Job summary
A key leadership role has arisen within one of the UK's largest NHS Hospital Trusts. We are looking for a dynamic senior radiographer with excellent communication skills who is committed to the Quality Improvement of Imaging Services.
The Imaging Department at North Bristol Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to lead on the Quality agenda and lead the department on its journey towards achieving and maintaining Quality Standard for Imaging (QSI) accreditation.
QSI accreditation will form part of the Departments Quality and Governance strategy with the aim of establishing and promoting a quality culture where imaging services, management and operations are working collaboratively to ensure the delivery of high quality pre-examination, examination, reporting and post-examination processes as well as ongoing evaluation and continual improvements.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be the Lead for Quality in the Imaging Department. They will manage and supervise the QSI accreditation processes as well as carrying out the required management and leadership tasks to support the accreditation processes and to achieve and sustain accreditation.
The job will involve:
- Manage a flexible responsive Trust wide Imaging Quality Service ensuring all facets of the service meet agreed service standards.
- Creating and sustaining a culture of service improvement and strong leadership to ensure QSI deadlines are met and maintained
- Negotiating and facilitating the key relationships between clinical teams, managers and others so that the accreditation process succeeds because it is owned and led by clinical staff
- Work with the Clinical Governance lead for the department to ensure a high quality and safe service
About us
The Imaging Department is busy and dynamic and has CT, Interventional Radiology, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Plain Imaging and Ultrasound modalities based over 4 sites. The department performs over 420,000 examinations per year.
North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is the largest NHS organisation in the South West with ambitious plans to provide outstanding care for the populations of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. It is a centre for specialist health services for major trauma, neurosciences, vascular centre, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal and transplant services and is also a prestigious, internationally recognised teaching and research organisation providing care regionally and nationally.
With a turnover of £550m and 9000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for excellent healthcare
The benefits you will get from joining the Imaging Leadership Team are a strong commitment from NBT for your individual personal development, the prospect of working with a fantastic and friendly team of peers, and a department that is always open to new ideas and suggestions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Tasks
- To take responsibility for the Imaging Departments accreditation programme, as delegated by the Imaging Services Manager.
- To update the Imaging Services Manager regularly concerning progress with the accreditation programme.
- To understand the requirement and timescales of the Quality Standard for Imaging Accreditation Scheme (QSI).
- To coordinate the services responses to QSI, ensuring that all evidence uploaded to the QSI web based assessment is relevant, up-to-date, and fully meets the QSI criteria.
- To be a very visible member of the Imaging Department leadership team, supervising the ongoing implementation of processes reported to QSI, by checking records, compliance with policy, and observing standards of interactions with patients, service users, and other staff. To take action or report these findings as required.
- To have administrator access to the North Bristol NHS Trust web-based assessments on the QSI website, maintaining the access and passwords of the services users on that site.
- To maintain the services audit and outcome measure programme, issuing reminders to responsible persons that OCMs are due, and feeding the results into the required meetings.
- To chair the services QSI and quality meetings.
- To oversee and facilitate QSI site meetings.
- Work with the Clinical Governance lead
- To oversee the Imaging Departments controlled documents, issuing reminders to document owners when they require updating.
- To maintain all versions of the services controlled documents in key locations.
- Assisting with on the job training to new members of staff
- To attend mandatory training sessions
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Tasks
- To take responsibility for the Imaging Departments accreditation programme, as delegated by the Imaging Services Manager.
- To update the Imaging Services Manager regularly concerning progress with the accreditation programme.
- To understand the requirement and timescales of the Quality Standard for Imaging Accreditation Scheme (QSI).
- To coordinate the services responses to QSI, ensuring that all evidence uploaded to the QSI web based assessment is relevant, up-to-date, and fully meets the QSI criteria.
- To be a very visible member of the Imaging Department leadership team, supervising the ongoing implementation of processes reported to QSI, by checking records, compliance with policy, and observing standards of interactions with patients, service users, and other staff. To take action or report these findings as required.
- To have administrator access to the North Bristol NHS Trust web-based assessments on the QSI website, maintaining the access and passwords of the services users on that site.
- To maintain the services audit and outcome measure programme, issuing reminders to responsible persons that OCMs are due, and feeding the results into the required meetings.
- To chair the services QSI and quality meetings.
- To oversee and facilitate QSI site meetings.
- Work with the Clinical Governance lead
- To oversee the Imaging Departments controlled documents, issuing reminders to document owners when they require updating.
- To maintain all versions of the services controlled documents in key locations.
- Assisting with on the job training to new members of staff
- To attend mandatory training sessions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Diagnostic radiography or DCR(R)
- Educated to Masters Level or equivalent experience
- Must hold HCPC registration
- Extensive experience in Senior radiographic role
- Experience of project and service improvement skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Diagnostic radiography or DCR(R)
- Educated to Masters Level or equivalent experience
- Must hold HCPC registration
- Extensive experience in Senior radiographic role
- Experience of project and service improvement skills
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.
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 the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
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.
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 the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
