Employer: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Town: LIVERPOOL
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
Lead Radiographer Main X-ray
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. Our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at various locations. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to medical and nursing students each year.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Our staff are friendly and welcoming. We appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced radiographer to lead the main x-ray team (including Theatres) for the Radiology Department.
We are looking for a knowledgeable and experienced radiographer with a passion for paediatrics, who will embrace the opportunity to manage their own team and to lead and develop the Main X-ray service and QSI accreditation at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
You will play an essential role in achieving QSI accreditation and ensuring high standards of imaging and patient care.
Main duties of the job
To lead and develop the Main x-ray & Theatres service across all areas of the Trust ensuring the service meets Radiology, Trust and National standards, bringing innovative solutions and providing excellent patient care.
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Responsible for the management and delivery of a comprehensive and effective Main x-ray & Theatres imaging service.
* Responsible for the co-ordination of the department’s Quality Agenda and accreditation submissions.
* To manage within the Main X-ray & Theatres service, the staff, personal development, and act as first line manager for sickness/absence, capability, disciplinary and professional issues.
* To monitor the effectiveness of departmental protocols and procedures utilising audit/research to initiate and implement new protocols and procedures.
* Facilitate the training and development of radiographers, student radiographers, and imaging department assistants.
Person specification
Education
* Management training/supervisory experience of a group of staff
* Good Clinical Practice Certificate
Experience
* Significant experience in a main x-ray department in a senior role
* Evidence of further professional development/expanded roles/quality management
* First line management experience of a group of staff
* Experience of governance, incident reporting and risk management
* Paediatric Experience
* Evidence of research/audit
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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.
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