Site Lead Radiographer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Site Lead Radiographer at Wansbeck General Hospital to cover a 12 month secondment.

You will be expected to manage the day to day operational running of the department as well as opportunity to engage with the other site and trust leads to look at ways of improving our services both for patients and the well being of our staff.

You will work alongside the leads of North Tyneside General Hospital, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital and Hexham General Hospital as well as the trust CT lead to ensure staffing levels and skill mix are maintained.

You will manage a team of approximately 25 staff ensuring mandatory training, appraisals and staff health and wellbeing are maintained.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a hard working individual looking to expand their knowledge and development.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received

"Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made."

To manage and maintain a high quality Radiographic service at a designated site, whilst complying with Trust and Departmental policies and procedures. As a team manager you will be responsible for the operational management of all the sections of the Radiology department.

To ensure that the Radiographic service actively contributes to the challenges of the Department of Health targets and directives. To carry out a range of complex and highly complex radiographic examinations to a high standard.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have o

ne of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Deborah Henderson Job title: Trust Lead Radiographer Email address: deborah.henderson@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk