Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a high achieving Senior Leader to be recruited into the post of Professional Head of Radiography.

The Radiology Directorate is part of Diagnostics, Therapies, Pharmacy and Sciences Care Group. The directorate provides a full range of diagnostic services including general and specialist plain film, cross-sectional and interventional diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine and breast screening.

You will professionally and operationally lead this comprehensive service, working closely with the Clinical Director and Service Manager for imaging to deliver high quality patient care and achievement of both departmental and Corporate objectives.

You will be an HCPC registered Diagnostic Radiographer with experience in managing service delivery in a diagnostic setting, and will have strong leadership and interpersonal skills. You must be able to evidence delivery of high quality operational and financial performance, collaborative working and improvements in care.

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. Whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Have a look at our 'Croeso Candidate' booklet below for more information.

Main duties of the job
This post will be based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital but responsibilities within the role will cover staff and services that span across Dewi Sant Hospital, Llantrisant Health Park, Maesteg Hospital, Prince Charles Hospital, Princess of Wales Hospital, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Snowdrop Centre, Ysbyty Cwm Cynon and Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda.

The post holder will:

• Provide daily support and professional leadership for Non-Medical Health Care Science and clinical support staff across the Imaging directorate, ensuring patients and staff are safe, cared for and listened to.
• Lead the development and delivery of consistent clinical and professional standards (HCPC) and the development of clinical leadership capacity within the directorate. This will be in line with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, Regulatory standards (IRMER), resource controls and constraints.
• Ensure that non-medical professional and clinical support staff provide excellent quality care with exceptionally high safety standards and treat all patients with dignity and respect.
• Work with senior Healthcare Scientist, nursing and workforce colleagues to ensure that they recruit and retain and develop a pipeline of the best non-medical professional and clinical support staff, creating a learning environment where every member of staff counts and is developed.

About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy--Our Health, Our Future--focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:

• We listen, learn, and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We work together as one team

CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.

At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

Qualifications
Essential

• BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent.
• Current HCPC registration. First Degree and/or equivalent senior management experience.
• Masters level qualification or evidence of post graduate study (or equivalent experience). Management qualification or additional short courses or experience at Doctorate level or equivalent senior management experience.

Desirable

• Leadership training.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working at a senior Radiographer level in an acute Health Care setting.
• Extensive knowledge of and experience in the operational management of hospital services.
• Advanced management/leadership experience of clinical teams.
• Experience of working strategically to translate strategy into operational planning and performance management.
• Proven ability to manage a budget/ multiple budgets.
• Proven experience in developing Health Board wide strategy.

Skills and Attributes
Essential

• Commitment to promoting equality and diversity in the workplace and in service delivery and development.
• Excellent people management skills. Ability of conveying highly complex and contentious messages.
• Highly developed leadership and influencing skills.
• Able to lead, motivate and influence individuals and teams both within and external to the organisation.
• To facilitate good working relationships with other colleagues across Health Board and Health Economy.
• Able to interpret complex information and take appropriate action and to provide expert advice as a result.
• Ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities.
• Familiarity with Radiology Information systems to be able to extract, collate and interpret demand and capacity data across all areas of the directorate and be able to produce equipment modelling, workforce modelling, schedule templates and costing for imaging across all sites.

Desirable

• Welsh Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above.

Other
Essential

• Extensive knowledge of complex roles (staff management/financial management and change management) including sound knowledge of public involvement.
• Sound understanding of Health Service policy.
• Sound understanding of the National Imaging and patient agendas.
• Sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management processes.
• Able to plan and prioritise workload in order to meet deadlines and deal effectively with conflicting priorities.

Desirable

• Service improvement and methodology training.

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).