Operational Clinical Lead, Diagnostic Services

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job description

Operational Clinical Lead, Diagnostic Services

Are you looking for a new challenge? Wye Valley NHS Trust are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic leader to join our diagnostics team and take a leadership role in our brand new Community Diagnostic Centre due to open later this Summer.

The Community Diagnostic Centre will incorporate Imaging (Plain X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI), a range of cardiorespiratory investigations including echocardiography, ECG and rhythm monitoring, blood pressure monitoring, spirometry, FeNO, lung function tests, simple field tests, sleep investigations, oximetry, blood gas analysis and pathology services in a "one stop" location to obtain diagnostic information in cancer, cardiac, respiratory, musculo-skeletal and other conditions.

You will need to be comfortable with autonomous decision making, but will be a member of the diagnostic management team, taking responsibility and supporting all teams working at the CDC to include Radiology, Cardiac Physiology, Respiratory and Phlebotomy.

You will work in partnership with diagnostic leaders on the acute site and be responsible for maximising patient experience and oversight of ensuring a clean and safe environment.

Main duties of the job

• To provide first line operational and management responsibility for the Community Diagnostic Centre in Hereford.
• To work in conjunction with WVT lead radiographers and leadership in Heart and Lung services and Outpatients to provide a high quality and safety focused service for users.
• Assist with staff management including staff recruitment, appraisals and sickness management.
• To demonstrate high levels of clinical skill and act as a clinical role model.
• To be responsible for developing policy, pathways and procedures.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

For full detailed job details please see attached job description and person specification for the post of Clinical Operational Lead Diagnostic Services.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Qualified Radiographer with relevant 1st level Degree or equivalent / HCPC Registration
• Significant post graduate education including leadership and management to Masters level or equivalent experience

Experience

• Experience of managing people and financial resources at a senior level
• Experience of developing services in a multi-disciplinary team(s)
• Experience of following HR Policies e.g. Sickness absence and performance management
• Experience of leading a service and service development projects
• Experience of managing a varied complex service or site

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge and skills required in the assessment and treatment of radiology patients with longstanding and complex needs
• Analysis and clinical reasoning skills within clinical and non-clinical situations
• Understanding of relevant legislation and clinical governance, including legislation relating to the Radiology service (IR(ME)R).
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with other partners and professions

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.