# Head of Diagnostic imaging Services Band 8B > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Southern Health and Social Care Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-diagnostic-imaging-services-band-8b/23f7aeca-b5bb-43e9-9a93-90e76d54ff4c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-diagnostic-imaging-services-band-8b/23f7aeca-b5bb-43e9-9a93-90e76d54ff4c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Southern Health and Social Care Trust - **Location:** Craigavon Area Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Head of service - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £64,455 - £74,896 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T15:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T19:03:47.843Z - **Source information URL:** https://jobs.hscni.net/Job/49454/55947794shscthead-of-diagnostic-imaging-services-band-8b - **Application URL:** https://jobs-app.hscni.net/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d1aWQ9MDA1MDU2OTNGMzJDMUZFMUFGQjQ5MjMyMTk3QjY3QTgmY2FuZF90eXBlPWU%3d - **Employer website:** https://southerntrust.hscni.net ## Job Content ### Job details - Branch: Southern HSC Trust area (SHSCT) - Location: Craigavon Area Hosp-Main Building - Directorate: Adult Community and Acute Services - Salary: Band 8b (£64,455 - £74,896 ) - Contract Type: Permanent - Opening Date: 01/10/26 - Closes: Thu, 15 October 2026 @ 4:00 PM - Interview Dates: TBC ### Notes Online and Manual applications accepted. 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Flexible Working We welcome flexible working requests from day one. All HSC organisations offer a range of flexible working options. The options available for this post will depend on the requirements of the role. Find out more about flexible working options on our website. ### JOB DESCRIPTION ### JOB TITLE Head of Diagnostic imaging Services ### BAND 8B ### DIRECTORATE SCS ### INITIAL LOCATION Craigavon Area Hospital ### REPORTS TO ### PROFESSIONALLY Assistant Director Cancer and Clinical Services, who is responsible to Director of Surgery and Clinical Services (SCS) ### ACCOUNTABLE TO Assistant Director Allied Health Professionals ### FLEXIBLE WORKING PROVISIONS AVAILABLE Fixed working patterns, Flexi-time, Compressed/elongated hours, Average hours working patterns, Hybrid working ### JOB SUMMARY The Head of Diagnostic Services is accountable to the Assistant Director of Cancer and Clinical Services for the leadership and direction of services and staff within diagnostic imaging services (to include Radiology and Neurophysiology). The post holder has overall responsibility for the operational management of the services within their portfolio to include all modalities of radiology within the Trust. Their role is to identify, promote and support the progression of service reform as part of the senior management team within their Division, which will contribute towards the delivery of performance, quality and governance targets. The post holder will have budgetary responsibility and will be required to maintain financial balance within their area of responsibility. The post holder will be responsible for the management of complex service contracts, monitoring contractual performance, and working with external providers to deliver quality, performance, and value-for-money objectives. The post holder will be required to demonstrate leadership skills in the process of change management with a particular focus on clinical engagement to ensure that clinicians are at the forefront of service improvement and innovation. The post holder will provide managerial leadership for the staff within their service area, promoting multidisciplinary work in order to support the delivery of high quality clinical services for patients. The post holder will be the Professional Head of Radiography and as such ensure all professional and regulatory aspects are addressed in collaboration with the Trust lead for AHPs through the AHP Forum. This is also a clinical head post therefore the post holder is required to remain clinically competent as may be required to undertake clinical work. ### KEY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES Service Delivery Work collaboratively with Clinical directors and clinical leads to provide leadership and direction to staff to support the delivery of corporate, divisional and service level objectives Be accountable for the effective and efficient operation of services within service area. Review service provisions defining priorities and objectives in order to maintain and further develop services in collaboration with the Clinical Director and clinical leads. Undertake mapping of existing services and policies and support the development of action plans for improvement. Lead service change as required working with key stakeholders to redesign, plan and deliver services to improve patient care pathways in collaboration with the Clinical Director/Clinical leads. Empower and engage all staff and ensure involvement at all levels to achieve new ways of working and alternative models of service delivery. Responsible for operational management of all staff including medical staff, ensuring good managerial systems are in place for annual leave, sick leave and appropriate plans in place for replacing staff including short term absences. Be responsible for the development, implementation and ownership of effective information and communication systems and co-ordinate working practices between staff within your service area. Work in collaboration with key stakeholders internal and external to the organisation to identify and take forward initiatives that will enhance service delivery and patient experience. Effectively line-manage staff within your service area. Respond to patient complaints and ensure that learn lessons are embedded within own service area and wider Trust where relevant. Recognise, promote and encourage the concept of a holistic hospital system within own service area to support the flow and experience of patients throughout their journey. Ensure effective implementation and use of information systems. Responsible for ensuring diagnostic staff across directorates and services are supported in carrying out /accessing continual professional development and are therefore fit for purpose and maintain their HCPC registration and requirements for external regulation. Contribute to the operation of the Control Room, providing managerial leadership, planning, leading and managing flow activity and capacity. Contribute to on-call rotas. Quality & Governance Lead on the implementation of the Trust Quality Improvement Plan working collaboratively with other members of the senior management team within the division including Clinical Directors and Clinical Leads Ensure that the needs of the patients and their carer’s are at the core of service delivery Ensure that practice and service developments are underpinned by the most up to date evidence and research. Work in partnership with the Clinical Directors and other clinical staff to ensure that the service complies with all professional regulatory and requisite standards and the discharge of statutory functions. Strategic Planning and Development Support the Assistant Director with the development of the strategic plan for the delivery of diagnostic Services in line with National, Ministerial and HSC priorities. Assist with corporate initiatives aimed at cost effectiveness and improving patient flow. Lead on service transformation, to include innovation and service redesign Engage with Regional working and diagnostic networks Delivery of organisational priorities around diagnostic recovery, productivity and performance improvement. Drive Digital transformation, adoption of new technologies and use of data and analytics to drive service improvement. Financial and Resource Management Manage all budgets within scope of responsibility and ensure the meeting of all financial targets. Develop and promote staff understanding of the financial requirements in order to ensure opportunity to maximise income generation potential in the delivery of services. Assist with the achievement of cash releasing schemes within the service and overall Division. Ensure the effective use of equipment and facilities to maximise patient care and services. Contract Management Lead the management and performance monitoring of all contracts within the Diagnostic Services portfolio, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, service specifications and key performance indicators (KPIs) Develop and maintain effective working relationships with external providers, suppliers, and partner organisations Monitor contractor performance through regular review meetings, audits, and performance reporting, taking appropriate action where contractual standards are not achieved and ensuring value for money is achieved. Ensure appropriate governance arrangements are in place for all contracted services, including the identification, escalation, and management of contractual risks. Contribute to the procurement, mobilisation, and implementation and renewal of new contracts in accordance with Trust regional guidance. People Management Provide clear leadership to staff and ensure that highly skilled and motivated staff support the service. Lead the development and implementation of workforce modernisation initiatives. Such as Advanced practice development, Lead on Workforce redesign, Succession planning and long-term workforce sustainability Ensure compliance with employment legislation, HSS directions and Trust standard orders, policies, procedures and regulations by introducing appropriate systems within the Division. Corporate Management Assist with Trust’s corporate planning by supporting the Assistant Director. Develop and maintain working relationships with other Clinical Services Manager colleagues and to ensure achievement of objectives and the effective functioning team. Establish collaborative relationships and networks with external stakeholders in the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure the service effectively discharges its functions. Lead by example in practising the highest standards of conduct in accordance with the Code of Conduct for HSS Managers Leadership Provide clear leadership to a diverse range of professional staff both to ensure the provision of high quality services. Lead the operational management within the service ensuring priorities meet objectives. Provide leadership to staff to ensure the delivery of patient control service and to enable effective sharing of knowledge, ideas and skills through the development of a culture of continuous improvement. Ensure all policies translate into practice. Promote positive working relationships in order to understand the implications of service developments or changes for other parts of the Integrated Maternity, Woman’s Health / Cancer and Clinical Services. Ensure strong professional leadership to all radiography staff. Ensure the development of robust mechanisms for consistent communication with staff to enable them to influence the health agenda. Establish, implement and maintain standards of practice within the service consistent with the standards of the relevant professional bodies. Monitoring and Reviewing Performance Be responsible for developing robust performance indicators, translating National indicators/targets into service targets, ensuring monitoring systems are in place. Be responsible for the performance against the plan, ensuring financial balance is achieved. Manage inpatient and day case and outpatients access targets (as appropriate) and ensure performance achieves local and national targets. Review demand and capacity utilising the Real Capacity Model and implement a programme of service changes to match demand and capacity. Lead on activities to review the effective use of resources and facilities that lead to improved outcomes. Ensure plans are in place to monitor achievement against corporate objectives, waiting time targets for access, cancer and governance. Ensure adherence across the service to all Trust policies and procedures and contribute to their formulation as appropriate. Ensure that robust performance arrangements are development and implemented. General Management Responsibilities Adhere to the Code of Conduct for HSC managers which states that managers will be expected to work with integrity, honesty and openness, probity, accountability and respect, available on www.dhsspsni.gov.uk. Ensure the appropriate governance and risk management arrangements are in place for the services you are responsible for and take appropriate action to identify and manage risk and to maintain safety of users, staff and others in accordance with relevant regulations, policies and procedures; It is essential to ensure that the highest standards of infection prevention and control are maintained to ensure patient and client safety and maintain confidence in the Trust. As a Manager, you must ensure that you implement all instructions/ policy in this area and that all staff are made aware of and fully comply with these. Where the post holder has responsibility for managing a budget, ensure that services are managed and developed both in accordance with agreed and funded priorities as set out on a yearly basis and in accordance with Standing Financial Instructions, particularly ensuring your compliance with payroll documentation procedures and timescales; Ensure the necessary arrangements are in place in regard to the ‘Knowledge and Skills Framework’ outlines, where this applies, for the posts for which you have management responsibility and ensure that each member of staff has an annual development and performance review, a personal development plan and that arrangements are in place to ensure that staff have maximum opportunity to progress through gateways in their pay bands and to contribute effectively towards our objectives; Promote a culture of continuous service improvement amongst your staff, encouraging their participation and that of service users in reviewing and modernising current services and in service development; Make sure you are trained and competent in the relevant policies and procedures which apply to the management of staff and other resources and abide by these policies; seeking advice as necessary from senior management or specialist staff as necessary; Communicate effectively with staff and maintain productive working relationships amongst your staff and with others; Delegate appropriate responsibility and authority to staff in order to ensure optimum and effective service delivery and decision-making, whilst retaining overall accountability and responsibility for outcomes; Promote a culture of learning and development and facilitate arrangements for and participate in training and development of staff as agreed for the performance of their duties. Where training is in accordance with relevant standards make sure you have the relevant competences in order to carry out this responsibility; Promote equality of opportunity for all by personal action, both in the management of your staff and in the provision of care to service users in accordance with the Trust Policy. Take responsibility for ensuring appropriate standards of environmental cleanliness and for encouraging staff to maintain standards in their work area. Have an awareness of environmental issues and take appropriate action, for example to ensure the efficient use of energy and other resources, recycling etc. Make sure that staff are aware of trust policies regarding the Data Protection, Freedom of Information, Environmental Information and Records Management and that they must not disclose, withhold, retain or dispose of any information unless legally authorised. ### HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES The Trust supports and promotes a culture of collective leadership where those who have responsibility for managing other staff: Establish and promote a supportive, fair and open culture that encourages and enables all parts of the team to have clearly aligned goals and objectives, to meet the required performance standards and to achieve continuous improvement in the services they deliver. Ensure access to skills and personal development through appropriate training and support. Promote a culture of openness and honesty to enable shared learning. Encourage and empower others in their team to achieve their goals and reach their full potential through regular supportive conversation and shared decision making. Adhere to and promote Trust policy and procedure in all staffing matters, participating as appropriate in a way which underpins Trust values. ### RAISING CONCERNS - RESPONSIBILITIES The post holder will promote and support effective team working, fostering a culture of openness and transparency. The post holder will ensure that they take all concerns raised with them seriously and act in accordance with the Trust’s ‘Your Right to Raise a Concern (Whistleblowing)’ policy and their professional code of conduct, where applicable. The post holder will, in the event of a concern being raised with them, ensure that it is managed correctly under the Trust’s ‘Your Right to Raise a Concern (Whistleblowing)’ policy and ensure feedback/learning is communicated at individual, team and organisational level. ### EMERGENCY PLANNING & BUSINESS CONTINUITY RESPONSIBILITIES To work proactively with the Trust’s Emergency planner and other internal and external stakeholders to develop appropriate emergency response and business continuity plans to ensure the service can maintain a state of emergency preparedness to respond safely and effectively to a range of threats, hazards and disruption. ### PERSONAL AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES (PPI) Lead on and be responsible for the co-ordination of the Trust’s PPI Strategy within the Division or other sphere of responsibility. This will include supporting active engagement with user groups and the voluntary and independent sectors in the design and delivery of services. ### GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ### The post holder will be required to Ensure the Trust’s policy on equality of opportunity is promoted through their own actions and those of any staff for whom they have responsibility. Co-operate fully with the implementation of the Trust's Health and Safety arrangements, reporting any accidents/incidents/equipment defects to their manager, and maintaining a clean, uncluttered and safe environment for patients/clients, members of the public and staff. ### Adhere at all times to all Trust policies/codes of conduct, including for example Smoke Free policy IT Security Policy and Code of Conduct standards of attendance, appearance and behaviour Contribute to ensuring the highest standards of environmental cleanliness within your designated area of work. Co-operate fully with regard to Trust policies and procedures relating to infection prevention and control. All employees of the Trust are legally responsible for all records held, created or used as part of their business within the Trust including patients/clients, corporate and administrative records whether paper-based or electronic and also including emails. All such records are public records and are accessible to the general public, with limited exceptions, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Employees are required to be conversant with the \[org name\] policy and procedures on records management and to seek advice if in doubt. Take responsibility for their own ongoing learning and development, in order to maximise their potential and continue to meet the demands of the post. Represent the Trust’s commitment to providing the highest possible standard of service to patients/clients and members of the public, by treating all those with whom they come into contact in the course of work, in a pleasant, courteous and respectful manner. This Job Description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time. It is a standard condition that all Trust staff may be required to serve at any location within the Trust's area, as needs of the service demand. September 2026 ### PERSONNEL SPECIFICATION JOB TITLE AND BAND Head of Diagnostic imaging Services Band 8B ### DEPARTMENT / DIRECTORATE SCS ### SALARY 8b ### HOURS 37.5 Ref No: \ ### Notes to applicants You must clearly demonstrate on your application form under each question, how you meet the required criteria as failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. You should clearly demonstrate this for both the essential and desirable criteria. Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the essential criteria set out in Section 1 below, using the information provided by you on your application form. Please note the Trust reserves the right to use any desirable criteria outlined in Section 3 at shortlisting. You must clearly demonstrate on your application form how you meet the desirable criteria. Proof of qualifications and/or professional registration will be required if an offer of employment is made – if you are unable to provide this, the offer may be withdrawn. ### ESSENTIAL CRITERIA SECTION 1: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will initially be measured at shortlisting stage although may also be further explored during the interview/selection stage. You should therefore make it clear on your application form whether or not you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is stated below. Factor Criteria Ideally no more than 6-8 criteria in this section Method of Assessment Qualifications / Registration Experience 1.BSc.(Hons.) in Radiography OR Diploma of the College of Radiographers, London (or Equivalent) AND Regis Registered to practice on the live Health and Care professions council 2.A minimum of two years experience at Band 7 or above in a major complex organisation* (*defined as one with at least 200 staff or an annual budget of at least £50m and involving having to meet a wide range of objectives requiring a high degree of co-ordination with a range of stakeholders) 3.Have a minimum of 1 years’ experience working with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders in a role which has contributed to the successful implementation of a significant change in initiative. 4.A minimum of 2 years' experience in staff management 5.A minimum of 2 years' experience in governance related activity Shortlisting by Application Form Other 1.Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment. This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post. 2. Participation in Head of Service On Call and site co-ordination Rotas for the Trust SECTION 2: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will be measured during the interview/ selection stage: Skills / Abilities 1.Successfully demonstrated high level people management, governance and organisational skills 2. High level interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrating evidence of working with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders including clinicians and other health and social care professionals to achieve successful outcomes. 3.Have the ability to provide effective leadership and demonstrate evidence of making complex decisions in times of competing demands, demonstrating evidence of highly effective planning / organisational skills. 4.Everoince in effectively managing a delegated budget to maximise utilisation of available resources. experience of financial and performance management at scale 5.Have the ability to manage complex service contracts, monitoring contractual performance, and working with external providers to deliver quality, performance, and value-for-money objectives. 6.Demonstrate experience in project management and demonstrate evidence of successfully leading significant service change and transformation 7.Delivered against challenging performance management programmes meeting full range of key targets and making significant improvements. Interview ### DESIRABLE CRITERIA SECTION 3: these will ONLY be used where it is necessary to introduce additional job related criteria to ensure files are manageable. You should therefore make it clear on your application form how you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted Experience in contract management shortlisting Qualifications Masters qualification in a health related, business related or leadership related filed Shortlisting Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will need to demonstrate at interview that they have the required competencies to be effective in this demanding leadership role. The competencies concerned are set out in the NHS Healthcare Leadership Model, details of which can be found at http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/resources/healthcare-leadership-model. Particular attention will be given to the following dimensions: Inspiring shared purpose Leading with care Evaluating information Connecting our service Sharing the vision Engaging the team Holding to account Developing capability Influencing for results. As part of the Recruitment & Selection process it may be necessary for the Trust to carry out an Enhanced Disclosure Check through Access NI before any appointment to this post can be confirmed. Successful applicants may be required to attend for a Health Assessment ### THE TRUST IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER All staff are expected to display the HSC Values at all times ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.