Directorate Quality & Safety Co-ordinator for Imaging


Location
Salary
£47,951 - £56,863 pa inclusive
Profession
Coordinator (discipline unspecified)
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
24 Sep 2026
Contract Type
6 months (Fixed term: 6 months)
Posted Date
10 Sep 2026
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Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

10 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Skills

    Ability to use incident reporting and risk register systems

  • Skills

    Able to manage own workload, working to tight and often changing timescales.

  • Skills

    Ability to implement policies and propose changes to own practices & procedures

  • Skills

    Ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities and adjust plans where necessary

  • Education

    Educated to degree level or diploma level

  • Education

    Experience of reporting to a senior level in a specialist area, for example healthcare

  • Experience

    Experience of co-ordinating staff and management

  • Experience

    Experience of co-ordinating, reviewing and disseminating large volumes of information

  • Experience

    Maintaining activity to deadlines so progress remains on track

  • Experience

    Experience of collating reports for committees and meetings

Desirable

5 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Skills

    Able to propose improvements to procedures outside of own working area

  • Education

    Knowledge of different programme and project management methodologies and training programmes.

  • Education

    Knowledge of reporting methodologies

  • Education

    Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies

  • Experience

    Experience of writing reports for committees and meetings

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Quality & Safety Coordinator to join the Imaging department on a fixed term contract. The postholder will be pivotal in co-ordinating and supporting delivery of the directorate's Quality & Safety portfolio.

The role will include responsibility for co-ordinating and maintaining core documentation, information and reporting, the scheduling and maintenance of meetings, monitoring progress against key targets and be the first point of contact for enquiries related to Quality & Safety at directorate level.

The successful candidate will be responsible for creating, managing and maintaining spreadsheets and management of their processes through the system.

The postholder will have broad knowledge and experience and use their reasoning, intellect and judgement to manage their workload, make decisions and proactively deal with issues independently.

The post is based at Hammersmith hospital but may require cross site working to meet the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

  • Providing support, as required, to team members in the preparation of documentation, including investigation reports, action plans, progress tracking and minute taking
  • Inputting data, producing reports as requested and monitoring progress against key targets.
  • Organising and coordinating meetings and events for the Directorate Quality & Safety Team, providing support to shared governance meetings as part of the strategy for the Directorate, Divisional & CQC agenda
  • Electronic diary management for the Quality & Safety Team
  • Working as part of the team to build and sustain effective partnerships and relationships with a range of internal and external groups and organisations, especially the Medical Directors’ Office
  • Organising and coordinating meetings and communication with relevant internal and external stakeholders
  • Working collaboratively with the team to build and sustain effective partnerships and relationships with a range of internal and external groups and organisations

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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This advert is for Directorate Quality & Safety Co-ordinator for Imaging with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Coordinator (discipline unspecified) role. The advertised salary is £47,951 - £56,863 pa inclusive. The contract type is 6 months (Fixed term: 6 months). The application deadline is 24 Sep 2026.

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