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Imaging Site Lead Radiographer - Trafford General Hospital
| Posting date: | 27 January 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,755 - £60,504 None |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 February 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M41 5SL |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6810929/349-CSS-6810929 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated radiographer with excellent leadership skills and relevant experience to join our team in the Division of Imaging at MFT
The post is a Site Lead role at Trafford General Hospital that will provide site lead support to Withington Community Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital as required.
We are looking for a highly motivated radiographer with shared values to join our Imaging team. You will have extensive post registration experience and ideally some service management experience or experience of working at a senior level in a service or team.
A passion for high quality care and continually improving patient experience and quality is essential as are excellent interpersonal skills. We view leadership as key to our success; therefore you should be able to demonstrate this throughout the recruitment process.
You must be able to motivate staff to achieve high standards, and possess excellent communication skills to ensure that the aims of the organisation are achieved.
Duties include:
• Manage the inpatient flow and escalation for Imaging within TGH
• Support senior colleagues and other management staff to deliver the Imaging services at TGH / WCH and support at Wythenshawe Hospital
• Provide HR and general management support for the radiology team on the TGH & WCH site
• Work with the radiographers and Radiographic Department Assistants (RDAs) to ensure day to day operational service is provided in the most efficient manner possible.
• Organise staff to meet the required demand.
• Ensure any impact on the clinical service from any shortfalls of staffing is minimised.
• As manager of a distinct service continually seek ways to improve the provision of the service.
• Take a lead in implementing change that will result in service improvement.
• Participate in the recruitment process for relevant staff.
• Provide leadership support into theatre scheduling at TGH
• Provide Imaging input into the Trafford Elective Hub
You should also be aware of competing pressures within hospital and Imaging services and be able to make decisions and prioritise according to clinical need and priority. In addition, the patients' needs will always be at the centre of any focus that you have.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Monday 10 Feb 2025
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated radiographer with excellent leadership skills and relevant experience to join our team in the Division of Imaging at MFT
The post is a Site Lead role at Trafford General Hospital that will provide site lead support to Withington Community Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital as required.
We are looking for a highly motivated radiographer with shared values to join our Imaging team. You will have extensive post registration experience and ideally some service management experience or experience of working at a senior level in a service or team.
A passion for high quality care and continually improving patient experience and quality is essential as are excellent interpersonal skills. We view leadership as key to our success; therefore you should be able to demonstrate this throughout the recruitment process.
You must be able to motivate staff to achieve high standards, and possess excellent communication skills to ensure that the aims of the organisation are achieved.
Duties include:
• Manage the inpatient flow and escalation for Imaging within TGH
• Support senior colleagues and other management staff to deliver the Imaging services at TGH / WCH and support at Wythenshawe Hospital
• Provide HR and general management support for the radiology team on the TGH & WCH site
• Work with the radiographers and Radiographic Department Assistants (RDAs) to ensure day to day operational service is provided in the most efficient manner possible.
• Organise staff to meet the required demand.
• Ensure any impact on the clinical service from any shortfalls of staffing is minimised.
• As manager of a distinct service continually seek ways to improve the provision of the service.
• Take a lead in implementing change that will result in service improvement.
• Participate in the recruitment process for relevant staff.
• Provide leadership support into theatre scheduling at TGH
• Provide Imaging input into the Trafford Elective Hub
You should also be aware of competing pressures within hospital and Imaging services and be able to make decisions and prioritise according to clinical need and priority. In addition, the patients' needs will always be at the centre of any focus that you have.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Monday 10 Feb 2025
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