Divisional Imaging Lead - North Division

Job description

Job responsibilities

PLANNING AND ORGANISATION

- Contribute towards the organisation and management of the rosters for the imaging pathway including the adult and paediatric medical photography, ensuring there is sufficient skill mix of staff allocation at all responsible sites.

- Contribute towards the management and coordination of annual leave ensuring this is fairly distributed and service provision is maintained, as well as all statutory and mandatory training and ensure all imaging staff are fully compliant.

- To lead in the planning of up-coming activities and service improvements across the north division, escalating to the matrons and/or department managers when required.

PHYSICAL AND CLINICAL SKILLS

- To be highly skilled in the full range of routine and specialised imaging techniques, with expert knowledge of Ophthalmic anatomy and diseases. Able to perform a range of clinical, diagnostic, and imaging examinations including:

Retinal imaging and image analysis using current standard techniques.

Slit lamp imaging of anterior segment of the eye using tropical stains.

Clinical imaging of the external eye and Ocular Adnexa.

OCT Imaging.

Anterior Segment Photography.

Retcam photography for Retinopathy of prematurity screening.

B scan ultrasound.

Instillation of dilating drops.

- To provide effective communication skills to convey complex information regarding diagnostic testing to patients, relatives and carers.

- To provide a range of digital angiography and imaging procedures requiring expertise underpinned by theoretical knowledge of the principles underlying fundus photography, digital angiography, autofluorescence imaging and optical coherence tomography.

To make judgements involving a range of facts which require analysis and comparison to optimise images obtained during digital angiography (e.g. strategies to overcome small

- pupils, eye movement, cataract, blinking or a combination of these during fluorescein angiography).

- To lead and be directly responsible for the safe use of expensive and highly complex imaging equipment.

- To follow established departmental policies for imaging techniques and be guided by standard operating procedures and good practice but be able to justify the need to vary from SOP when necessary.

- To work within scope of practice.

- To provide computer graphic services and operate several information systems relating to imaging.

- To conduct simple maintenance and calibration of equipment and provide technical advice to clinicians.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Master's degree or equivalent experience degree relevant to Medical Imaging

Experience

Essential

• 5 years' experience of performing the range of diagnostics in medical imaging
• Experience of using a full range of IT patient Data Systems
• Leadership and management experience
• Experience of working autonomously in a busy clinic environment

Desirable

• Experience of using a full range of IT/Patient Data Systems
• Minimum 2 years HR management and e-procurement.
• Desirable experience in roster management

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of commitment to CPD

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brent Cross/Cross site North

Brent Cross

London

NW4 3FP

Employer's website

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)