Governance, Quality, and Regulatory Compliance

• Provide leadership for diagnostic governance and patient safety.
• Ensure compliance with IR(ME)R, radiation protection requirements, and professional standards.
• Lead imaging quality assurance programmes, audits, and risk management processes.
• Oversee investigation of incidents, complaints, and patient safety concerns.
• Maintain regulatory compliance and inspection readiness.
• Ensure services are prepared for internal audit, external review, and CQC inspection.

Leadership and People Management

• Lead, motivate, and develop multi-disciplinary imaging teams.
• Foster a culture of accountability, compassion, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Support recruitment, retention, and workforce development.
• Deliver effective succession planning and talent management.
• Promote staff engagement, wellbeing, and professional development.

Commercial and Service Development

• Identify and deliver opportunities for business growth and service expansion.
• Improve utilisation of imaging assets and workforce capacity.
• Develop and monitor diagnostic service business plans.
• Support equipment investment planning and service transformation.
• Optimise referral pathways and consultant engagement.
• Monitor financial performance, revenue capture, and cost efficiency.

Essential Criteria

What We're Looking For

• BSc in Diagnostic Radiography.
• Current HCPC registration.
• Significant senior-level clinical experience within diagnostic imaging.
• Proven experience managing diagnostic imaging services across multiple imaging modalities.
• Strong operational leadership and workforce management experience.
• Demonstrable experience managing budgets and resources.
• Experience leading service redesign, quality improvement, and change management initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of IR(ME)R, radiation protection legislation, and imaging governance requirements.
• Experience of incident management, clinical governance, audit, and risk management.
• Experience driving performance against operational and quality KPIs.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with consultants, radiologists, and clinical teams.
• Ability to lead and influence teams across multiple sites.

Desirable Criteria

• Management or leadership qualification.
• Postgraduate qualification within a specialist imaging modality.
• Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) qualification.
• Knowledge of CQC regulatory requirements and inspection frameworks.
• Experience implementing Quality Standard for Imaging principles.
• Experience developing new diagnostic services and expanding imaging capacity.
• Experience in commercial planning, business growth, and demand-capacity modelling.
• Experience leading transformation programmes within NHS or independent healthcare settings.

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to lead and shape the future of Diagnostic Imaging Services across three successful hospitals.

You will play a pivotal role in:

• Delivering outstanding patient care.
• Developing high-performing imaging teams.
• Driving innovation and service growth.
• Enhancing operational efficiency.
• Improving patient outcomes and experience.
• Supporting CQC Good to Outstanding practice.
• Influencing strategic developments across a growing healthcare organisation.

At Ramsay Health Care UK, we are committed to putting people first—our patients, our colleagues, and our communities. We pride ourselves on delivering clinical excellence through compassionate care, strong leadership, and continuous improvement.

Apply Now

If you are a passionate and experienced diagnostic imaging leader looking for an opportunity to influence services across multiple hospitals and drive excellence in patient care, quality, safety, and performance, we would welcome your application.

Any queries please contact jan.matin@ramsayehalth.co.uk

Join us in delivering outstanding diagnostic imaging services and helping shape the future of healthcare across Fulwood Hall Hospital, Euxton Hall Hospital, and Buckshaw Hospital.

We care. It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.

We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company, we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children, and young people at risk. We expect all employees to share this commitment and behave in a way that supports it. All successful candidates will be provided with safeguarding training appropriate to their role.