Job Overview

Jersey General Hospital is seeking an experienced and motivated leader to join the Surgical Services Care Group as a full-time, permanent Radiology Speciality Manager.

You will provide operational leadership for Radiology Services, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality diagnostic services. Working closely with clinical and operational teams, you will drive service improvement, manage resources and budgets, support workforce development, and lead transformational change initiatives.

About You?

You will have:

• Significant healthcare management experience.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Experience managing budgets, performance and service delivery.
• A proven track record of leading service improvement and change.
• The ability to build effective relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
• Radiology or diagnostic service experience would be advantageous.

Why Join Us?

This is an excellent opportunity to influence the future of diagnostic services in Jersey, working alongside dedicated professionals in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

If you are passionate about delivering outstanding patient services and leading positive change, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jemma Hammond on 01534 442287.

Job Purpose

The Speciality Manager is responsible for the operational, performance and business management of Radiology Services. The role will lead service improvement, business planning, financial management, workforce management and performance delivery across the service, working in partnership with Radiologists, Modality Leads and Governance Leads to ensure safe, effective and sustainable diagnostic services.

The postholder is not responsible for providing professional radiography leadership or maintaining clinical competence in imaging practice. Professional and clinical leadership responsibilities remain with designated clinical, modality and governance leads, with overall accountability residing within the Surgical Division management structure.

Operational Service Management

• Lead the operational management of Radiology Services, ensuring the effective use of workforce, equipment, estate and other resources to meet service objectives.
• Monitor service performance against agreed operational, quality and financial targets.
• Develop and implement action plans to address performance challenges and improve service delivery.
• Ensure imaging services are responsive to patient demand and aligned with divisional and organisational priorities.
• Support the delivery of resilient services through effective business continuity and contingency planning
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to improve patient pathways and service efficiency

Strategic Development and Service Transformation

• Support the development and implementation of the strategic vision for Radiology Services.
• Lead and coordinate service redesign, transformation and improvement programmes.
• Analyse activity, demand, capacity and workforce data to inform service planning and future development.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, patient experience and value for money.
• Develop business cases and service development proposals to support investment, transformation and innovation.

Financial and Resource Management

• Manage and monitor delegated budgets in accordance with organisational policies and financial regulations.
• Support annual planning processes, including revenue and capital programme development.
• Lead the development of financial recovery, productivity and efficiency initiatives where required.
• Ensure procurement activities are undertaken in accordance with organisational procedures and deliver value for money.
• Support planning for equipment replacement and future service investment requirements.

Workforce Management

• Lead workforce planning processes to ensure services are appropriately resourced.
• Support recruitment, retention and succession planning activities across Radiology.
• Lead performance management processes for direct reports.
• Promote staff engagement, wellbeing and organisational values.
• Ensure compliance with mandatory training, appraisal and workforce governance requirements.
• Support the development of leadership capability across Radiology teams.

Governance, Risk and Assurance

• Maintain oversight of service risks and ensure effective management of operational risk registers.
• Support divisional governance arrangements and ensure actions arising from audits, inspections and reviews are implemented.
• Monitor quality and performance indicators and ensure appropriate escalation of concerns.
• Work collaboratively with Clinical and Governance Leads to ensure services meet relevant regulatory, statutory and organisational requirements.
• Support the management of complaints, incidents, investigations and service-learning activities.

Partnership and Stakeholder Management

• Develop effective working relationships with clinical teams, corporate services and external partners.
• Represent Radiology Services within divisional and organisational forums.
• Act as a key point of contact for operational matters relating to Radiology.
• Influence and support change initiatives across multidisciplinary teams to deliver organisational objectives.

Statutory Responsibilities

TIER 5 Team Leader, ​Skilled Advisor and Entry Specialist

Job Description

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