Medical Imaging Support Manager

The clerical support team provides a full range of professional administrative, secretarial, and clerical services which support clinical staff to deliver high quality, efficient and effective patient-centred care within Medical Imaging, in line with local and national standards. The MISM is responsible for leading this team, undertaking Radiology systems administration, and supporting the Medical Imaging management team., Key tasks include:

• Direct oversight of outpatient and inpatient/day-case waiting lists in line with NHS England National Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity targets.
• Managing Departmental capacity to ensure that clinical priorities and waiting time targets are met through effective use of available resources.
• Overall responsibility for administrative services within the Directorate, and direct line management responsibility for Administration Teams.
• Participation in service modernisation projects with multidisciplinary clinical teams.
• Day-to-day operational input to arranging clerical cover, ensuring service continuity.
• The development of statistical datasets for performance reporting.
• Supporting clinical governance actions such as complaint/incident investigation/ providing Information for Significant Adverse Event Reviews (SAERs)
• Supporting the RIS/PACS lead in the provision of first line RIS system support, communicating with all Trust users in relation to planned and unplanned downtime and also providing application support to end users.
• Supporting the RIS/PACS lead in Radiology Information System (RIS) day-to-day service provision, providing support to system users and ensuring that the system is functioning correctly so that the provision of digital imaging services continues
  
  Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care,child health,maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.The Trust provides over 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. A comprehensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools through our Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.
We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community. At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest. We welcome all applicants and assess all job applications based on knowledge, skills and experience needed for the post.