Job summary
- Main area
- Radiology with specific experience of MRI operational management
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment or Fixed Term considered)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 199-NN-7269951-AHP
- Employer
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Croydon University Hospital
- Town
- Croydon
- Salary
- £82,906 - £94,632 pa Incl of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/08/2025 08:00
Employer heading
MRI Transformation Lead
Band 8c
Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.
Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon
Job overview
MRI Transformation Lead
Band 8c
The MRI Transformation Lead is responsible for leading and delivering the In-housing project of MRI services at Croydon University Hospital. Currently, MRI services at Croydon are delivered via an independent sector provider. Croydon services’ senior leadership are looking to in-house the MRI services going forward. This role requires close working with the Lead MRI Superintendent and other Superintendents to ensure provision of an efficient & responsive MRI Service throughout the transition process. The post-holder will be instrumental in ensuring that the Trust continues to meets national targets, such as Referral to Treatment (RTT) standards, and delivers high-quality care in a timely and cost-effective manner.
The MRI Transformation Lead is a key senior post supporting the delivery of the Trust’s transformation agenda. The Lead is accountable for working in a professional manner and in accordance with the Trust’s defined methods, governance and reporting. The post holder will be responsible for working with the Director of Transformation and The Director of Integrated Surgery, Cancer and Clinical Support Directorate (ISCCS) to ensure budgets are adhered to and that projects risks, issues and benefits are managed on time and as planned. This includes the production and maintenance of all relevant plans, controls, protocols, and the effective transition of these plans into a smooth operational service.
Main duties of the job
The MRI Transformation Lead will provide subject matter expertise as well as the rigour required to deliver complex change in a large organisation. As such the post holder is required to have strong interpersonal skills and is expected to be able to present well at high level internal board meetings.
Key Results Areas
- · TUPE of existing IS service staff
- · Protocols & SOPs, CQC preparedness.
- · Clerical pathways
- · Exams/NICIP
- · Monitoring performance
- · Working alongside various departments
- · Line management of project support officer
- · Finance team/coding
- · PACS/Soliton
- · Training – needs/pathway
Working for our organisation
Croydon Health Services provides integrated NHS services to care for people at home, in schools, and health clinics across the borough as well as at Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital.
CUH provides more than 100 specialist services and is home to the borough’s only Emergency Department and 24/7 maternity services, including a labour ward, midwifery-led birth centre and the
Crocus home birthing team.
Purley War Memorial Hospital (PWMH) in the south of the borough offers outpatient care, including diagnostic services, physiotherapy and ophthalmology services run by Moorfields Eye Hospital, alongside an onsite GP surgery.
Our experienced staff take care of people of all ages across the borough of Croydon. We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Experience of leading change, ideally within a hospital setting
Essential criteria
- Have led on a major change initiative, delivering the project to time whilst managing risks
Desirable criteria
- Have led a major change initiative within a hospital setting
Working effectively with multiple stakeholders to deliver a project
Essential criteria
- Prior experience in working with a multidisciplinary team, working effectively with multiple stakeholders to deliver against a project plan
Desirable criteria
- Experience in working closely with clinical colleagues and colleagues in operational management and IT roles
Experience of Radiology Operational Management
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working at a senior management level within an MRI department
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing an MRI change project successfully
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Richard Billington
- Job title
- Head of Radiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02084013465
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