Job summary
- Main area
- Quality & Safety Manager - Radiographer
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 349-CSS-7488183-RL4
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Oxford Road Campus
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
IRMER Quality & Safety Manager
Band 8a
Job overview
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly motivated and experienced IRMER Quality & Safety Manager to join our Quality and Safety Team in the Imaging Division. This pivotal role will lead the implementation and management of a robust quality system across Imaging services, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and driving continuous improvement.
You will be responsible for overseeing internal audits, managing non-conformances, and liaising with accreditation bodies to maintain UKAS accreditation. The post holder will also support operational management, contribute to strategic planning, and play a key role in clinical governance, risk management, and staff development.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the development and maintenance of the Imaging Division’s Quality Management System.
Coordinate and deliver quality review meetings and internal audits.
Investigate complaints, incidents, and QA failures, ensuring timely resolution.
Support compliance with IRMER regulations and Health & Safety legislation.
Contribute to strategic planning, equipment evaluation, and service development.
Manage document control, training programmes, and staff performance.
Provide expert advice on quality and safety to operational managers.
Ensure timely reporting and communication with internal and external stakeholders.
What We’re Looking For:
HCPC registered Radiographer with a degree in a biomedical science-related subject.
Master’s level qualification or equivalent in a relevant field.
Proven experience in quality management, clinical governance, and accreditation processes (e.g. UKAS ISO).
Strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
Ability to work collaboratively across departments and influence quality outcomes.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and data reporting tools.
Training for Trainers qualification:
Experience in high-level incident investigation and teaching programme development.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in a Biomedical Science related subject acceptable to the HCPC
- HCPC registration as a Radiographer
- Relevant qualification to Masters level degree in relevant field or Apprenticeship level 7 or Higher Specialist Diploma or demonstrable equivalent knowledge and experience
- Recognised management/leadership qualification or attendance at short courses on relevant management issues
Desirable criteria
- Training for Trainers qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- A wide knowledge of current methodology and developments in Imaging
- A thorough understanding of UKAS ISO accreditation.
- A thorough understanding of Health & Safety legislation.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of working within a Quality Management System
- Evidence of strategic planning
- Evidence of accuracy and attention to detail
Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing a departmental section/ team at a senior level
- Proven leadership, supervisory and management experience.
- Experience of supervising and training junior medical staff
- Experience of managing a laboratory through a formal accreditation process (e.g UKAS ISO)
- Proven experience of contribution to Clinical governance processes
Desirable criteria
- Training for and experience of High Level Incident investigation
- Training in quality management
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate effectively with colleagues and patients
- Able to build and maintain working relationships with others
- Able to offer encouragement and support to others to foster both personal and professional development
- Able to plan and organise work effectively to achieve agreed objectives.
- Good negotiating and leadership skills
- Ability to remain calm under pressure.
- Competent user of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of collaborative working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Andrea Brammer
- Job title
- Quality and Safety Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 701 5613
- Additional information
Jon Kitching, Associate Director of Imaging, [email protected]
Laura Middleton, General Manager - Imaging, [email protected]
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