Employer: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Freeman Hospital
Town: 317 01 Freeman Hospital
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 10/04/2025
Senior Radiographer
Band 6
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high-quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally, and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical, and neurological conditions, cancers, and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under-represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
The Freeman Hospital’s Cardiothoracic Centre is a regional and national centre of excellence for lung and heart care, providing diagnostics and intervention/surgery for adults and children under one roof.
Due to expansion of services within the Cardiothoracic Centre, we are seeking to appoint a part-time Band 6 Radiographer with a specialist interest in cardiac radiography to join our team.
The Cardio X-ray Team provides a quality service to clinicians and patients in a variety of settings, rotating through 2 plain film rooms, 6 cardiac catheter laboratories, a dedicated screening room within the Institute of Transplantation, 5 cardiothoracic theatres and our purpose-built Day Treatment Centre. We have recently installed 2 high spec Siemens Artis Icono systems to join our current Artis Q and Artis Q Zen biplane systems.
Main duties of the job
* Undertaking a range of specialist cardiac cath lab procedures in line with department operational procedures and policies.
* Working as part of a specialist multidisciplinary team committed to providing efficient and effective high-quality care and participating in the 24/7 on-call PPCI service.
* Practice and promote good radiation safety, observing local rules, participating in the equipment QA programmes and using ALARA principle to produce high quality diagnostic imaging with the lowest achievable dose.
* Develop clinical skills and participate in CPD activities and the education of others.
* Organising the workflow in and out of the cardio x-ray department, delivering a safe and efficient diagnostic imaging service to inpatient wards, GPs and a variety of outpatient clinics.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
* Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
* Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
* Newcastle Dental Hospital
* Newcastle Fertility Centre
* Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
* Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Cardiothoracic Centre is a busy and diverse clinical area, providing a range of diagnostic and interventional studies such as angioplasty, pacing, EP, TAVI, and complex structural heart services.
The Cardiac Catheter Team provides essential care to acute patients via a 24/7 PPCI service. The successful candidate will be expected to be part of the emergency on-call team after training is completed. They will ideally have some experience in aspects of radiography such as plain film and intervention, experience with Siemens Artis fluoroscopy systems is advantageous. They will have opportunities for continuing professional development and development of clinical and teaching skills.
* To be part of a team delivering a high quality efficient and effective radiographic service, to make an informed decision on the diagnostic images required and demonstrate a professional, caring and responsible approach to patients.
* There is a commitment to out of hour’s work and “on call” and extended working day duties within the imaging departments primarily based at either the Freeman or RVI site but with commitments to work within Radiology departments Trust wide when required.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE
* Working knowledge of all relevant professional and NHS policies and procedures
* Detailed knowledge and understanding of radiation protection and methods of reducing radiation dose as well as a working knowledge of ionising radiation legislation (IR (ME) R)
* Evidence of CPD
* Evidence of audit
SKILLS
* Good organisational interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to work effectively in a team or independently as required
* IT skills necessary for Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
* IV Cannulation
* ECDL
EXPERIENCE
* Interventional Radiology imaging experience
* Cross sectional experience in both CT and MRI
* Experience in complex angiography cases
QUALIFICATIONS
* HCPC registered, BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent
* Post Graduate qualification in a clinical speciality, or post graduate specialist short courses or relevant specialist experience
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
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