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We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join the Imaging department management team. The post, Clinical Manager - Plain Film X-Ray is a Lead role within our organisation who will assist the Head of Imaging in the delivery of a high quality and efficient plain film X-ray service that meets the needs of the Trust and wider healthcare community., Contributes to the delivery of outstanding patient care by:
· Managing and lead a high quality Plain Film X-Ray service.
· Represent the Imaging department in multi-disciplinary meetings and committees and deputise for the Head of Imaging.
· Organise and participate in radiographer post-graduate training.
· Take a lead role in audit, research and quality assurance.
· Promote Service Improvement and radiographer skills development to maintain and advance capacity and capability.
· Take a lead role in Clinical Governance for the Plain Film x-ray modality and contribute to clinical governance of the whole department.
· To be a consistent presence in Plain Film X-Ray during the working week, supporting staff and occasionally visiting and working at satellite departments.
The Clinical Manager - Plain Film X-Ray will not work out-of-hours as part of their core role.

Working for our organisation
Inspire a shared sense of purpose - encouraging your team to take pride in what they do, improve the care and services they provide; and enable them to understand how they contribute to the success of the organisation
Lead with care - showing colleagues compassion and care by listening - and offering empathy and understanding to help create a supportive workplace
Evaluate and use information - be alert to what is happening around you; and evaluate the information you hear, receive or discover to take actions and decisions that improve both patient and staff experience
Work with others to connect services - using the opportunity to link up with different colleagues, leaders and partners, building relationships that can help everyone to deliver effective and efficient healthcare and services
Engage with your team - respecting every member of staff, valuing their diversity and making sure that every member of your team feels that their contribution is appreciated and valued
Develop capability - take opportunities to develop your own skills, take-up training and education that will help you in your role and keep up-to-date with the essential training that applies to you.
Influence what happens - by acting as an ambassador for the Trust, sharing good news and good practice with your team, contributing to debates, having a say and leading improvement - all ways of influencing what happens to our services in the future, Using the skills of a senior radiographer lead and manage the Plain Film X-Ray Service offered by the Imaging Department.
+ Work closely with the Emergency Department to maintain and improve the service and continue to meet targets. Foster relationships with other clinical teams to ensure good communication and a multidisciplinary approach.
Actively promote and develop the radiography service, incorporating technical advances to advanced practice, improve diagnostic techniques, appropriate skill mix and improve patient pathways. Organise and participate in staff appraisal and personal development planning.
Monitor and manage radiographers and assistants' absence, leave and hours worked, ensuring the application of Trust and departmental policies and that mandatory courses are attended.
Deal with disciplinary issues, formal and informal complaints concerning the Plain Film Imaging Department.
Manage Health and Safety for own area, ensuring all appropriate Risk Assessments are completed, documented and discussed with the Head of Imaging.
Ensure that regular stock control is carried out, and department has materials to provide day to day service
Manage and participate in the system for evaluation and prioritisation of Plain Film X-Ray referrals, authorising or rejecting as appropriate. Advise on patient preparation. Deal with inappropriate requests or inadequate information informing referrer the request is cancelled, document following department policy.Develop monitoring and documentation system for all requests that fail the justification process.
Take responsibility for resolving problems with appointing patients within existing resources.
Manage waiting lists in conjunction with senior departmental management.
Develop and organise quality audit programme to include
a) Image and data quality
b) Customer satisfaction survey
c) DNA rates
d) Cancelled lists
e) Patient information and communications
f) Patient environment
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Maintain clinical skills by independently undertaking a wide variety of Plain Film X-Ray examinations and be responsible for running own clinical lists. Work in a potentially pressurised environment, managing unpredictable demands from clinicians and patients.
Adhere to the principles of informed consent by means of clear explanations to patients, including risks, benefits, accuracy and limitations of examinations.
Ensure optimum patient follow-up commensurate with exam findings i.e. advise patients of routine systems for obtaining results, advise when further investigations or tertiary referral are needed, and arrange hospital admission or expedite outpatient appointments where necessary.
Where appropriate, convey exam results to patients and their partners/relatives in a manner which they can understand and which minimises distress. E.g. advise patient or their carer that an examination does not have negative findings (e.g. detection of cancer) and provide appropriate advice and support.
Devise appropriate strategies to convey complex issues to patients, and those responsible for them, who may have communication problems, e.g. learning difficulties, physical impairment and minors.
Communicate examination results to a range of referrers both verbally, in writing, and/or electronically as considered appropriate.
Provide expert advice to a range of healthcare professionals.
Carry out the duties of a Radiation Protection Supervisor and assist the RPA with the compiling and writing the Trust's Magnet Safety Policy, Radiation Protection policy, inclusive of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R 2024) and Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR17) and ensure staff and visitor such as engineers comply with the Local Rules.
Assist in the maintenance and review of the Department's policies and procedures relating to radiation protection and service delivery which impact across the Trust.
Take responsibility for the use and care of a wide range of Plain Film X-Ray Equipment. Organise equipment service, repair and QA.
Take responsibility for recognising inadequacies in existing equipment and formulating business plans for replacement or additional purchases. Organise and participate in the evaluation and selection of application-specific equipment.
Demonstrate competence in IT systems operating in the Trust, and use of the Internet, in order to maintain accurate data entry, patient information acquisition, report generation, communication and access to research data.
Provide specialist practical and theoretical training in Plain Film X-Ray procedures, to qualified and undergraduate radiographic staff undertaking various recognised qualifications.
Supervise and undertake assessments of trainees, finally making judgements about competence to practice independently when their findings may affect patient management. Be accountable for work carried out under your supervision.
Assist in the training of less experienced radiographers in areas of advanced practice. Provide support and mentorship to radiographic practitioners from all disciplines.
Participate in the training of Radiographic Assistants.
Be accountable for own professional activities, involving a high degree of autonomy, within the limits of personal competence.
Engage in CPD as per the requirements of professional code of conduct, and undertake further post - graduate specialist training to fulfil the needs of a developing service. Facilitate the CPD requirements of the Plain Film X-Ray team.
Work within and contribute to evidence-based protocols and guidelines. When inadequacies in these are identified, take remedial action.
Take a lead role in audit and departmental research.
Organise and contribute to the content and delivery of patient information material.
Take responsibility for providing a safe working environment for both staff and patients. Evaluate, report, and act on perceived risk in accordance with Trust policy.
Have an understanding of ergonomic principles related to radiography and promote the same to minimise the risk of ill health in yourself and others.
Information Governance is the responsibility of all Trust staff and as such you will be required to ensure you comply with good IG practice.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.