Job Description

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is seeking two experienced, motivated, and dynamic Site Lead Radiographers to join our Imaging Division.



As a Site Lead Radiographer, you will provide professional and operational leadership for radiography services at your allocated site, working closely with senior colleagues, clinical leads, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate imaging care.

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH)

RMCH is one of the largest children's hospitals in the UK, providing regional, national, and international care. In this role, you will:



Lead the radiography workforce to deliver specialist paediatric imaging.



Ensure safe practice and high standards of care for children and young people.



Support innovation, research, and continuous service development in paediatric imaging.



Trafford General Hospital (TGH)

At TGH, you will play a pivotal role in delivering imaging across Trafford and Withington sites, with close links to Wythenshawe Hospital. In this role, you will:



Manage day-to-day imaging operations, including inpatient flow and elective hub activity.



Provide leadership and HR support for radiography and RDA teams.



Contribute to service planning, theatre scheduling, and site-based service development.



Main Responsibilities



Provide day-to-day leadership and management of radiography teams at site level.



Ensure delivery of safe, efficient, and patient-centred imaging services.



Drive service development, quality improvement, and audit.



Support senior management colleagues across Imaging Division to ensure service continuity.



Lead on workforce planning, recruitment, HR matters, and staff development.



Work collaboratively with clinical colleagues to ensure timely, responsive imaging services.



Ensure compliance with legislation and Trust policies, including IR(ME)R and safeguarding standards.



About You

We are looking for radiographers who:

Hold current HCPC registration .



Have significant post-registration experience, ideally with leadership or management responsibilities.



Bring excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.



Can demonstrate strong leadership capabilities and the ability to motivate and support teams.



Are committed to continuous service improvement and delivering high-quality patient care.



(For RMCH) - experience in paediatric imaging is highly desirable.



(For TGH) - experience in service management and supporting elective hub activity is desirable.



You should also be aware of competing pressures within hospital and Imaging services and be able to make decisions and prioritise according to clinical need and priority. In addition, the patients' needs will always be at the centre of any focus that you have.



MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over 3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.



Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.



We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.



We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.



At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.



To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the ' Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.



Diversity Matters



MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk .



We're looking forward to hearing from you!