• Job Description

  Req#: C9156-156-6925525?language=en&page=190&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Our Imaging Quality and Service Improvement (QSI) Lead works alongside the Clinical Imaging (CI) Team Leads and supervisors to facilitate the effective delivery of clinical governance through robust quality management within the departmental clinical governance framework.

  This role is responsible for assuring patient safety and that Imaging clinical practice is in keeping with evidence-based practice, clinical guidelines, professional recommendations, and implementation of national directives. A key aspect of this role supports patient experience and facilitates patient partnership in service evaluation and redesign.

  Main duties of the job

  This role is responsible for the clinical governance activities within the imaging department, including management of incidents, associated improvement actions, and departmental risk register.

  About us

  The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 7,000 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

  We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

  The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

  Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

  A new imaging and oncology centre (including two new MRI scanners, with space for a third) opened in 2023. The service also runs two Community Diagnostic Centres in Bodmin and Penzance

  Date posted

  13 February 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £46,148 to £52,809 a year pa pro rata

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

  Reference number

  156-6925525

  Job locations

  Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske

  Treliske

  Truro

  TR1 3LJ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

  To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

  • Identity Checks
  • Professional registration and qualification checks
  • Employment history and reference checks
  • Occupational Health clearance
  • Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
  • Right to work in the UK

  For further information please visit:

  https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

  We reserve the right to close this advert early.

  We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

  We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

  To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

  • Identity Checks
  • Professional registration and qualification checks
  • Employment history and reference checks
  • Occupational Health clearance
  • Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
  • Right to work in the UK

  For further information please visit:

  https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

  We reserve the right to close this advert early.

  We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

  We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSc Diagnostic Radiography/Clinical Technology (Nuclear Medicine) or equivalent
  • Evidence of post registration study and CPD
  • Post graduate certificate

  Desirable

  • HCPC Registration
  • Leadership qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in delivering effective quality improvement and clinical governance in a healthcare setting
  • Significant clinical experience in relevant speciality
  • Auditing, analysing data and trends
  • Incident and risk management
  • Writing and presenting reports to a wide audience
  • Design and implementation of protocols and policies
  • Experience of change management

  Desirable

  • Evidence of teaching and education
  • Experience of working with the Datix system
  • Experience of working with the Q-Pulse system

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Detailed knowledge of Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR2017), Ionising radiation Medical Exposure regulations (IR(ME)R17) and magnetic safety requirements
  • Ability to use problem solving techniques to improve identified risks to patient safety are effectively managed
  • Highly developed organisational skills
  • Must be able to demonstrate ability to work to deadlines and to manage targets
  • High level of written and oral communication skills
  • Must be able to demonstrate innovate thinking to support service improvement across the wider team
  • Evidence of comprehensive IT skillset
  • A flexible approach to work with the ability to react accordingly to changing demands and work priorities
  • High level of interpersonal and organisational skills

  Desirable

  • Experience of working with Quality Standards for Imaging [QSI] accreditation

  Approach

  Essential

  • Commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that is free from discrimination
  • Ability to implement change
  • Ability to encourage and enthuse others
  • Ability to share ideas and communicate with wider QSI leads networks

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSc Diagnostic Radiography/Clinical Technology (Nuclear Medicine) or equivalent
  • Evidence of post registration study and CPD
  • Post graduate certificate

  Desirable

  • HCPC Registration
  • Leadership qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in delivering effective quality improvement and clinical governance in a healthcare setting
  • Significant clinical experience in relevant speciality
  • Auditing, analysing data and trends
  • Incident and risk management
  • Writing and presenting reports to a wide audience
  • Design and implementation of protocols and policies
  • Experience of change management

  Desirable

  • Evidence of teaching and education
  • Experience of working with the Datix system
  • Experience of working with the Q-Pulse system

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Detailed knowledge of Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR2017), Ionising radiation Medical Exposure regulations (IR(ME)R17) and magnetic safety requirements
  • Ability to use problem solving techniques to improve identified risks to patient safety are effectively managed
  • Highly developed organisational skills
  • Must be able to demonstrate ability to work to deadlines and to manage targets
  • High level of written and oral communication skills
  • Must be able to demonstrate innovate thinking to support service improvement across the wider team
  • Evidence of comprehensive IT skillset
  • A flexible approach to work with the ability to react accordingly to changing demands and work priorities
  • High level of interpersonal and organisational skills

  Desirable

  • Experience of working with Quality Standards for Imaging [QSI] accreditation

  Approach

  Essential

  • Commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that is free from discrimination
  • Ability to implement change
  • Ability to encourage and enthuse others
  • Ability to share ideas and communicate with wider QSI leads networks

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

  Address

  Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske

  Treliske

  Truro

  TR1 3LJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

  Address

  Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske

  Treliske

  Truro

  TR1 3LJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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