Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and inspiring leader to join our Imaging Department, providing strategic, professional, and operational leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality diagnostic services. This is a key role in supporting the Trust’s ambition to deliver outstanding, patient-centred care through innovation, excellence in imaging practice, and strong multidisciplinary collaboration.

As part of the Imaging triumvirate leadership team, you will work closely with the Clinical Director and General Manager to drive the strategic development and operational management of imaging services. Together, you will provide cohesive leadership that balances clinical, operational, and financial priorities, ensuring sustainable service delivery, continuous improvement, and alignment with both Trust objectives and national diagnostic priorities.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping and implementing strategies that deliver timely, efficient, and equitable diagnostic imaging across all modalities. This includes ensuring services are responsive to patient demand, compliant with national guidance, and consistently achieving key access and quality standards.

If you are a forward-thinking leader with the vision, expertise, and drive to make a lasting impact on imaging services, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Provide professional leadership and expert advice on Imaging services, ensuring compliance with NHS guidance, legislation, and Trust objectives.

• Oversee the Imaging Department’s financial performance, maintaining robust financial controls and delivering financial targets.

• Manage all aspects of departmental resources, including staff, finance, governance, and business planning.

• Lead on setting and achieving quality objectives, business targets, and service improvement initiatives.

• Ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality day-to-day operations that promote positive staff and patient experiences.

• Maintain service resilience and business continuity through effective operational and capacity planning.

• Collaborate with Trust leaders and partner services to meet corporate, performance, and transformation goals.

• Promote and embody the Trust’s values, demonstrating exemplary professional conduct and compassion.

• Ensure all imaging services meet regulatory standards, particularly compliance with IR(ME)R 2017.

• Work collaboratively with the Image East 2 network to strengthen governance, drive strategic development, standardise clinical practice, support workforce sustainability, and encourage innovation.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.