Clinical RIS PACS Manager

NHS; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A hospital trust in the UK seeks a qualified individual for a leadership role focusing on the PACS services. The successful candidate will manage day-to-day operations, ensure clinical images are available for patient care, and oversee a small team within the Imaging Care Unit. Essential qualifications include a first degree and significant experience in healthcare management, particularly with RIS and PACS systems. Full-time, permanent position offers a salary between £55,690 to £62,682 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare management at a project level.
• Significant experience in RIS and PACS administration.
• Evidence of achieving challenging healthcare targets.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and act as a role model.
• Clinical lead for RIS and PACS.
• Oversee a small team within Imaging Care Unit.
• Communicate complex technical information to ensure patient care.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical management

Data quality oversight

Technical communication

Education

First degree or equivalent experience

Specialist management training

Job description

Job summary

The post holder will work as a member of the Imaging Leadership Team but work closely with the trust's IM&T team and other stakeholders.

The post holder will take clinical lead responsibility for the provision of PACS throughout the Trust, to ensure that clinical images are available when and where required for patient management and will liaise closely with clinical teams. They will oversee day to day operational activity and lead the strategic development of the PACS service for CRH.

The post holder will be the Trust expert in all issues relating to and affecting PACS, advise on appropriate prioritisation for service delivery and improvement and be responsible for the content, integrity, safe use and security of the PACS systems in the clinical environment.

Key elements of the role

• Ensuring the PACS and RIS operates efficiently and effectively, both clinically and financially.
• Continuously striving for improved performance and leading practice.
• Lead the service, successfully developing people and systems to support the Trust vision and objectives.
• The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

Main duties of the job

• Provide strong visible leadership and act as a role model.
• Clinical lead responsibility for RIS and PACS.
• Leadership of a small team within the Imaging Care Unit.
• Close working with the IM&T Team.
• Oversee data quality issues, information governance and data security within the RIS/PACS system in conjunction with relevant trust departments and other PACS users in the regional network.
• Represent Imaging at Local and regional meetings in matters relating to PACS, RIS and Provide advice and support on PACS and RIS at Division and Trust level.
• Communicate complex technical information throughout the Imaging care unit and liaison with all members of the multi‑disciplinary team, internally and externally to the organisation, to ensure the highest quality of patient care is delivered when RIS/PACS is used.
• Work flexibly with some planned occasional out‑of‑hours work.
• Lead Trust‑wide initiatives and projects as required.
• Deputise for the Head of Imaging when appropriate and required.

About us

• 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

Details

• Date posted: 18 December 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8a
• Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full‑time
• Reference number: 166-DCSC-7156100
• Job location: Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Calow, Chesterfield, S445BL

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential)

• First degree or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of other specialist management training to diploma level.

Experience (Essential)

• Experience within the Healthcare sector at a management level including project management, business planning, change management, multidisciplinary working, financial management, human resource management, performance management.
• Evidence of having achieved challenging healthcare/business targets.
• Significant experience of RIS and PACS administration.
• Experience of supporting programmes of change in a complex organisation.

Experience (Desirable)

• Experience of working in a teaching hospital or other busy environment.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

• Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Address: Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Calow, Chesterfield, S445BL
• Website: https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/