Operational & Quality Lead Radiographer

NHS; East Grinstead; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join the QVH Radiology department of the NHS focusing on operational and quality aspects of leadership. The role involves management, leadership, and supporting teams while ensuring high-quality standards in a recognized institution that specializes in reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation services.

Benefits

Flexible working

Support for continuing education

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of NHS leadership experience.
• Experience in quality management and audits needed.
• RPS qualification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support to teams and leadership management.
• Conduct data analysis for business intelligence.
• Act as deputy chair and participate in subcommittees.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Management

Data Analysis

Education

Postgraduate qualifications in leadership or clinical

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join QVH Radiology department to support all operational and quality aspects of leadership in our department. QVH currently offers the following services:

• Xray
• Interventional Salivary service
• Fluoroscopy
• MRI
• CT
• Cone Beam CT
• New DXA service

In addition, we are a CDC so have designated direct access for primary care colleagues. We are working toward QSI in line with national expectations for CDC and are finalising our gap analysis. This is an opportunity to join us at an exciting time.

Main duties of the job

• Operational support to all teams
• Leadership and management
• Good core knowledge of QA/service maintenance for equipment
• Recruitment
• Business Intelligence - pull data from RIS/ analysis on activity/ demand
• Chair dose optimisation / image quality group/ US meetings
• Act as deputy chair for the RPC
• deputise for Radiology manager at meetings
• Attend trust subcommittees such as patient safety & experience
• Datix/ complaint investigations
• Support procurement of equipment
• Act as RPS

About us

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

We specialise in conditions of the eyes (corneoplastics), hands, head and neck cancer and skin cancer, reconstructive breast surgery, maxillofacial surgery and prosthetics, providing regional and national services in these areas of clinical expertise.Our world-leading clinical teams also treat more common conditions of the eyes, hands, skin, and teeth for the people of East Grinstead and the surrounding areas. In addition, QVH provides a minor injuries unit, expert therapies, a sleep service, and a growing portfolio of community-based services.Patients consistently rate QVH amongst the top hospitals in the country for quality of care.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

Job responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification. This would suit someone who has worked as a band 7 for some time and has line managed before. We do welcome department visits.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous leadership in NHS >3yrs
• evidence of quality management / audit etc
• RPS
• post grad qualifications/ including leadership or clinical
• QSI experience

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.

Full-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working