Band 8a Radiology (CD Rad) Systems Manager

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Band 8a Radiology (CD Rad) Systems Manager The closing date is 09 December 2025

Are you a Band 8a Radiology (CD Rad) Systems Manager looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

The vacant post is full time working 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• Parking

Main duties of the job To lead the systems management, administration and business requirements of the Centre for Defence Radiology (CD Rad) in the delivery of its Mission to provide a Defence-wide Radiology capability (including teleradiology, digital archiving, training, education and research) in order to support the Armed Forces at home and on deployment.

The post holder will provide strategic direction and be responsible for the operational management of the CD Rad Systems, including the Radiology Information System (RIS), Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), Image Exchange Portal (IEP), and other integrated software systems. They will have overall responsibility for the current operation and future developments of these systems. They will contribute to the development of operational performance protocols and radiology policy by employing audit and risk management tools and strategies.

About us Our success depends on our people: our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Job responsibilities Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• Lead and manage the CD Rad team, including staff recruitment, training, development, and appraisals.
• Serve as the expert resource for all aspects of RIS/PACS and associated clinical systems, including troubleshooting, system maintenance, and user support.
• Monitor and maintain system performance, addressing issues and resolving problems promptly to minimise disruption to clinical services.
• To offer advice on the procurement of new radiology equipment and services related to PACS integration to ensure Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) compliance of the equipment.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

Selection Process:

The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Assessment Criteria at application stage Technical Skills:

• NHSC1 - Communication
• NHSC2 - Personal and People Development
• NHSC3 - Health, Safety and security
• NHSC4 - Service Improvement
• NHSC5 - Quality
• NHSC6 - Equality and Diversity
• NHSIK1 - Information Processing
• NHSIK2 - Information Collection and Analysis
• NHSIK3 Knowledge and Info Resources
• NHS G6 - People Management

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.

Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Assessment Criteria at interview stage Technical Skills:

• NHSC1 - Communication
• NHSC2 - Personal and People Development
• NHSC3 - Health, Safety and security
• NHSC4 - Service Improvement
• NHSC5 - Quality
• NHSC6 - Equality and Diversity
• NHSIK1 - Information Processing
• NHSIK2 - Information Collection and Analysis
• NHSIK3 Knowledge and Info Resources
• NHS G6 - People Management

The interview may consist of a mix of direct questions and clinical situation based scenarios.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

Working arrangements Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and working from home as part of a non contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this and other flexible working arrangements may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro rata where part time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6 month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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