Radiographer (NHS AfC: Band 6) - Plain Film - Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Norwich, Norfolk
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career in the General Radiography Department at the Norfolk & Norwich University NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH). The Radiology Department is accredited by QSI (Quality Standards in Imaging).
In line with the Trust’s PRIDE values, we are seeking highly motivated candidates to join our dynamic friendly team. Applicants will contribute and work within the team to deliver high quality imaging to all service users, ensuring clinical safety and facilitating a high standard of patient care. The post requires a flexible and enthusiastic Radiographer prepared to be part of a team providing 24/7 care to patients, coordinating workflow, staff and patients each day. In addition, successful candidates will be required to take on responsibilities which include undertaking appraisals, incident investigation, audits, health and safety duties, mentoring new staff and students, governance responsibilities and other tasks.
The Radiology Department has 9 general DR rooms, with 3 in a busy and exciting ED unit. We also support a varied and busy theatre program (27 theatres), screening for urology, general, orthopaedic, spinal, pain and paediatric lists, undertaking many varied procedures.
A new paediatric Theatre complex opened in January 2024, and the Norfolk and Norwich Orthopaedic Centre (NANOC) opened in July 2024. Recruitment into this post will enable us to support further screening lists in theatres. In addition to these exciting developments, the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is under construction, currently planned to open in early 2025, to provide a significant growth in capacity for General Radiography, MRI, CT and Ultrasound. Not only will the CDC increase our capacity, but it will open up further training opportunities.
We also undertake dental imaging, support the Fluoroscopy Department and have a team of Reporting Radiographers (musculoskeletal, chest and abdomen), as well as a team of DXA Radiographers and Advanced Practitioners.
Cromer Hospital also forms part of the Trust and is situated on the beautiful North Norfolk coast. The Cromer Radiology department has a further 2 DR rooms supporting a busy MIU, GP’s and clinics together with a procedure room with its own image intensifier, for Pain lists.
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
Responsibilities:
1. Provide a professional, high quality and responsive departmental service to patients in a safe clinical environment.
2. Practice without the direct supervision of a clinician.
3. Participate in training and supervising of imaging staff, students, assistants and medical staff.
4. Support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service.
Hours of work: Full Time and part time hours are available. Shifts are a mixture of long and short days. You will be required to work flexibly - weekday / weekend and out of hour’s duties (including nights) within the NNUH Trust including Cromer District Hospital and the CDC (Community Diagnostic Centre). We operate a 7 day working week which includes rostering at nights, weekends and Bank Holidays. We offer flexible working opportunities as well.
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