General Manager - Imaging

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced senior leader to oversee Imaging services. This role includes driving operational performance, ensuring quality and safety, and leading a diverse team of clinical and managerial leaders. The successful candidate will be responsible for performance management, strategic development, and stakeholder engagement, contributing significantly to patient care and service improvement. Candidates should possess strong governance skills and the ability to foster an inclusive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in operational, strategic, and financial leadership in a complex healthcare environment.
• Strong governance and financial control skills.
• Ability to collaborate with clinical and managerial colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Accountability for operational performance of Imaging services.
• Leading performance management arrangements to meet activity and financial targets.
• Managing and developing senior clinical and managerial leaders.
• Acting as a senior representative with internal and external stakeholders.

Job description

Overview

Are you a visionary imaging leader ready to drive innovation, elevate patient care, and shape the future of diagnostic services across a major NHS Trust? This is your opportunity to step into a high-impact role at the heart of a dynamic, ambitious organisation. We are seeking an experienced and credible senior leader to provide operational, strategic and financial leadership within the complex Imaging environment. The post holder will be responsible for delivering high-quality, safe and effective services, ensuring performance against agreed objectives, and supporting the Trust's wider strategic priorities. This role requires a professional who can work collaboratively with clinical and managerial colleagues, demonstrate strong governance and financial control, and lead service improvement in line with organisational values. The successful candidate will bring sound judgement, resilience, and the ability to operate effectively at senior level within a changing healthcare system. Imaging is central to modern healthcare -- and you\'ll be at the forefront of ensuring our services are safe, efficient, compassionate and future-focused. You\'ll influence Trust-wide strategy, drive service transformation, and champion excellence across a diverse, talented workforce. This is your chance to make a measurable difference to patient experience, clinical quality, and the development of imaging services across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Holding overall accountability for the operational performance of Imaging services, including quality, safety, access standards, clinical governance and patient experience.
• Leading performance management arrangements to ensure delivery against agreed activity, access, quality and financial targets, taking corrective action where required.
• Leading the development of business cases, service plans and performance reports, providing assurance to Divisional and Executive leadership.
• Managing and developing senior clinical and managerial leaders, ensuring effective workforce planning, performance appraisal, and compliance with Trust workforce policies.
• Maintaining robust financial control
• Ensuring effective risk management, clinical governance and business continuity arrangements across the service, including the investigation and management of serious incidents and complaints.
• Contributing to divisional and Trust-wide strategic initiatives, supporting service redesign, innovation and system-wide collaboration.
• Acting as a senior Trust representative with internal and external stakeholders, including commissioners, partner organisations and regulatory bodies.
• Deputising for the Divisional Director of Operations as required and participating in the senior manager on-call rota.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
• Improving the experience of staff with disability.
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
• Making equalities mainstream.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations.