MRI and CT Cross Sectional Superintendent Radiographer
Job overview
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) is a large 1400 bed teaching and major trauma centre. The Trust has 2 main hospital sites: University Hospital in Coventry and Hospital of St Cross in Rugby. Between them we care for over 1,000,000 people from across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.We are one of the largest and busiest NHS teaching trusts in the country.
As a Trust we combine several key roles:
- District general hospital services for Coventry and Rugby, our local population
- Tertiary centre for Coventry and Warwickshire, providing complex specialist services for the sector and beyond
- Provider of innovative and leading-edge clinical services to Coventry and Warwickshire.
- The clinical base for The University of Warwick Medical School.
University Hospital of Coventry and Warwick is a large PFI hospital which ensures a guaranteed equipment replacement programme. Consequently, all the imaging equipment is replaced with top range systems on a regular basis resulting in a very modern department.
Services provided:
- Plain x-ray
- Ultrasound
- Breast imaging (including screening)
- Gastrointestinal studies
- Neuroradiology
- Interventional neuroradiology
- Head & neck
- Musculoskeletal
- Genitourinary
- Cardio-thoracic
- Interventional radiology (vascular and non-vascular)
- Paediatric
- Emergency & Trauma Imaging
Main duties of the job
Due to a restructure of the Imaging department opportunities have arisen for a suitably experienced and innovative radiographer to join our multi-professional team, with a reputation for achieving clinical excellence. The successful candidate will manage the effective delivery and operation of their Imaging unit and provide the necessary information to assist the operational and strategic direction of imaging within the Trust.
You will join a team of dedicated and enthusiastic Radiologists, nurses, radiographers and support workers and have responsibility for the timely, efficient and cost-effective management and operation of your specialist area. We encourage enthusiastic and motivated people, with strong leadership qualities to apply to ensure the provision of the highest standards of patient care and contribution to the management of the department.
The Cross Section Superintendent will complement our Imaging team to manage the effective delivery and operation of the CT and MRI services. Senior Radiographers with suitable experience in either or both disciplines need apply.
Currently, the department has 4 MRI static scanners fully utilised and operating 7 days a week, 12 hours per day.
In addition, the department has 3 CT scanners fully utilised and operating 7 days a week, 12 hours per day.
***Interviews for this post are scheduled for week commencing 19th May 2025***
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care.We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- Maintain a high degree of clinical skills, expertise and competence and act as a role model for staff groups, monitoring and maintaining standards of care. To provide clinical expertise and supervision, including training and mentorship of all staff groups within own scope of practice.
- Manage the cross site clinical workload within the Department adapting the service to respond to long and short-term demands, rearranging work lists in case of equipment failure and being responsive to the inconvenience caused to patients, so ensuring the daily workload is organised in line with clinical priorities.
- Collaborate with the senior management team and Clinical Leads to enable the efficient and effective provision of the Imaging Service across UHCW NHS Trust. To take operational responsibility on a daily basis for the management of activity, resources, people and information to achieve agreed levels and standards of service delivery.
- Support the long-term strategic planning for own area/s of responsibility.
- Participate in request validation, vetting and justification (weighing the potential benefit of a medical exposure against any possible harm) within own scope of practice using clinical judgement & / or departmental protocols they have written in consultation with consultant radiologists.
- Manage the pay and non-pay budgets within own areas of responsibility in accordance with Trust standing financial instructions and financial procedures to ensure the line areas deliver the required activity within budget.
- Produce reports and business cases which will explain multiple potentially complex options and may present several possible solutions.
The successful applicant will work collaboratively with other operational and clinical senior managers within the Imaging Group Management team to develop, support and deliver operational and strategic objectives within the specialist area. We are a forward-thinking department committed to providing a modern, high-quality service for our patients and therefore seek candidates with excellent communication skills, proactive and a willingness and enthusiasm to lead.
For more information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact either David White, Head of Operations on Telephone: 024 7696 7101 or contact Lowella Wilson – Professional Lead for cross sectional imaging on Telephone: 024 7696 7088.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
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Experience
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Knowledge
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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed.Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests).This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.
UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
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