Service Manager (PACS)

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Grade C GCSE Maths and English or equivalent. Excellent numeracy skills - ability to source and analyse data
• Educated to BSc level (in a relevant subject) or have appropriate qualifications combined with equivalent experience to this level.
• Post graduate qualifications at MSc level or equivalent experience in information systems or in the process of doing a Master's degree in a relevant subject or have appropriate qualifications combined with equivalent experience to this level.
• Demonstrable commitment to continuing personal development and to maintain professional registration (only applicable to applicants who are registered healthcare professionals or healthcare scientists)
• Advanced IT skills. Experience of using IT packages (i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint).

Desirable

• Teaching Coaching or Mentoring qualification.
• Attendance of specialist short courses/seminars.

Experience

Essential

• Highly developed knowledge of medical imaging systems
• Demonstrable experience in a wide range of NHS Information Systems including PACS, RIS, EPR and other
• Ability to critically assess and evaluate new technologies, techniques, software and equipment in healthcare
• Expert knowledge of professional policies and national guidelines and standards pertaining to image storage and NHS information systems.
• Awareness of quality frameworks e.g., Clinical Governance principles.
• Knowledge of patient pathways, and the key role of diagnostic imaging.
• Able to advise on selection and procurement of radiology image aquisition and information systems
• Experience of the development of business cases/proposals
• Extensive experience of report writing and good presentation skill.
• Experience of managing, monitoring and controlling expenditure budgets.
• Evidence of influencing service delivery
• Project management experience.

Desirable

• Ability to teach others up to MSc level.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent written, spoken and presentational skills. Sound negotiator. Influential and has credibility in a healthcare setting.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work proactively and cooperatively with senior management, clinical staff, and other staff all levels.
• Highly developed leadership skills. Self-motivated and able to motivate others. Understands the importance of staff training/development and possess excellent coaching and facilitating skills.
• Ability to get up to speed quickly and make an impact in less familiar service environments.
• Analytical, resilient and creative person, who is able to work under their own initiative in order to meet challenging deadlines; comfortable with taking decisions, often under pressure.
• Excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise an unpredictable workload with frequent disruption. Ability to take daily responsibility for, and direct, the organisation and workflow within designated team.
• Extensive IT networking skills, knowledge of relevant PACS/ RIS/ computer applications and information flows and their governance arrangements
• Self-motivated with strategic vision and planning skills and the ability to lead and embed change.
• A highly attuned awareness of the political environment in which operating and the ability to navigate successfully through this
• Commitment to undertake ALL training requirements of the post.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills including being able to communicate effectively across all disciplines- clinical, managerial and to a wide audience.
• Demonstrable self-awareness, an understanding of impact on others and an ability to manage self and maintain professional conduct in difficult and challenging situations.
• Flexible attitude to working.
• Ability to act on own initiative.
• Ability to work closely with other professions to establish, maintain, and improve service and be open to changing working practices which can improve the same.
• Personal values in line with those of the Trust and demonstrates all STH PROUD Behaviours.

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).