Imaging Management (Dept) in Milton Keynes

Provide clinical and professional leadership for X-ray, CT, Interventional Radiology, and support services across all Trust sites. Manage resources, budgets, staffing, and operational performance to ensure high-quality, safe patient care. Drive service development, transformation, and continuous improvement, achieving KPIs and accreditation standards. Lead workforce planning, staff supervision, training, and professional development, promoting a positive team culture and high staff retention. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver seamless patient pathways. Implement and monitor clinical governance, quality standards, and risk management. Contribute to business planning, service reporting, and strategic initiatives while maintaining own professional development and HCPC registration.

NHS Staff Survey: Our Compassionate Culture and Leadership scores reflect a workplace where kindness, respect, and empathy are the norm not the exception. Be accountable for own work, ensuring high patient care standards and supporting others. Act as a specialist clinical resource to teams, managers, and colleagues across specialties.

This is a unique leadership role offering the chance to shape and influence the future direction of our imaging services, with a strong emphasis on developing and embedding advanced practice across the department. We are looking for someone who brings not only strong clinical knowledge and experience, but also a forward-thinking, proactive approach, with the confidence to engage effectively with senior stakeholders. A key focus of the role will be driving imaging governance and continuously improving quality standards to ensure the highest level of patient care.

• DCR or BSc Diagnostic Radiographer degree or equivalent
• Current HCPC registration
• Post graduate qualification in relevant clinical area or equivalent experience
• Post graduate management or project management qualification or equivalent experience
• Capacity planning, managing waiting lists, and developing business cases
• Current knowledge and understanding of the NHS constitution, Trust vision, values, and strategic objectives
• Able to practically apply a range of specialist knowledge and expertise to leadership of given service areas
• In depth knowledge of CQC, UKAS QSI accreditation and how they relate to the acute and imaging setting
• Significant budget management experience including cost minimization, monitoring and corrective action, and capital planning
• Knowledge of workforce planning principles and practice
• Ability to analyze and review a range of diverse and highly complex and sometimes conflicting information
• Understanding of relevant legislation relating to Imaging, Clinical Governance, Health and Safety, NHS codes of conduct and employment law
• Holds clinical knowledge and experience working at a senior level in the acute setting
• Knowledge of a wide range of best imaging practice and improvement processes
• Strategic awareness within healthcare
• Has experience as a modality lead and knowledge of imaging service management
• Evidence of personal achievement of results through strong leadership skills and implementation strategies
• Good organizational and time management skills
• High level of self-motivation and willingness to learn and develop and able to inspire this attribute in others
• Logical approach to problem solving
• Able to analyze and interpret complex data
• Resilient and able to manage as well as prioritize conflicting demands
• Proven ability to deliver a high-quality service
• Confident to lead on transformation projects and service change or re-design with a focus on productivity and efficiency
• Can effectively manage and lead multi professional teams with a focus on productivity and efficiency
• Capable of developing protocols and implementing audits, policies, and procedures
• Personnel management skills including recruitment and selection and performance management
• Manage challenging situations and challenging relationships
• Experience of managing relationships and developing services for key partners including Imaging Networks, GP’s, integrated Care Boards, and other agencies
• Group Facilitation skills
• Contributes to the development of business plans and service development
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of budget setting
• Deputize for Head of Imaging Services as required
• Effective handling of complaints or incidents with a focus on learning
• Able to teach and present to other staff
• Willing to coach, mentor, and develop other staff
• Maintain continued professional development in line with HCPC requirements
• Good written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to deal with confidential, stressful, and difficult situations sensitively with a wide range of people and build credibility quickly
• Ability to work autonomously, collaboratively and as part of a multi professional team
• Professional in approach to work, appearance, and conduct
• Excellent report writing skills
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills to allow divisional strategic objectives to be obtained
• Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives