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CRH offers a wide range of exciting and rewarding opportunities for people who are passionate about providing exceptional patient care. With more than 350 different careers on offer, there is a job for you no matter what your interests, skills, or qualifications.
Leadership, management and strategic planning of the Ultrasound department (Imaging section, non-obstetrics)
Management and leadership of a team of 19 sonographers (plus a small team of bank sonographers).
Managing capacity, demand and waiting lists of all non-obstetric ultrasound referrals, including out-patients, in-patients and on-demand clinic referrals for a wide range of ultrasound sub-specialities including abdominal, gynaecology, vascular, MSK, head and neck, FNA/Biopsy/cannula insertion.
Management of ultrasound capacity and demand at Community Diagnostic Centres, meeting activity targets, and future planning.
Working collaboratively with Radiologists, Imaging Assistant team, Imaging Appointments team, Medics, and all referring departments/locations.
Main duties of the job
IMAGING ULTRASOUND CLINICAL MANAGER TASK LIST
DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS
1. Diary setup check and communication with the booking team.
2. Weekend sessions planning – AfC and extra.
3. Liaising with Obs Lead Sonographer as required.
4. Communicating with Bank Sonographers.
5. Day-to-day troubleshooting of issues in ultrasound.
6. Day-to-day troubleshooting for pathways/bookings teams.
7. Feedback of information to all sonographers – substantive and bank.
8. Firefighting/trouble-shooting/incident management/conflict resolution.
9. Ordering equipment/supplies – Unit4.
10. Liaising with GIA coordinator.
11. Monitoring vetting/requests waiting to be booked.
HR TASKS
1. HealthRoster.
2. Salary Returns.
3. Completing payments spreadsheet.
4. Checking and accepting overtime claims.
5. Annual Leave/Maternity leave.
6. Expenses management using electronic system.
7. Recruitment.
8. Appraisals for all sonography staff.
MEETINGS / GROUPS
1. Imaging Governance.
2. Policy Review Group (monthly).
3. Radiation Protection Committee/Advisory group.
4. Demand and Capacity meeting – weekly.
5. CDC operational group and activity meetings.
6. Monthly meeting with finance partner.
7. QSI – BIG project to come.
8. iRefer.
9. POCUS.
10. iRealm.
Working for our organisation
Inspire a shared sense of purpose – encouraging your team to take pride in what they do, improve the care and services they provide; and enable them to understand how they contribute to the success of the organisation.
Lead with care - showing colleagues compassion and care by listening - and offering empathy and understanding to help create a supportive workplace.
Evaluate and use information – be alert to what is happening around you; and evaluate the information you hear, receive or discover to take actions and decisions that improve both patient and staff experience.
Work with others to connect services – using the opportunity to link up with different colleagues, leaders and partners, building relationships that can help everyone to deliver effective and efficient healthcare and services.
Engage with your team - respecting every member of staff, valuing their diversity and making sure that every member of your team feels that their contribution is appreciated and valued.
Develop capability – take opportunities to develop your own skills, take up training and education that will help you in your role and keep up-to-date with the essential training that applies to you.
Influence what happens – by acting as an ambassador for the Trust, sharing good news and good practice with your team, contributing to debates, having a say and leading improvement – all ways of influencing what happens to our services in the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Receive, justify and prioritise ultrasound referrals based on clinical information provided, meeting target and contract agreements within timeframes.
2. Develop initiatives to expand or refine the ultrasound service, assessing service user requirements and identifying opportunities for service development.
3. Responsible for clinical audit within ultrasound, documenting and disseminating findings with staff to facilitate reflective learning and support a culture of continuous improvement.
4. Responsible for quality assurance, ensuring compliance with all applicable national and local standards and guidelines.
5. Liaise with members of the multidisciplinary team in all matters relating to patient management and care. Be available to discuss with referrers or patients, questions or concerns and provide professional advice regarding ultrasound when applicable.
6. Participate in meetings on or offsite regarding ultrasound departmental issues and to deputise for the Head of Imaging at meetings when required.
7. Inform and support the Head of Imaging in the management of clinical incidents and complaints related to ultrasound and ensure lessons learned are shared and implemented within the ultrasound team.
8. Maintain a close working relationship with Universities providing sonographer training. Maintain CRH ultrasound department as a centre of excellence providing clinical placements as appropriate for trainee sonographers.
9. Provide a consistent high standard of care and attention to patients at all times thus maintaining the quality standards of the Trust.
10. Deputising for the Head of Imaging when appropriate.
11. Dealing with clinical governance, incident reports and complaints.
Person specification
Experience
* Have the knowledge and experience necessary to lead our Ultrasound Service.
* At least 5 years relevant, clinical, post qualification experience.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
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Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form.
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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