Main area: Diagnostic Radiographer Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent, 37.5 Hours Full time (Site open 24 hours, 7 days a week - shift system in place)
Job ref: 241-944DS-24
Employer: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Bolton Hospital Foundation Trust
Town: Bolton
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing date: 30/12/2024 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Full time: 37.5 hours per week. Permanent post.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual keen to expand their clinical skills in a friendly and welcoming imaging team.
The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team to support delivery in both acute and community sites, providing opportunities for a wide range of both routine and complex radiography.
The team is supported by imaging support workers and nurses.
You will take part in a rota covering this service, delivering care to our local population 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our Trust is also a major hub for women's and children's services, with our neonatal intensive care unit being one of three centres of excellence in the region, resulting in a large paediatric workload.
We perform a high number of mobile examinations across our various wards, as well as fluoroscopy examinations in theatres, including trauma, pacing lab, and urology. In addition to rotating through mobiles and theatre, you will also rotate through fluoroscopy, and work at our satellite primary imaging service in Bolton town centre and on-site at our Community Diagnostic Centre.
Skills in fluoroscopy and interventional radiology are desirable.
Main duties of the job
1. To work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality radiographic services across the general radiology departments.
2. To provide a high quality, timely, and efficient diagnostic radiography service to patients of Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, including working across sites within the area at the CDC and Bolton One out-patient services.
3. To work independently or as part of a team and carry out or assist with a comprehensive range of diagnostic radiographic procedures.
4. To participate in the provision of the emergency Radiology service, shift system within the general department, as required by the Trust.
5. To participate in Continuing Professional Development, supervise, and assist with the development of radiographers, student radiographers, and other support staff.
6. To assure good communications between patients, staff, and colleagues are maintained.
7. To take responsibility for leading the general radiographic team as required.
Working for our organisation
Our values demonstrate the beliefs that underpin the way we work together and with patients. Our values drive what we do to help us deliver our ambitions, in a way that puts patient safety and care first.
Our values are:
Cultural diversity is one of our greatest assets at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. We are committed to ensuring staff and patients are free from discrimination regardless of their ethnicity, background, gender, or sexual orientation.
Every person should be able to fulfil their potential at work, and we support people from all communities who teach us more about differences in beliefs and opinions.
We pride ourselves on using this knowledge to provide personalised care and ensure that we are a supportive environment in which to work and receive care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description for this role of Band 6 Senior Radiographer is available within the job advert.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
* Previous wide clinical experience as Radiographer
* QA experience
* Evidence of CPD
* Strong customer/patient levels of service
* Management and coaching experience
* Audit
* Training students
* RPS
* Interventional experience
* Understanding of IRMER and IRR17
* Understanding of radiation incidents and report of such
* Aware of HCPC standards
* Wide range of adapted techniques
* Trust values
* Aware of services offered at Bolton
Qualifications & Registration
* BSc or DCR in Diagnostic Radiography
* HCPC registration
* Documented skills
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We strive to attract, recruit, and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture; if you have the right skills, attitudes, and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits; please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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