Clinical Professional Manager - Radiology St Helens/CDC/Community
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced radiographer for this exciting clinical manager post. You must be a dedicated radiographer who is interested in service improvement, the professional development of yourself and others, and who is enthusiastic about taking the service forward, as well as supporting the rest of the radiology department.
The Radiology Department performed over 350,000 examinations last year including all modalities. The imaging service comprises of 13 plain film rooms across 2 main sites and 3 satellite sites, 2 OPG rooms and 1 Dental room including coned beam CT, 1 Dexa room and 7 mobile units and 6 mobile image intensifiers. 6 CT scanners, 3 MRI scanners as well as a number of US rooms across 6 sites. The CDC service is based at the St Helens site which comprises of 4 plain film rooms, 2 MRI scanners, 3 CT scanners, 1 Dexa (soon to be replaced), 1 Dental with OPG/Ceph and cone beam, 1 fluoro room, 2 mobile machines, 2 mobile image intensifiers, and 5 ultrasound rooms. The post holder will be crucial in supporting the development and management of the CDC services and expanding the service to cover 7 days.
A Standard DBS Certificate is required for this position.
Main duties of the job
* We are a forward-thinking department with many opportunities to develop. We have a number of advanced practitioners in all modalities including MSK reporting radiographers. The successful candidate must be able to support the department in keeping abreast of new technologies and practices.
* This post will involve clinical radiographic sessions as well as managerial responsibilities (clinical/managerial 20/80 split) and may include some out-of-hours commitment. Established advanced practice welcome and will be supported. The post holder will have operational management responsibilities.
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
* Responsible for the day-to-day management of the CDC service.
* Ensure the effective and efficient running of the CDC service with due regard to available resources. Allocating activity to ensure maximised use of capacity. Using data to inform decisions.
* Contribute to the continuous improvement and modernisation of CDC services ensuring implementation of improvements to provide a Radiology whole system approach.
* Monitor and evaluate all aspects of CDC service delivery with regard to waiting times, ensuring that waiting times are kept to a minimum. Monitor targets.
* Demonstrate effective leadership qualities and promote teamwork.
* Responsible for clinical and professional standards within the CDC Department.
* Responsible for implementing policies and procedures with CDC and contribute to Radiology Trust policies.
* Participate in on-call, flexible working, and out-of-hours service as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc or equivalent qualification in Radiography
* HCPC registered
Knowledge
* Experience in management
* Suitable knowledge and experience of change management
Skills
* Ability to effectively co-ordinate and prioritise workload
* Ability to work under pressure
* Good communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to interact within a multi-disciplinary team
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.
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