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Head of Department, Department of Cardiology Investigations


Company : University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire


Location : Coventry, England


Created : 2025-05-04


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesLine Management of the B7's within the DCI Team, ensuring that appraisals, physiology competencies, professional registration, mandatory Training and sickness management is up to date and managed in line with National KPI's Management of the DCI pay and Non-Pay Budgets, with authorisation of up to £10k on any order. Management of financial performance Accountable for the supervision of the procurement, management and maintenance of all clinical physiology equipment and software To ensure that the service is compliant with all relevant national standards and service specifications and that clinical governance reporting and assurances are provided as required. To take the lead and manage all clinical physiology specific complaints and adverse incidents, reporting trends, themes and sharing the learning across the clinical group. Work in other areas of clinical physiology as required, supervising, analysing, and interpreting a wide range of procedures autonomously. To support in the delivery of service improvements and expansions as required To be responsible for risk management and incident reporting for the department Lead on the Health and Safety of the Department including Fire safety, Risk assessments, DSE assessments, CoSH, Clinical Safety Audits Support patient flow and maximization of capacity throughout the department as required. Oversee the Workforce plans and implementation of service development and expansion. Develop and Implement Cost improvement schemes or cost avoidance schemes. Manage and deliver the operational Performance in line with National and Local KPI's and set targets - Mainly 6 week diagnostic targets, DNA KPI's, Activity targets and Utilisation KPI's. Develop and Implement standard working procedures, Standard operating Procedures and Business Continuity plans for the service. For further details of the role please see the attached job description. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteriaSee supporting documents Desirable criteriaSee supporting documents Experience Essential criteriaSee supporting documents Desirable criteriaSee supporting documents Knowledge Essential criteriaSee supporting documents Desirable criteriaSee supporting documents Skills Essential criteriaSee supporting documents Desirable criteriaSee supporting documents Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours Essential criteriasee supporting documents To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it. Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description. The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour. The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process. In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post. UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages. If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer. We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents. Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate. All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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. Application numbers Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested. Documents to download Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 672.3KB) Candidate Information (PDF, 291.8KB) Welcoming Candidates with Disability (PDF, 98.9KB) How to complete an application form & Values Fact Sheet (DOCX, 874.6KB)#J-18808-Ljbffr