This post plays a key role in supporting safe, high-quality radiology services at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust by strengthening assurance, consistency, and learning across sites. The role sits within a supportive quality and safety team and works alongside clinical services to help ensure that patients receive safe, effective, and compliant imaging care.
The post holder acts as a link between frontline practice and governance systems, helping radiology services to learn from incidents, feedback, and data, and to continuously improve the way care is delivered. The role offers the opportunity to influence service quality at scale, working across a large and varied radiology department.
This is a development opportunity for an experienced radiographer with an interest in quality, safety, and service improvement, offering exposure to Trust-wide governance processes while maintaining clinical credibility. The role is well suited to someone who enjoys collaborative working, problem‑solving, and supporting others to deliver safer care.
Responsibilities
* Coordinate and deliver quality, safety, and governance activity within Radiology, supporting safe and effective patient care across University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
* Support services identify risk, respond to incidents, and embed learning to improve practice.
* Coordinate patient safety investigations, support staff through the process, and ensure actions are completed and learning is shared.
* Support radiation safety and IR(ME)R compliance, including coordination of radiation incidents and oversight of non‑medical referrer processes.
* Contribute to service improvement by supporting audit, risk management, and the handling of patient feedback, complaints, and PALS enquiries.
* Use data and trends across sites to target improvement activity and strengthen assurance.
* Work with a wide range of colleagues, including radiographers, radiologists, medical physics, and governance teams, to support consistent and patient‑centred care.
* Undertake a limited amount of clinical work in line with professional registration, competence, and service needs.
Qualifications
* Experienced radiographer with an interest in quality, safety, and service improvement.
* Clinical credibility, registration, and competence to undertake limited clinical work.
* Ability to coordinate and deliver clinical governance and patient safety activity.
* Experience or knowledge of radiation safety, IR(ME)R compliance, audit, risk management, and patient feedback processes.
* Strong collaborative skills and problem‑solving abilities.
Important information for applicants
* We value the individuality and authenticity that each candidate brings to the application process. While AI tools are increasingly accessible, we strongly discourage their use in completing your application.
* Applications that rely heavily on AI‑generated content may misrepresent your abilities and could result in your application being rejected.
* Flexible working: If you would like to explore potential options regarding flexible working please speak with the appropriate recruiting/line manager.
* DBS Checks: As part of our commitment to a safe working environment, we undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check on all new employees where the role is eligible for a criminal record check.
* Skilled Worker Visa: Applications for Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome for the roles that meet the Visa and Immigration eligibility criteria. For further information please visit the gov.uk website searching for Skilled Worker.
* Role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route.
* If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at the time of application.
About University Hospitals Sussex
As one of the UK's largest acute trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years. Our hard‑working, talented and dedicated people work together towards a common goal – to deliver Excellent Care Everywhere for our patients, our people and our communities. We value compassion, inclusion and respect as our core values and are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We provide extensive wellbeing programmes for staff, flexible working to support work‑life balance, and support learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be.
UHSussex reserves the right to close the role early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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We look forward to receiving your application and to the start of your journey with University Hospitals Sussex.
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