Specialty Manager

This post is only open to internal applicants.

Specialty Manager Band 7

Main area Radiology Grade Band 7 Contract Secondment: 8 months (Fixed term until 31/03/2026) Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working
• Home or remote working
• Compressed hours

30 hours per week Job ref 387-DT3666-CG

Site Bristol Royal Infirmary Town Bristol Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/:59

As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

The Radiology service has an inclusive and supportive culture that highly values innovation and collaboration. You will be joining a team with deep and varied experience to which we hope you will want you add your talent.

Radiology is a large service which provides a range of diagnostic scans including CT, MRI, X-ray, DXA, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine scans among supporting other areas. We have a presence across most of UHBW's hospital sites.

To give yourself the best chance of being shortlisted, please outline how you meet each of the criteria listed in the person specification. We welcome and encourage discussions about the role, and please contact Stephen Lambert (see contact information at the bottom of the page) if you would like more information.

If you are excited about the role but your experience or qualifications don't perfectly align with the specification, we encourage you to apply and note in your supporting information any other experience you do have that might make up for this. Better still, please get in touch with the persons listed as contacts for this role to help you decide whether the job could be suitable for you.

Main duties of the job

As the Specialty Manager, you will provide leadership for the radiology administration team and work closely with radiology management team and modality leads to support the service. Key duties include:

Day to day operational management of the Radiology Service

Professional lead for the administrative function in your specialty

Leading on service development and driving delivery of the specialty vision and operational performance

Ensuring that we have the right workforce to deliver safe, high quality care for our patients

Responsibility for delegated budgets and identifying and implementing cost improvement opportunities

Leading on governance, quality and patient safety ensuring that complaints, incidents and risks are managed in line with Trust policy

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification Knowledge and Experience

• Significant and demonstrable knowledge of managing service(s) against national performance targets
• Significant experience of managing a range of staff or a major service
• Significant experience of budgetary management, including management of contract income
• Experience and proven ability in managing organisational / service change
• NHS or public sector experience
• Management of waiting lists and performance
• Knowledge of current NHS issues; including NHS Plan, performance targets and Foundation Trust status
• Acute Hospital operational experience

Skills and Abilities

• Proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people and to build credibility quickly
• Proven ability to analyse and resolve complex issues
• Ability to manage a post that will change and develop to meet the needs of the service
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to produce analytical reports
• Ability to manage, motivate and develop people

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

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Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

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