Job summary
- Main area
- Radiology
- Grade
- VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0566-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £105,385 - £121,271 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/08/2025
Employer heading
Radiographer Director
VSM
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
The role involves working in partnership with the Operations Director to support the Clinical Director in developing strategies for the entire Medical Imaging Directorate that align with the overarching Trust strategy and values. It requires providing strong and transformational clinical leadership to diagnostic radiographers, sonographers, and imaging support workers across the organisation, fostering a climate of change that enables the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred services within available resources. The role also ensures that services adhere to robust clinical governance, quality assurance standards, and accreditation by leading on risk management, incident and complaint investigations, research, and audit. Additionally, it includes offering professional leadership to all diagnostic radiography staff registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) within the Care Group and liaising with the HCPC on relevant registration matters.
The individual is expected to hold themselves and others accountable while serving as a positive role model within the profession. Representation of the profession both internally and externally at forums, committees, and professional networks at local, regional, and national levels is also essential. Furthermore, the role leads on Quality within the Medical Imaging and Medical Physics Directorate.
Main duties of the job
To work in partnership with the Operations Director to provide support to the Clinical Director in developing strategies for the entirety of the Medical Imaging Directorate, which are in line with the overarching Trust strategy and values.
To provide strong and transformational clinical leadership to the diagnostic radiography, sonographer and imaging support worker workforce across the whole organisation within a climate of change; which enables high quality patient-centred services to be delivered to patients accessing imaging services within the resources available.
To ensure that services are delivered within robust clinical governance and quality assurance standards and accreditation, leading on risk management, incident and complaint investigation and reporting, research and audit.
To provide professional leadership to all diagnostic radiography staff in the Care Group registered with the Health & Care Professions Council, and liaise with the HCPC where appropriate on matters of registration. To hold themselves and others to account and be a positive role model to others in the profession.
To represent the profession internally and the organisation at various forums, external committees and professional networks, locally, regionally and nationally.
To lead on Quality within the Medical Imaging and Medical Physics Directorate.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education & qualification
Essential criteria
- Undergraduate degree or diploma in diagnostic radiography
- Masters degree or equivalent level of knowledge/experience of healthcare leadership, strategy and management
- Masters degree in imaging or equivalent level of knowledge/experience of diagnostic imaging.
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- HCPC registration as a Diagnostic Radiographer
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications and experience as an enhanced/advanced/consultant practitioner and/or an in-depth understanding of the work of the Centre for Advancing Practice.
- Governance, Health & Safety, RPS, Patient safety qualifications, human factors training
- Practice educator/assessor/teaching qualifications
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in managing imaging services including budget management.
- Significant experience of investigating/managing HR processes across multiple policies, including dismissal from post, and appeals organisational change and TUPE.
- Expert understanding of the statutory frameworks governing the practice of radiographers.
- Extensive experience of senior professional leadership and operational management across a range imaging settings
- Demonstrable experience of leading improvements in imaging settings, patient care and experience across multiple disciplines
- Experience of managing budgets and financial resources, including the associated processes such as budget setting and financial planning, business case development, and capital replacement planning.
- Experience of actively leading service improvements across multiple areas
- Experience of workforce planning and recruitment and retention strategies, budget and resources
- Working with different organisations and systems to review complex issues/cases
- Experience of leading successfully on programmes of work to improve health care service delivery and clinical practice
- In depth knowledge of the clinical governance agenda including clinical risk and safety
- Shares leadership with and is respected by clinical and non-clinical staff
- Able to engage with and influence a wide range of stakeholders
- Up to date with current NHS policy and strategy
- Can engage with and lead a team, and work as part of a team
- Demonstrates a clear understanding of and continuing acceptance of the need for financial governance and probity
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working outside of the acute NHS sector, including with/for ICS, regional or national teams.
- Experience of reporting into sub-board level meetings, such as board assurance committees led by Non-Executive Directors.
- Demonstrates commitment to NHS values and a patient focussed approach to service delivery
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Takes on board the need to achieve financial balance and to operate within available resources when making day to day decisions, being prepared to take all necessary actions
- Clearly communicates the need to achieve financial targets and to operate within budget throughout their area of responsibility, ensuring consistent messages are given and ownership encouraged
- Establishes and maintains appropriate mechanisms within their area to allow comprehensive performance management in terms of financial management responsibilities and objectives
- Able to communicate highly complex, sensitive information.
- Behaves in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures designed to ensure governance and probity and takes steps to address any issues of non-compliance within areas of responsibility
- Engages effectively across boundaries, breaking down silos, while operating in partnership with stakeholders towards a shared vision
- Has the drive and energy to make things happen, frequently goes ‘above and beyond’ the call of duty to achieve outcomes
- Reasonable flexibility in working hours to meet the service needs.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiating skills, including ability to deal with complex, highly contentious or sensitive information.
- Maintained clinical skills as a diagnostic radiographer in order to enable them to practice clinically within their scope of practice for a minimum of one half-day per month in line with their job plan.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Exceptional organisational skills.
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Has personal awareness and effective strategies for dealing with and managing their own limitations.
- Excellent communicator, providing authentic and clear communication and direction even in times of uncertainty/ambiguity.
- Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels and with colleagues within and external to STH and the SYB Imaging Network.
- Effective motivator with strong influencing skills and personal credibility.
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues and identify potential solutions.
- Focused on delivering objectives and improvements to patient services.
- Understands other functional perspectives e.g. Finance, HR
- Can take a corporate approach to key issues.
- Strong but also inclusive leadership and management style.
- Able to demonstrate successfully translating strategic planning into successful operations.
- Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on highly complex performance management information systems.
- Able to participate in flexible working arrangements.
- Able to work across all STH sites as required.
- Have honesty, integrity, and appreciation of ethical dilemmas.
- Must be able to demonstrate and model the key values of respect, care, innovation, pride and achievement.
- Physical ability and stamina to maintain the clinical and technical skills required of a diagnostic radiographer within their scope of practice
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Patients first - Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do.
- Respectful - Be kind respectful, fair and value diversity.
- Ownership - Celebrate successes, learn continuously, drive improvement for imaging services across STH and support the work of the SYB Imaging Network.
- Unity - Work highly effectively in partnership with others.
- Delivery - Be efficient, effective and accountable for your actions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Adrian M Highland
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2712512
- Additional information
Alternatively:
Paula Bailey (Operations Director)
For queries regarding the recruitment process please contact:
Debby Thomson (HR Business Partner)
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