General Imaging Practice Development Radiographer

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the City of London is seeking a General Imaging Practice Development Radiographer. This senior position involves leading and facilitating workforce development for radiographers and improving patient care pathways. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in General Imaging and a strong background in education and project management. The role offers a salary range of £55,690 to £62,682 plus HCAS pro rata, fostering a supportive work environment for staff engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience in a senior role in a radiology acute health care environment.
• High clinical competence in Radiography services with specialism in one or more modalities.
• Demonstrable ability to plan and organize complex project/change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead on design, development, and implementation of practice development improvements.
• Develop education capabilities within the radiography department.
• Ensure all workforce development programmes are measured and documented.

Skills

Expert knowledge in General Imaging

Education and workforce development

Project/change management

Facilitation and negotiation

Education

BSc in Diagnostic Radiography

HCPC Registered Allied Health Professional

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

Quality Improvement Qualification

Prince 2 or Project Management Qualification

Job description

General Imaging Practice Development Radiographer

An exciting senior radiographer position has arisen to support and lead further developments in relation to education, upskilling and people development within our busy radiography department. This post is responsible for overseeing the development of strategic people and pathway development within General Imaging areas including Plain Film Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Dexa, Fluroscopy and interventional radiology areas working cross-organisation across our sites at LGT and will work closely with operational teams and other practice & workforce development colleagues.

This role sits within the small but high impact AHP Workforce Development Team, where the successful person will provide outreach support and leadership for specific areas and teams within the radiography department. There will also be opportunity to work with other professions and services and a positive support network around this role exists.

The post is responsible for a wide variety of workstreams to scope, engage and develop the abilities of our registered and non-registered Radiographers to ultimately ensure service users continue to receive safe and effective quality care.

PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post

Main duties of the job

The post would suit a highly experienced radiographer with expert knowledge in General Imaging with knowledge and abilities across in education and workforce development who has a passion for improving pathways and taking responsibility for overseeing projects and programmes related to clinical, leadership, research and educational frameworks.

This post is responsible for overseeing the development of strategic people and pathway development within General Imaging areas including Plain Film Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Dexa, Fluroscopy and Interventional radiology areas across our sites at LGT.

Reporting to the AHP Workforce and Education Lead the post holder will lead on the design, development and implementation of practice development improvements across the Radiography Department to provide the highest standards of patient safety and quality. The role will provide focused input across Plain Film and associated services and therefore will have broad knowledge of how these specific services operate.

The post holder will provide expertise and support to all Radiography teams across the trust, but specifically within the above modality and will engage clinical teams at every level in the scoping, design and implementation of new practice and/or models of care with a focus on workforce development, building capacity and positively transforming the ways of working within the department.

PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post

About us

The post holder will lead others involved in workforce and education within the radiography department and where relevant will deputise for the AHP Workforce and Education Lead. They will work closely with the Practice Development Lead for AHPs to provide robust practice development initiatives with a focus on Radiographers and those undertaking X-Ray investigations but may at times branch across other professions.

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Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Job responsibilities

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Key Roles & Performance Areas:

This role is responsible for developing key high impact workforce development initiatives within General Imaging areas including Plain Film Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Dexa, Fluroscopy and interventional radiology areas across our sites at LGT.

To lead programmes of practice improvement across the Radiography Department that meet national standards and align to the Trust strategic; clinical strategy and regulatory requirements

• To help develop education capabilities within the radiography department with a specific focus on their assigned modalities
• To chair meetings related to radiography workforce and education and similar meetings with the formation of agendas, minutes, outcomes as appropriate.

To setup, lead and monitor a governance system of ensuring all relevant Radiographers and clinical support workers within the department and assigned modalities have equitable access to development opportunities across the four pillars of practice and that these are put into practice.

To participate in and support, enable and empower the wider radiography team with participation in audit and other benchmarking activity.

Influence and facilitate the integration and transformation of care and support the introduction of new ways of working

To develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary staff across the Trust, including senior practitioners, managers, health professionals and supportstaff.

To positively search out opportunities for service improvement and pathway redesign ensuring that patient safety and quality is always at the heart of any improvement

To engage and develop effective working relationships with clinical divisional teams at every level in the scoping, redesign and implementation of proposed practice development including working with other AHP teams to improve the patient experience.

To ensure that the training, technical and measurement elements of improvement are developed in parallel with the practice development itself and with relevant divisional leads

• Source new information relating to the transformation agenda.
• Support senior managers and Clinicians in the areas of improvement, organisational development and spread and sustainability of effective practice.
• Provide timely and comprehensive information updates and reports to the AHP Workforce and Education Lead and to other key stakeholders.
• Assist in research work pertaining to the service improvement agenda and more specifically to spread and sustainability of improved practice such as through audits, using the results to improve practice of others
• Keep up to date with research and developments regarding improvement science, change and transformation.
• Ensure all workforce development programmes of work undertaken by the radiography team are measured, managed and documented clearly and concisely and where necessary using clear project management approaches. This will include scoping, designing, implementing, evaluating, reporting and adjusting a project/programme against a specification of work or project plan.
• Ensure that programmes of work are communicated using any opportunities available, i.e. Intranet, Webinars, Trust communication and other regular meeting forums.
• To follow at all times and promote the highest standards of professional practice as laid down in the HCPC standards and the behavioral expectations and to ensure all staff in their sphere of responsibility also meet these standards

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• HCPC Registered Allied Health Professional - Radiographer
• BSc in Diagnostic Radiography (or equivalent healthcare qualification)
• Recognised relevant teaching/assessing qualification
• Master's degree or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Modality specific qualification or advanced training showing a high level of competence in the specific modality areas related to the role - Plain Film/ General/ XR imaging and associated practices
• Prince 2 or Project Management Qualification
• Quality Improvement (QI) Qualification
• Member of SoR

Experience

• Considerable experience or more in a senior role in a radiology acute health care environment
• High clinical competence in Radiography services, with a specialism in one or more modalities where the role will be operating in e.g. Plain Film/ General/ XR and associated practices
• Demonstrable ability to plan and organise a range of Project/change management/practice development/QI matters which are highly complex and contentious often requiring formulating and adjusting plans as required.
• Extensive facilitation, training and negotiation experience
• Demonstrable evidence of design and implementation of service improvement /practice development at local, divisional and organisational level
• Research and Audit.
• Evidence of cross organisation working
• Service/practice development with partners

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrates up to date knowledge and understanding of the NHS environment and current professional AHP/Radiography & associated practice
• Reflective approach to practice and able to make judgements involving a range of complex situations requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of various options
• Able to present highly complex, sensitive and contentious information to a range of stakeholders
• Report writing and presentation of complex information and data related to workforce development
• Theoretical knowledge and experience in change/project management/practice development.
• Theoretical knowledge underpinning organisational development, change management and project management
• Abilities, Knowledge and Skills in the modality allocated to the role
• Abilities to use matrix management and to empower and enable others to lead and support development initiatives
• Experience in spreading improved practice.

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.

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum plus HCAS pro rata