Participate in the provision of the radiography service.
Provide radiography for all in patients, out patients, General Practitioner and Dexa. This will include a rotation through all specialities including West Suffolk.
Development and Implementation
Maintaining an interest in the profession and knowledge of new techniques and protocols, attending courses where necessary, in line with the service demand. Continue a personal development plan with guidance from the appraisal system.
Teaching and Training
Expected to participate in the training program in place for radiography students and on occasions other students, from school leavers to pre-registration doctors.
Public Relations
Remain professional at all times, liaise with other clinical teams and maintain good public relations on a one-to-one basis with the general public and other interest groups.
Main duties of the job
Main Responsibilities
1. To undertake all basic radiographic and Dexa procedures unsupervised, adaptation of technique where appropriate. Able to apply a variety of general radiographic skills in unusual general and trauma situations.
2. Ensure high professional and technical standards are maintained at all times, advising more junior radiographers as may be required.
3. Ensure requirements of radiation administration and protection are observed as identified in the dept local rules, procedure protocols and guidelines and offer advice to other disciplines on the correct use of ionising radiation.
4. Take responsibility for the patient whilst under your care, maintaining dignity, physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs.
5. Accept referrals from other disciplines, adhering to Ionising Regulations (Medical Exposures) Regulation, IRMER on justification of procedures and advise other disciplines on the safe use of ionising radiation.
6. Manipulate complex, expensive instruments ensuring safe use of equipment.
7. Be able to access patient records, history, enter patients details and retrieve images on the trusts Computerised Radiography / Patient Archiving System.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community.
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and teamwork guide how we work and behave as a team.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job responsibilities
See job description attached to view full job responsibilities.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
* Have a degree or equivalent in Diagnostic Radiography.
* Current HCPC registration.
* Willingness to complete the NOS DXA scanning course.
Experience and knowledge
* Evidence of recent experience working in a dynamic NHS Radiology department.
* Demonstrable and valuable recent experience of a wide range of radiographic techniques.
* Experience of participating in audit and governance activities.
* DXA experience.
* Recent NHS experience.
Skills and abilities
* Ability to communicate with all grades of staff, and all types of patient, seeking advice as required.
* Able to work as part of a small dept team and a larger MDT.
* Demonstrable leadership skills.
* Able to use own initiative when working single-handed.
* Able to work under pressure.
* Commitment to own personal development.
* Ambitious.
* Occupational health clearance to carry out duties of role.
* Able to cope with stressful and emotional circumstances.
* Ability to cope under pressure.
* Flexible approach to working hours and area allocation, which may change at short notice in line with service needs.
* Willingness to adopt and manage an additional responsibility (as agreed at interview).
* Professional indemnity insurance (SoR membership or other).
* Ability to travel to other trust sites.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum pro rata.
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