This role is part of a redesign of the senior management structure at the Princess Alexandra NHS Trust.
The post holder will provide leadership for the MRI departments within PAH and at the CDC hub at St. Margaret’s Hospital, delivering high quality clinical care and ensuring optimum use of staffing and equipment resources, as well as promoting continuous improvement in service delivery and quality to improve productivity through redesign and best practice. They will demonstrate a high level of clinical expertise within the modality providing advice, education and support to other staff and stakeholders.
The role will predominantly provide MRI clinical expertise to ensure the smooth running of the department. Due to the senior nature of this role, the individual will be expected to line manage the MRI radiographer team, which will involve undertaking appraisals, managing sickness and absence, booking MRI staff annual leave, and producing the MRI team rotas. It is expected that the post holder has an astute understanding of the safety and governance rules within the areas they are working in. They will also be expected to work alongside the radiology management to develop policies, protocols, and procedures so that the department meets the standards set by CQC, as well as working with the Radiology Control team to ensure that the department is compliant in key performance indicators. Attendance at departmental meetings is also required.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient, and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford, and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills, and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence, and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.
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