Cardiac Superintendent Radiographer

Integrated Care System; Swansea; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An integrated care system is seeking a Superintendent Radiographer to oversee the Cardiac Cath Lab at the Morriston site in Swansea. The ideal candidate will possess a BSc/DCR, significant leadership experience in radiography, and a commitment to patient-centered care. You'll be responsible for operational management and staff training, ensuring top-quality service within the regulations and guidelines of healthcare standards.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in service and operational management/leadership.
• Audit trained for QA purposes.
• Knowledge and understanding of IR(ME)R and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Cardiac Cath Lab services on the Morriston site.
• Ensure compliance with local policies and regulations.
• Provide compassionate, patient-centered care.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

BSc / DCR in Radiography

HCPC registration

Job description

We are looking to appoint a Superintendent Radiographer to lead the Cardiac Cath Lab services on the Morriston site. You should be a qualified Diagnostic Radiographer with current HCPC registration.

This role will predominantly involve the day to day planning of the service and to provide the operational leadership that this requires. You should have substantial experience in Cardiac Cath Lab Imaging, be BSc / DCR qualified, be able to demonstrate evidence of organisational and leadership skills and be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team.

Swansea Bay University Health Board Radiology services are provided on three main sites: Morriston (Swansea), Singleton (Swansea) and Neath Port Talbot Hospitals. The Radiology Departments are committed to providing training and development for all staff. All Radiographers are involved with teaching undergraduate student Radiographers from the University Hospital of Wales.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to appoint a Superintendent Radiographer to lead the Cardiac Cath Lab services on the Morriston site. Swansea Bay University Health Board is a Cardiac centre of excellence, and facilitates a cardiac intensive care unit, high dependency unit, coronary care unit, along with 3 additional cardiac wards.

The post holder will provide leadership and operational management to the Radiology team within the Catheter Laboratory environment. They will be responsible for ensuring the service operates in full compliance with current Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations [IR(ME)R] and all relevant local policies. Also contribute to Medical Exposure Group (MEG) meetings and lead preparations for Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) inspections related to the Catheter Laboratory.

A key aspect of this role is to ensure the delivery of a safe, effective, and high-quality radiographic service to patients within Swansea Bay University Health Board, through the optimal use of available resources.

The post holder will oversee and coordinate staff training specific to this modality and will contribute to the provision of a 24-hour on-call service for the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory. The post holder will also contribute to the Cardiac on-call service.

Provide compassionate, patient-centred care, respecting each individual's privacy, dignity, and cultural or religious beliefs while attending the department.

Please see job description for more details.

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

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We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Health Professions Council (HCPC) registration.
• Further Education or Postgraduate qualifications in relevant imaging specialities
• Wide Knowledge of Radiography Principles and techniques.
• Audit trained for QA purposes.
• Specialised area of interest and / or expert practice
• Robust CPD Portfolio.
• Detailed knowledge of specialised applications and techniques used in radiography.
• Knowledge and understanding of current radiography issues including national guidelines.
• Knowledge of H & S regulations
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance and Audit.
• Student Assessment.

Experience

• Significant experience in service and operational management/leadership, preferably at a senior level
• Experience with digital systems specific to radiology.
• Experience of supervision and staff management.
• attendance of relevant training course, teaching sessions and conferences
• Experience in implementing service development and change.
• Experience in developing and implementing policies and procedures.
• Experience in audit and quality improvement projects.
• Experience of implementing new techniques \ technologies.

Skills

• Organisational skills including the ability to manage multiple and conflicting tasks.
• Approachable, Self Motivated, Caring/friendly Calm and methodical
• Adaptive to change High levels of personal integrity
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Supervisory Skills Time management skills
• Knowledge and understanding of IR(ME)R and evidence of contribution to departmental audit. Recognise the contribution required for Medical Exposure Group (MEG) and Radiation Protection Group (RPG) meetings and Health Inspectorate Wales (HIW) inspections.
• ability to travel within geographical area. Able to work hours flexibly.
• IT Skills
• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
• Radiation Protection Supervisor training

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.