Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site County Hospital Town Stafford Salary £47,810 - £54,710 PA Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2025 23:59
Service Lead Radiographer for Plain Film X-ray
Band 7
Job overview
University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) Imaging department is looking to recruit dedicated, skilled Diagnostic General Radiographers to our Service Lead Radiographer Team. Roles will be based at County Hospital and within our Community Hospitals Team, with an expectation to rotate as needed to all sites. This is an exciting opportunity to progress your career by leading a portion of our Plain Film X-ray service.
The Service Lead Radiographer will support the Plain Film Team using compassionate leading methodologies to meet the vision of the Imaging department and UHNM. Leading service change and improvements within their area, supporting the Superintendent in manging the day to day operational activities of the department as part of the Service Lead Radiographer Team.
UHNM's Plain Film service cover's 6 different Hospital sites across the County including the Royal Stoke, County Hospital, Haywood Hospital and community units. Soon to incorporate UHNM's new CDC.
County Hospital is Located in the county town of Stafford, the Imaging department is very well equipped, with 3 DR rooms, 3 DR Mobiles, 1 Digital Fluoroscopy/DR Room, 4 Digital Mobile Image Intensifiers, Our Radiographers undertake a wide range of imaging examinations through a variety of shifts and on-call.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be Reliable, enthusiastic, hardworking, committed to developing Imaging services and giving our patients and referrers the very best quality of care and service.
The post holder will have responsibility for the management of the Plain Film X-ray service provided in their designated area including development, implementation and evaluation of service needs. Ensuring high standards of patient care are maintained across the team and fostering an environment for continuous improvement. Managing the 24/7 operational delivery of the service by ensuring staff are deployed to meet the needs of patients and referrers, with an expectation to undertake out of hours work as required for the needs of the service.
They will be trained to complete line management duties, mentoring and pastoral duties for the Plain Film team.
Successful applicants would be expected to contribute to the 24/7 service delivery and given the opportunity to work a split clinical/management role.
Please see attached Job Description and personal Specification for further details.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Registration
* HCPC up to date registration
* Post graduate education in leadership and management/Further learning in Management and Leadership
Experience
* Minimum of 2 Years at band 6/Senior Radiographer level
* Extensive/recent experience of Plain film X-ray
* Completed RPS course
* Experience of Leading a Team
* Sound knowledge and understanding of IRMER and IRR
* Experience at managing equipment
* In-depth Knowledge of X-ray equipment/Acts as superuser
* Experience in development and review of local SOP's
* Show's awareness of compassionate leadership/leadership impact and self awareness.
* Experience of Audit/support audits and good knowledge of governance.
* Knowledge of risk and incident management.
Person specification
Qualifications and Reg
* BSc Diagnostic Radiography or DCR (equivalent) (2)
* Full HCPC Registration (2)
* RPS Training
* Evidence of in-house training in leadership or modality related (2)
Experience
* Minimum of 2 years months experience at Band 6 or above in a NHS organisation
* Extensive recent experience of CR/DR x-ray systems, to include superuser activities
* Awareness and interaction with QA programmes
* Experience taking a lead, demonstrates leadership knowledge and experience
* Evidence of additional responsibilities in modality, leading projects
* Has acted as RPS
* Experience of a full range of General Imaging services including Theatres, MSK, IP/OPs and trauma imaging
* Experience of DATIX investigations. Sound knowledge of adverse incident reporting/IRMER K
* Experience of updating and developing SOPS /local protocols
* Experience of Audit
* Experience of coaching and mentoring.
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
* Computer literate including Radiology Information Systems/PACs, trust systems, Empactis, E-roster, Careflow, Iportal etc.
* Knowledge of current guidance, legislation, Local/national policy and governance including IR(ME)R 2017 & IRR2018
* Ability to work under pressure, resourceful in handling multiple work streams. Organise and prioritise.
* Team Leadership/Compassionate leadership skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Ability to participate in 24/7 rosters and flexible approach
* Ability to work unsupervised / Lone work / use personal initiative.
* Demonstration of relevant Continuing Professional Development, show's ability for personal growth and development
* Personally motivated and able to motivate others
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
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* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
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Name Laura Greenwood Job title Superintendent Radiographer for Plain Film X-ray Email address laura.greenwood@uhnm.nhs.uk
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