MRI Facility Manager

Location: Leeds - Leeds General Infirmary

Contract type: Ongoing

Interview date: To be confirmed

You will manage the day-to-day running of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Major Research Facility (MRI MRF), including operational coordination, staff supervision, and ensuring a safe and compliant working environment. The role focuses on delivering a reliable service to research facility users, maintaining standards, setting up and applying for regulatory approvals such as ethics approvals for research studies, supporting compliance with relevant regulations, and ensuring equitable access to the facility. You will contribute to the smooth functioning of the MRI MRF through practical support and collaboration with colleagues and users. The MRI MRF is a clinical facility and supports some of the NHS services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. As facility manager, you will interface with NHS staff and users and coordinate access to the facility’s MRI scanners for both research and NHS use. 

For this role you should have a degree in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience). You should also have experience of managing in a relevant laboratory or research facility environment, and good communication skills with a team-focused approach. 

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx. 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s over 42 days a year! (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance.
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: 
• Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• All FMH staff are entitled to ten days staff development per year (pro rata). Please speak to your Line Manager about how you can utilise these.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Sarah Clark, Business Manager

Email: s.h.e.clark@leeds.ac.uk

Professor Sven Plein, Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Biomedical Imaging Science Department

Email: S.Plein@leeds.ac.uk 

Brian Jackson, Faculty Head of Facilities

Email: B.R.Jackson@leeds.ac.uk 

Further details: Candidate Brief

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