Head of Diagnostic Imaging and Endoscopy

About The Role

We're looking for an experienced and clinically credible diagnostic services leader to head up Diagnostic Imaging and Endoscopy at Practice Plus Group. This is a senior, influential role where you'll set the strategic direction for these services, ensure high quality, safe and compliant care, and support operational teams to deliver effective and sustainable services across our national portfolio.

Working closely with our Clinical Directors, Medical Directors, senior nurses, hospital leaders and operational teams, you'll provide expert leadership across imaging and endoscopy, ensuring services meet regulatory standards, adopt best practice and continue to innovate in meeting patient and commissioner needs.

This is a national role, predominantly remote, with regular travel to our hospital and service sites as required.

What you'll be doing

• Providing strategic, clinical and operational leadership across diagnostic imaging and endoscopy services nationally.
• Working in partnership with Clinical Directors, Service Managers, Hospital Directors and professional leads to ensure safe, effective and high quality services at all sites.
• Ensuring full compliance with relevant legislation, regulation and professional standards, including ionising radiation legislation and national guidance.
• Providing expert advice on radiation protection, assurance frameworks and governance arrangements.
• Identifying, managing and mitigating clinical and operational risks within diagnostic and endoscopy services.
• Leading relationships with contracted and subcontracted reporting and diagnostic providers, including contract management, service reviews and quality assurance oversight.
• Taking ownership of policies, procedures and PGDs, ensuring alignment with evidence based best practice and national standards.
• Chairing and leading regular clinical governance, quality, education and professional development forums for imaging and endoscopy teams.
• Defining national benchmarks and KPIs, aligned to national and international standards for quality, productivity and utilisation.
• Building strong internal and external stakeholder relationships and promoting Practice Plus Group as a high quality, innovative independent healthcare provider.

What we'll look for in you

With senior leadership experience in diagnostic imaging and/or endoscopy, you will bring proven expertise in clinical service delivery and large scale service development. You will have a strong understanding of clinical governance, quality assurance and regulatory compliance, and a track record of working collaboratively with clinicians, managers and external partners. You will be confident managing performance, quality and financial objectives, and demonstrate excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills. You will be resilient, adaptable and proactive, with the ability to lead effectively through change and complexity.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary dependent on experience, a wide range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, and 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service). You will receive the support needed to grow in your role and help shape services nationally.

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We will contact all shortlisted candidates; however, we reserve the right to close the advert early. Offers are subject to satisfactory pre employment checks. Practice Plus Group is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.