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Job summary

Main area
Radiography
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
196-LIS8936
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£61,927 - £68,676 p.a. inc. HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/10/2024 23:59
Interview date
28/10/2024

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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead Reporting Radiographer

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated Reporting Radiographer to join the Radiology Management team and take a leading role in the Reporting Radiographer team across Guy's, St. Thomas’ & Evelina London Hospital sites.

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate effective management and leadership with responsibility for the management, training, supervision and monitoring of a team of reporting radiographers. This will also include teaching & training of radiology registrars and other healthcare professionals. You will be able to deliver a high quality, patient focused service reflecting our Trust values, working collaboratively with key stakeholders in the provision of high standards of care delivered across the organisation.

You will be required to interpret images within your scope of practise and provide a dictated clinical report for the referring clinician. This will require communication of significant and unexpected findings as required and in line with Trust policy.

We welcome potential applicants to contact us for and informal chat and to arrange a visit to the department

 For further information please contact Sophia Hill on 020 7188 7188 ext 54507 or email [email protected] 

Main duties of the job

Attached you will find the job description and  person specification documents which provide more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the team of reporting radiographers, providing guidance and mentoring

where needed

 

·    Manage the planning, organisation and delivery of educational programmes and resources for reporting radiographers and participate in the radiographer educational programme

 

·  Provide clinical reports for a range of imaging examinations, suggesting a diagnosis or differential diagnosis, advising on follow-up and taking appropriate action when this is required urgently

 

·     Offer consultancy regarding radiographic diagnosis when approached by clinicians / practitioners that require advice.

 

·     Set and maintain a high professional and technical standard of work and ensure all staff in the reporting service maintain similar standards.

 

·     Lead peer and self-audit amongst the reporting radiographer team and maintain accurate records and encourage reflective process.

 

·     Undertake data assessment in order to monitor reporting turnaround times, reporting capacity and other indications, advising the management team as required.

 

·    Contribute to service improvements and re-design in line with national and local health service strategies.

·    Conduct research and lead audits to support and develop the reporting service

 

 

·     Perform a range of diagnostic radiography procedures as required throughout the department, managing patient priority as appropriate.

Person specification

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • State Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council UK
  • BSc Hons in Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent.
  • Post graduate reporting qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Masters degree in Radiographic reporting

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work well with an interdisciplinary team and promote effective working.
  • Ability to plan, prioritise and manage own workload.
  • Innovative problem solving.
  • Evidence of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Evidence of good technical knowledge and CPD.
  • Evidence of ability to work to short deadlines and have a flexible approach to workload.
  • A leader who is able to motivate and direct staff effectively.
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of recent developments within the NHS.
  • Management qualification.
  • Evidence of a leadership role/experience.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive and wide ranging experience in all areas of general imaging and previously having operated in a senior role.
  • Evidence of team leadership or supervisory role in current position with involvement in HR and recruitment processes.
  • Evidence of teaching and assessing radiographers and other staff in clinical practice.
  • Experience in supervision and training of less experienced Radiographers and students.
  • Experience conducting conducted audit and appraisal procedures.PD).
  • Experience of co-ordinating staff and processes to optimise service provision.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in developing Radiographer education
  • Experience of educating other healthcare professionals

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sophia Hill
Job title
Deputy Head of Radiology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07825195772
Additional information

For further information please contact Sophia Hill on 020 7188 7188 Ext  54507  or email [email protected] 

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