Ultrasound Clinical Lead

7 months ago


Oldham, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
Come and join our friendly and enthusiastic team within Ultrasound. If you are looking to develop and progress, and have the drive to lead a team of Sonographers to do the same, this is the place for you We are looking for a highly focused and passionate individual with the ambition to lead change and innovation. As Clinical Lead you should:

- Strive to provide an efficient and high quality ultrasound imaging service, whilst dealing with patients in a caring professional manner.
- Ensure there is adequate service provision in place at all times. Plan the Ultrasound service to meet the demands of the Trust.

At the NCA, we offer services in general medical, gynaecology, obstetrics, vascular, MSK, head & neck and paediatric ultrasound. We actively encourage participation in departmental improvement and in training and CPD.

A recent structure change within Ultrasound has enabled us to establish different roles which have created opportunities for staff and have assisted in better management of the service; a Consultant Sonographer being one of these. There are more opportunities to come, and our ties within Greater Manchester and with higher education institutions provide many possibilities.

This is an 18 month Secondment opportunity as Ultrasound Clinical Lead at Bury, Rochdale, Oldham Care Organisation part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) NHS Foundation Trust.

**Main duties of the job**:

- Working closely with the Ultrasound Service Manager and Directorate Managers, you are responsible for leading both clinically as well as managerially the ultrasound service to help deliver a high-quality patient focused service.
- Lead on Quality Improvement projects and programmes by working collaboratively with appropriate teams to deliver excellent patient care.
- With the management team, ensure key performance targets are delivered.
- To continuously review ultrasound services through the lens of improving performance to reach a sustainable or improved profitable state, whilst continuing to deliver truly effective patient-centred care.
- To provide operational leadership to the ultrasound department to ensure effective and timely delivery of performance indicators and drive operational excellence, supporting the delivery of a High-Performance Management System.
- Responsible for the efficient and effective use of resources including development of robust recovery planning where deviation occurs.
- To develop shared objectives promoting a culture of collaborative working and empowering staff to achieve both performance and transformational change.
- To demonstrate excellent people management skills to inspire and motivate, both direct reports and wider colleagues and enable the delivery and improvement of services.
- To adhere to the CO/NCA policies, processes and ways of working to contribute to the achievement of the NCA strategies.

**Working for our organisation**:
At the NCA, we offer services in general medical, gynaecology, obstetrics, vascular, MSK, head & neck and paediatric ultrasound. We actively encourage participation in departmental improvement and in training and CPD.

A recent structure change within Ultrasound has enabled us to establish different roles which have created opportunities for staff and have assisted in better management of the service; a Consultant Sonographer being one of these. There are more opportunities to come, and our ties within Greater Manchester and with higher education institutions provide many possibilities.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:

- As a key member of the ultrasound team, working closely with the Ultrasound Service Manager and Directorate Managers, you are responsible for leading both clinically as well as managerially the ultrasound service to help deliver a high-quality patient focused service.
- To lead on Quality Improvement projects and programmes by working collaboratively with appropriate clinical and non-clinical teams to deliver excellent patient care.
- To deliver the change plans from improvement programmes and projects to fully integrate into sustainable daily business and realise benefits.
- Working with the management team, ensure key performance targets are delivered and meet the Service Line Accreditation and Assessment Standards.
- To continuously review ultrasound services through the lens of improving performance to reach a su



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