Deputy Research and IRMER Lead Radiology

The post holder will act as the deputy radiographic lead for Research and Radiation Protection across the organization, ensuring that all sites adhere to IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR 2017 regulations. The post holder will establish and maintain systems for the management of research activities in imaging that support wider research across the Trust. Participating in the wider management of research across the Trust, including participation in research management committees. They will also support the lead in the implementation of specific service developments identified as a result of research projects or evidence based medicine. The post holder will be required to help support the leadership and organization of the local Radiation Protection Supervisors in each site, ensuring that services provided are safe and meet regulatory standards., They will provide leadership support for their team and work together with the lead with the lead on quality and radiation protection service improvements., Be a role model and leader to all staff within their specialities and across the wider Care Group, particularly for the Nursing and AHP profession. They will demonstrate a values led attitude, a coaching style of leadership and a high level of skill in giving and receiving constructive feedback. Be a visible Nurse/AHP leader, encouraging staff to contribute to implementation plans, ensuring a high quality and efficient approach to service delivery, including remaining calm, controlled and solution focused in times of difficulty Lead by example to inspire, motivate, and encourage others using a coaching style of leadership ensuring that others have clear direction, support, accountability and responsibility to deliver. Support implementation of appraisal and development plans for all Nursing/AHP colleagues within your designated team, ensuring a coaching style of leadership and development of potential at every level is at the heart of everyday communications, creating a culture where giving and receiving constructive feedback is embedded. Develop opportunities for staff engagement within team(s) ensuring that unnecessary blocks to processes and pathways are removed. Use staff engagement as a driver for service improvement within the area, ensuring that actions are followed through in a structured way. Implementing effective communication strategies and techniques to promote involvement, effective decision making and a common sense of purpose, including supporting staff and stakeholder engagement at the start of planned organisational change. Forming an essential two way communications link between the Nursing/AHP profession and other staff in the area, ensuring that key messages, team brief etc. are shared and discussed. Supporting the Head of Nursing/ AHP's to formulate creative vision and clinical strategy for the area, offering ideas which reflect the contribution of the Nursing/AHP profession, health needs of the local population, and contribute to the annual business, workforce and financial planning process. Clinical Governance / Quality Implementing and monitoring of appropriate governance and risk systems, ensuring that the area adheres to the Trust Risk Management policy and procedures, reporting and proactively finding and escalating solutions to address risk, and monitoring progress on agreed mitigation plans. Monitoring and delivery of key performance, access targets contractual obligations and Nursing/ AHP quality standards, CQUINS and CQC standards using data and information to support decisions, promptly escalating issues which can't be resolved Contributing to reviewing business and service performance, reporting on Nursing/AHP performance to the senior leadership team. Assist Head of Nursing/ AHP's in the management of complaints/ patient safety incidents including safeguarding. Ensuring open transparent and accurate responses with robust deliverable action plans and timely to meet the Trust guidelines and patient/service user expectations. Support the Head of Nursing /AHP's in the implementation and performance monitoring of the Liverpool Quality Audit and all other relevant quality audits in the Care Group. Taking a key role in ensuring ward and department compliance and monitoring the action plans Ensure patient and carer experience is embedded, with sharing of lessons learnt. with outputs shared and actions delivered Ensure all ward and department staff are aware of the safeguarding policy and embed principles within areas. Regularly monitor that the legal obligations and that patient and other safety requirements for area(s) of responsibility are being met including safeguarding.

The post holder should thrive in an environment of constant change, whilst being able to deliver objectives and targets within quality standards and resource constraints. The post holder should be able to champion professional standards and have experience in leading large clinical teams.,

• DCR or Degree in Radiography
• Postgraduate qualification in specialised imaging/ Research
Desirable criteria
• Masters or higher degree, Senior radiographer with demonstrable experience in Medical Imaging of a range of Imaging Modalities
• Knowledge and experience of imaging in oncology
• Knowledge of ICH GCP Standards for research
Desirable criteria
• Knowledge of the research process within the Trust and how that relates to the NHS and of the Research Governance process
• Knowledge of imaging requirements for research (e.g. Resist Criteria)
• Knowledge of research report writing for publication and experience in having published research findings.
• Experience in leading large teams, Knowledge of IR(ME)R and IRR Regulations
• Knowledge of HSE and CQC guidance, IT skills. (Word, excel, RIS< image handling)
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to motivate and influence/persuade others and change cultures
• Good personal time management and organisation
• Ability to work independently and be selfmotivated
• Ability to prioritise, Ability to implement change, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band. For agenda for change banded roles; salary payments will reflect the 2023/24 pay scales. The 2024/25 pay scales will be paid in October 2024 including any backpay due. Therefore should the successful applicant start in post prior to October, the salary will initially reflect the 2023/24 pay scales.