Centre Manager - Diagnostic Imaging

Alliance Medical UK; Northampton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliance Medical invites applications for a HIW Registered Manager to lead a new Community Diagnostic Hub at Llantrisant Health Park. You will manage Radiographers, Clinical Assistants and Administrators to deliver safe, quality care and ensure compliance with HIW regulations and internal policies.

The role requires experience in clinical and operational leadership, budget management, and strong stakeholder collaboration to drive the site’s opening and ongoing development.

Qualifications

• Experience as a HIW Registered Manager or equivalent in healthcare settings.
• Ability to lead radiography, clinical support and admin teams.
• Strong understanding of budget management and performance targets.
• Knowledge of HIW, IRMER/IRR, Data Protection and patient confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the team to deliver high-quality patient care.
• Ensure service compliance with legislation and Alliance Medical policies.
• Oversee centre operations, clinical excellence and budget performance.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and drive site development at Llantrisant.

Skills

HIW Registered Manager

Budget management

Team leadership

Regulatory compliance

IT literacy

Tools

IT systems

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Centre Manager to lead our team at the brand new Community Diagnostic Hub based at Llantrisant Health Park.

As the HIW registered manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of Radiographers, Clinical Assistant and Administrators to ensure the delivery of a quality service and the highest quality of patient care.You will ensure that the service is fully compliant with all relevant legislation and all Alliance Medical Policies and Procedures.

We are looking for a strong manager to manage the opening and continued development of the site. You will be responsible for the operational running of the unit and the clinical excellence, supported by a high performing clinical lead and support team. We welcome applicants from both a clinical and operational background. It's essential that you have a strong working knowledge of the HIW's regulations.

Please note that we will be interviewing throughout the duration of this advert. Therefore if you are interested in this role an early application is advised as we may close the advert prior to the advertised date.

Required Skills and Experience

As a HIW Registered Manager, you will be responsible for leading, managing and developing a team of Radiographers, Clinical Assistants and Administrators to ensure the delivery of a quality service and the highest quality of patient care.

You will ensure that the service is fully compliant with all relevant legislation, Alliance Medical Policies and Procedures and will work alongside key stakeholders within the CDC. You will also be required to manage the cnetres budget and performance targets.

We are looking for ambitious individuals who have experience in managing a team in a clinical setting, ideally with first hand clinical experience. You should have knowledge and experience of managing a business budget and experience in developing customer relationships.

You should have experience in delivering an optimum patient focused service and accustomed to working in collaboration with multiple internal and external customers in an efficient and productive way.

You must have

Compliance and Qualifications

• Highly developed specialist knowledge of area of expertise, underpinned by theoretical and practical experience
• Awareness of and compliance Radiation Regulations (IRMER, IRR 99 and EPR 2010), HIW requirements and Health and Safety legislation
• Awareness of, and compliance with Data Protection and Patient confidentiality
• Undertake initial and refresher mandatory training to ensure compliance at all times

Regulatory Fitness

• Ability to pass HIW's "Fit Person" assessment (including enhanced DBS check, occupational health clearance and references).
• Proven experience handling statutory inspections and regulatory requirements in Wales or the UK
• Experience of senior management role, leading a team and business unit within a Healthcare or social care environment
• Deep understanding of the Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2011 and National Minimum Standards
• Strong financial literacy and experience of managing a business budget, risk management, and clinical audit skills
• Must be IT literate
• Prior experience holding a Registered Manager status with HIW or CQC
• Experience and knowledge of the Welsh healthcare landscape and patient pathways
• Previous experience working with native Welsh systems
• Previous experience leading a large diagnostic facility
• Ability to speak, read or write in Welsh (or a commitment to learning)

About Alliance Medical

Alliance Medical are Europe's leading independent provider of imaging services.

We combine service excellence and innovative imaging technologies to improve patient care and support NHS and independent organisations with their ongoing imaging requirements. Our approach has delivered consistent company growth for more than 30 years.

Our Values

Leaders, managers, and supervisors have a particular responsibility to be role models in terms of how they demonstrate these values themselves and how they engage their teams to work in this way.

We work together and in partnership for all our patients. We respect expertise and combine it to achieve more.

We never compromise. We strive to deliver the very best in everything we do to ensure the highest quality of care. We treat our patients and each other with compassion, dignity and respect.

Learning:

Knowledge and understanding comes from learning.At Alliance Medical we are committed to ensuring that each and every one of us keeps on learning and that we continuously look for improved ways of working.

Efficiency in healthcare means more patients get better care. We constantly seek new ways to use the scarce resource of healthcare more intelligently so that more people can live longer, fuller lives.

We act with transparency and honesty in everything we do, where staff are encouraged to speak up to ensure a safe and secure environment for our patients.