Lead Radiographer - Quality and Clinical Governance Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Lead Radiographer – Quality and Clinical Governance

We are looking for a forward-thinking enthusiastic radiographer who will take a leading role in quality & governance across all imaging services at Croydon Health Services. This role will ensure that services delivered by Radiology are safe and well-led.

This is a key leadership role in the department and offers the opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their managerial and organisational skills.

This role will also lead on the development and implementation of QSI accreditation for Croydon.

The department performs in excess of 250,000 examinations per annum and has an active Clinical Governance programme. There are currently approximately 150 Staff in post in the Diagnostic Imaging department, including 26 Consultant Radiologists and Specialty Grade Doctors.

If you would like to be part of a hardworking and friendly department, please visit us and have a chat!

For more information please contact Fiona Addlesee, Deputy Head of Radiology.

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To be responsible for the development, co-ordination, implementation and evaluation of clinical governance systems and processes which support the monitoring of key quality indicators in all Radiology services.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff, offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

To develop, maintain and monitor mechanisms which improve the quality of patient safety within the Radiology department. This involves leading and developing staff safety activities and across the patient journey supporting the development of the overall clinical governance and quality agenda.

To provide managerial leadership for incident management, using Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) as the tool to develop and maintain effective systems and processes for responding to patient safety incidents for the purpose of learning and improving safety.

To lead on ensuring the implementation of national policy directives/national evidence-based practice in relation to the quality agenda, providing specialist advice and support to clinicians as appropriate.

To liaise closely with the Directorate Risk Manager, clinical leads within the Radiology department (radiographic and radiological) and other clinical governance colleagues internal and external to the Trust.

This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Mar 2025.

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