Modality Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and inspirational MRI leader to join Health and Care Jersey as our MRI Modality Manager. We are looking for a highly motivated MRI professional with a proven track record of leading and developing teams driving service improvement and delivering high quality patient care. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future direction of MRI services within a modern and ambitious Radiology Department.

As MRI Modality Manager you will provide strategic operational and professional leadership for the MRI service ensuring the delivery of a safe effective and patient centred service. Working in partnership with the Radiologist Lead and senior colleagues, you will play a key role in service planning, workforce development, governance, innovation and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide visible and effective leadership for MRI services ensuring clinical excellence and operational efficiency.
• Lead and manage and develop the MRI workforce fostering a positive high performing team culture.
• Take responsibility for workforce planning, recruitment, performance management and professional development.
• Drive service innovation and development in response to patient needs, emerging technologies and national best practice.
• Ensure the highest standards of patient care, safety, quality assurance and clinical governance.
• Manage resources, equipment utilisation and capacity planning to optimise service delivery.

Main duties of the job

• Build strong relationships with radiologists, referring clinicians and external partners to support service development and patient pathways.
• Contribute to the wider leadership of the Radiology Department and support cross modality collaboration where required.
• Manage an Imaging Modality within the Radiology service and work with the other clinical modality managers to ensure the highest imaging and management standards are maintained.
• Manage staff, staff training, resources & activity in the modality and provide expert specialist advice. Lead and develop the service. Provide support and direction in relation to radiography clinical practice and professional development.
• Undertake clinical duties.

At Health and Care Jersey, we’re not just delivering healthcare - we’re shaping the future of health and wellbeing for over 100,000 Islanders and visitors. Our dedicated team of over 2,000 professionals provides essential care across 30+ diverse departments, offering a wide range of specialist services from acute and emergency care to community and preventative health initiatives.

With state-of-the-art facilities like the brand-new Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre and exciting plans to modernise our healthcare infrastructure, this is a great time to join us. Whether you're providing frontline patient care, supporting health initiatives in the community, or contributing to vital mental health and social services, your work will make a meaningful impact on people's lives every day. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

Details

• Date posted: 05 August 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: 79,133.77 to 86,974.41 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: K0011-4356
• Job locations: Government Of Jersey, Union Street, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE2 3DN

Job description

Manage the specialist imaging modality in line with the policies and procedures. Implement all safety advice and legislation in relation to the modality. Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure best practice is adopted and reviewed on a regular basis. Responsible for ensuring staff are trained in current radiation protection and other relevant legislation in order to ensure the smooth and effective running of the service.

• Deliver a wide range of clinical work appropriate to the imaging modality, including complex procedures. Audit practice of Radiographers, who work in the imaging modality, supporting, training and supervising them as required, to ensure delivery of service to the highest standards.
• Manage both Professional and non-qualified modality staff including: recruitment, induction, the co-ordination of mandatory training, continued professional development, performance review and staff competency. Ensure that sufficient staff are in place and operating competently within their scope of practice with the appropriate skill mix.
• Manage the modality area to ensure compliance with health and safety, infection prevention and control and other current legislation. Develop and implement risk assessments, investigate and act on untoward incidents (Datix). Carry out regular audit within modality.
• Organise the workflow of the modality, including the management of appropriate waiting times and appointment schedules both acute and routine. Ensure that the service is provided in the most efficient, effective and economic way while caring appropriately for the patients.
• Maintain all relevant records in the required format and on time. Operate information and communication systems to ensure the integrity of information stored on all databases. Provide relevant information for improved patient care and effective resource management in compliance with data protection policies and legislation.
• Investigate and deal appropriately with complaints and adverse incidents that relate to the imaging modality as requested, ensuring considered responses are delivered in a timely manner and that the service maintains an ethos of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Manage imaging equipment to ensure faults are identified, appropriate action taken and equipment quality is maintained. Implement and maintain a quality assurance program and act on adverse findings. Ensure minimal impact on service provision.
• Practice as a clinical imaging specialist performing imaging techniques to a very high standard including complex and specialist procedures and acting as a role model for the team.
• Provide and participate in an on-call service to ensure that urgent work which cannot wait until normal working hours is completed (except in Mammography). Responsible for organising, developing and implementing rotas for modality.

Person SpecificationQualifications Essential

• A relevant qualification either the Diploma of the College of Radiographers or BSc in Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent.
• Recognised post graduate qualification in specialist modality. Where reporting of images is undertaken it is essential that the qualification includes this.
• Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and has Jersey Care Commission registration.
• A Post Graduate management qualification.

Experience Essential

• Significant post-graduate practical specialist modality experience, some of which will have been with management responsibility in this specialist setting.
• Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Training and development of Professional and non-qualified modality staff.
• Experience of managing and delivering audits of service, identifying improvements, developing business cases for improvement and implementing agreed improvements.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Health and Community Services

Address: Government Of Jersey, Union Street, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE2 3DN