Job summary
- Main area
- Educational lead Band 6 Radiographer
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 208-E907DE-24-1
- Employer
- Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Scunthorpe General hospital
- Town
- Scunthorpe
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Educational Lead Radiographer - Scunthorpe
Band 6
Job overview
The post holder will play an essential role in supporting the Radiology team by facilitating education, training and practice development of the Assistant Practitioners, Imaging Assistants, and Radiographers.
The post holder will also organise and maintain the Mandatory Training and CPD requirements of Radiographers and Healthcare Assistants in the Radiology Department and will work closely with the Student Clinical Liaison team to ensure standardisation of training.
Assisting the staff to access courses.
Main duties of the job
A vacancy has arisen for a Band 6 Radiographer to work with our team of Radiographers at Scunthorpe General Hospital, Goole District Hospital and the Community Diagnostic Centre (date to open to be confirmed).
We are a busy, friendly departments with dedicated teams of Radiographers and Consultant Radiologists, with a good working relationship with other modalities, clinicians and other service users.
We are actively committed to CPD and encourage our Radiographers to widen their scope of practice. We have a comprehensive induction programme, directly linked to a competency-based structure. Our academic link is with Sheffield Hallam University ( and soon to be Hull University) from where we provide clinical placements across sites for student radiographers.
In order to maintain a continuously high standard of patient care, maximum flexibility of our workforce is necessary and therefore staff will be expected to work across all sites within the Trust if the service demands. We consider ourselves a forward thinking department that gives support and provides opportunities for career progression to all our staff.
Working for our organisation
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
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Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • DCR(R) or BSc
- • Post Graduate CT, MRI or other Imaging Qualifications, or equivalent demonstrable level of specialist technical knowledge.
- • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- • HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- • Certificates
Occupational Experience
Essential criteria
- • Minimum of 1 years post graduate experience
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of advanced imaging techniques
- • Cannulation skills – Trust approved, or Society of Radiographers accredited training.
- • Driving License
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Carol Ackerley
- Job title
- Head of General Radiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03033 305103
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