource procedures and act as mediator when necessary

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 .

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 .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northern General Hospital

Herries Road

Sheffield

S5 7AU