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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overview
The post holder will be a qualified radiographer, able to assess and treat own workload of patients/clients and to ensure provision of the highest standards of patient care, including the legal documentation on the EPIC system and Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS) associated with each completed patient episode. They will work autonomously, consulting senior staff as necessary, and will be accountable for their own professional actions. The post holder will participate in the supervision and teaching of Radiographers, Assistant Practitioners, and Student Radiographers as appropriate. Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognise their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient-focused manner maintaining patient confidentiality at all times.
Main duties of the job
• Act under the IR(ME)R Radiation Regulations and assess the clinical justification of referrals to ensure that the benefit to the patient outweighs the radiation risk associated with the examination.
• Act as patient and staff advocate, minimising their exposure to radiation.
• Provide timely, efficient, and courteous provision of radiographic services to the agreed standards of the department, taking account of the patient/client's clinical, physical, and cultural needs.
• Undertake additional modality training in Computed Tomography.
• Perform out of hours duties as part of the departmental shift system, without supervision and acting as team leader where necessary.
• Monitor and adjust work priorities in conjunction with other professionals to take into account changing demands on the diagnostic services due to emergencies or increased demand from A&E, particularly during out of hours duties.
• Responsible for the safe use and maintenance of imaging equipment, reporting faults to senior staff or directly to the manufacturer.
• Participate in the departmental rota, being flexible in responding to service needs.
• Ensure all adverse incidents are reported in line with trust policies.
Person specification
Essential criteria
* Health Professions Council (HPC) Registration.
* Evidence of CPD such as completion of short specialist courses.
* Recent & Relevant NHS experience.
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* All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
* Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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