Professional Head of Radiography

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a high achieving Senior Leader to be recruited into the post of Professional Head of Radiography.
The Radiology Directorate is part of Diagnostics, Therapies, Pharmacy and Sciences Care Group. The directorate provides a full range of diagnostic services including general and specialist plain film, cross-sectional and interventional diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine and breast screening.
You will professionally and operationally lead this comprehensive service, working closely with the Clinical Director and Service Manager for imaging to deliver high quality patient care and achievement of both departmental and Corporate objectives., This post will be based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital but responsibilities within the role will cover staff and services that span across Dewi Sant Hospital, Llantrisant Health Park, Maesteg Hospital, Prince Charles Hospital, Princess of Wales Hospital, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Snowdrop Centre, Ysbyty Cwm Cynon and Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda.
The post holder will
· Provide daily support and professional leadership for Non-Medical Health Care Science and clinical support staff across the Imaging directorate, ensuring patients and staff are safe, cared for and listened to.
· Lead the development and delivery of consistent clinical and professional standards (HCPC) and the development of clinical leadership capacity within the directorate. This will be in line with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, Regulatory standards (IRMER), resource controls and constraints.
· Ensure that non-medical professional and clinical support staff provide excellent quality care with exceptionally high safety standards and treat all patients with dignity and respect.
· Work with senior Healthcare Scientist, nursing and workforce colleagues to ensure that they recruit and retain and develop a pipeline of the best non-medical professional and clinical support staff, creating a learning environment where every member of staff counts and is developed.

You will be an HCPC registered Diagnostic Radiographer with experience in managing service delivery in a diagnostic setting, and will have strong leadership and interpersonal skills. You must be able to evidence delivery of high quality operational and financial performance, collaborative working and improvements in care.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
+ We listen, learn and improve
+ We treat everyone with respect
+ We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Band 8c
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales's capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed