Head of General Radiology

The post holder will support the Associate Director Of Allied Health Professions (Diagnostic) in providing effective leadership using wide ranging, specialist, professional, clinical and managerial knowledge, skills and experience of general radiology, having delegated responsibilities for specific areas of performance of the department (as defined within the Trust Devolution Policy). The post holder will take clinical and leadership responsibility for general radiology at the Scunthorpe and Goole sites. The post holder must be state registered under the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). In addition to clinical expertise, the post holder also requires a high level of tact, diplomacy and management expertise. The post holder will also work closely with the Diagnostics Administrative team leaders, supported by the Diagnostics Business Manager to ensure activity and patient flow are supported.

It is anticipated that the post holder will work approximately 60% in a managerial role. The post holder will be responsible for developing and managing general radiology services at their designated base site within Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals NHS Trust which encompasses North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire, ensuring that the services are structured to meet the needs of service users. Working with the Associate Director of Allied Health Professions & the Head of Governance this will also include collaborating with other organisations and agencies to deliver effective services across the health community. Most of the procedures/examinations are available to the local Primary Care Trusts via direct access arrangements. The post holder will actively participate in projects supporting and engaging within this modality as a whole to support cross site/cross Trust working.

In conjunction with the Associate Director of Allied Health Professions the post holder will ensure that general radiology are managed within budget, to agreed quality standards and in accordance with agreed activity levels. The post holder is responsible and accountable for a delegated annual budget for general radiology. The post holder is also responsible for the effective management of staff and physical resources to maximise efficiency and quality of service.

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an