Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Rotational Radiographer
Band 6
Job overview
Are you interested in working for Radiology?...Are you Relocating?... Are you a student looking to secure a job after graduation?...Maybe you are returning back to practice or simply fancy a change?
Come and join our busy, and expanding team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital NHS Trust. We are looking for enthusiastic and friendly colleagues to join the department who are dedicated to ensuring patients are receiving the best possible care.
The department is a friendly and supportive environment that provides its staff the opportunity to succeed in their goals; we are committed to supporting CPD and encourage role development. Both departments are busy diagnostic hubs delivering high quality imaging for an acute Trust.
Posts have become available at our department at The Maidstone Hospital. We provide imaging services over seven days across our hospitals and CDC satellite sites.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a caring, dynamic, motivated radiographer who will suggest and encourage ideas, to join our team. If you have a commitment to outstanding care, quality and have an interest in developing your leadership skills then our senior team could be for you.
You will be a radiographer with preferably a minimum of 18 months post qualification, the majority of which will be experience in UK healthcare. Previous specialist imaging experience would be an advantage, but not essential.
You will be required to deputise for the Superintendent Radiographer.
In your supporting statement could you please indicate where you were rostered clinically 1 month ago, and 6 months ago.
Working for our organisation
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England. We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: 19/07/24
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
- CPD evidence
- IV cannulation course
Desirable criteria
- In possession of or working towards undertaking a postgraduate qualification.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Minimum 2 years post qualification.
- Competence in a wide range of CT/ interventional scans.
- A sound knowledge of departmental/other hospital protocols and practices.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills liaising with staff internally and externally.
- Ability to receive and analyse sensitive/ contentious, complex, information and respond in a rapid and appropriate fashion
- Decision making skills
- Decision making skills Ability to rapidly assess patient personality and respond appropriately
Desirable criteria
- Experience of workloads in a busy
- CT department.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to deliver excellent CT skills and patient care
- Basic computer skills.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Kemp
- Job title
- Radiology Clinical Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 224857
- Additional information
We would welcome and encourage any potential applicants to call us to discuss the job and arrange an informal visit to the department.
To arrange this or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Sarah kemp MGH 01622 224857
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