Imaging Service Manager

Reporting to the Head of Operations, the post holder will be an integral member of the Imaging Care Group leadership team and will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the Care Groups overall strategies, objectives, and performance.

The Imaging Service Manager will support driving improvements in operational performance and planning within the Care Group advising the Head of Operations, Clinical Directors and Assistant Directors of Nursing/ AHPs. The post holder will work closely with other Care Groups and external partners to enable the achievement of Trust objectives and make a positive contribution to the provision of health services across the local economy.

Proactively providing solutions to resolve operational issues, in accordance with agreed Care Group objectives, targets, quality standards and resource constraints. The Imaging Service Manager will have management experience in overseeing the performance of teams and will possess personal qualities and skills to deal competently with operational issues.

The Imaging Service Manager will implement strategic patient centred clinical operational strategy and plans, advising the respective Leadership team, and ensuring that systems and processes are in place and adhered to.

The Imaging Service Manager will provide a visible and accessible presence to ensure the delivery of the Care Group and Divisions overall objectives and service priorities and will deputise for the Head of Operations where required.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivatated and passionate Manager to join the Imaging Care Group as the Imaging Service Manager. Reporting to the Head of Operations, the post holder will support operational service delivery and stratergy on all sites for the Imaging Care Group.

Imaging provides diagnostic services to over 1.5 million patients within Merseyside and the surrounding region. The diagnostic imaging services include Ultrasound, CT, MRI, SPECT, PET CT, Interventional Radiology, Fluoroscopy, DEXA and X-ray. We facilitate support to clinicians in In-Patient, Out-Patient, General Practice, Emergency & Community settings and deliver over 560,000 examinations annually across all sites listed below:

o Aintree University Hospitalo Royal Liverpool University Hospitalo Litherland Town Hall Walk in Centreo St Chads Walk in Centre, Kirkbyo Kennilworth Road Diagnostic Centre (Sefton Suite)o York Centreo South Liverpool Treatment Centreo Broadgreen Hospitalo Liverpool University Dental Hospital

Imaging is an ISO 9001:2015 certified service, holding the UKAS accredited certification for over 20 years. We were last externally audited in November 2023 where no non-conformities were raised, and auditors found a "real drive to continually improve upon the high level of quality management already demonstrated"., 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.