Breast Services Superintendent

Job summary

A confident, organised individual with initiative and drive required to manage day to day breast imaging for Lincolnshire Breast Screening Service and Symptomatic Breast Services. The post holder will manage mammography staff alongside the Breast Imaging Lead and Advanced Practitioners. The post holder will be responsible for the overall daily management of service provision and departmental improvements.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for day to day HR management, recruitment and rostering.

Dealing with day to day problem solving and decision making for optimal service cover.

Ensuring staff, equipment and policies are compliant and adhere to National and local guidelines and governance.

Ensure service users receive the best possible care and any complaints are correctly investigated in line with Trust and NHSBSP procedure.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Bsc (Hons) Radiography HCPC or equivalent professional registration SoR accredited Post Graduate Mammography Certificate IELTS Level 7, CEFR level C1 if English not primary language.

Desirable

Post Graduate qualification in management Attended radiation protection supervisor's course

Previous Experience

Essential

Previous management experience at senior level. Evidence of successful management of a team. Previous experience of service improvement/managing change Experience of a review and development system and the use of KSF

Desirable

Ideally as a radiographer or superintendent. Previous experience of being RPS for a department or area. Knowledge of IR(ME)R legislation. Holds the RPS Qualification Previous experience of budgetary control. Experience as a senior member of a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Essential

Knowledge of the NHS and NHSBSP current policies and legislation affecting service delivery. Effective communicator. IT skills including knowledge of Windows and Office. Negotiating skills. Ability to work to a high standard both technically and in patient Care.

Desirable

Computer literate Knowledge of PAS/PACS and other data base systems. Good interpersonal skills Compilation and analysis of statistics. Able to create and present reports and analyse complex data and other information

Specific Requirements

Essential

People management skills. Strong leadership and team building skills Flexible approach to working practice. Exemplary professional appearance and approach as the post holder will act as Trust representative. Demonstrate support and care for all colleagues. Committed to patient centred care. Prepared to undergo training beneficial to the role. Ability to travel across sites.

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