General Radiographer

Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Carisbrooke; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site day nursery

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounts at local businesses and gyms

Beach hut hire

Job summary

Isle of Wight NHS Trust is recruiting a General Radiographer to join Team IOWNHS. The Band 6 post is a permanent, full-time role (37.5 hours per week) requiring HCPC registration and recent experience within an emergency NHS Trust.

You will work across radiology services, including the Emergency Department, Theatre, Neonatal Unit, ICU and CT, with on-call duties and a commitment to high-quality patient care. The Trust emphasises its CARE values and flexible working opportunities.

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration required and recent experience in emergency NHS Trust environment.
• Ability to work across multiple radiology settings including ED, Theatre, ICU and CT.

Responsibilities

• Work in the Emergency Department, Theatre, inpatient areas, Neonatal Unit and Intensive Care Unit.
• Provide radiographic imaging and contribute to patient care in a fast-paced, on-call setting.
• Maintain patient safety and radiation protection standards.

Skills

Excellent communication

Leadership

Education

Diploma of College of Radiographers or BSc equivalent

Job description

Band 6: £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum

Full-Time (37.5 hours)

Permanent Position

We are recruiting for a General Radiographerwho wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.

HCPC Registration required along with recent experience of
working in emergency NHS Trust environment

Main duties of the job

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff.

Working for our organisation

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust serves a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

• an on-site day nursery
• cycle-to-work scheme
• discounts at local businesses and gyms
• the opportunity to hire the Trust's beach hut in Ryde
• We offer many flexible working opportunities

We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem of the south coast off England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The Island offers an amazing coast line with beautiful countryside, year round events, festivals and award winning attractions.

Our 2024-2029 'Working Together, Improving Together' strategy sets out our objectives for the next 5 years, setting the framework for our collaboration to deliver our vision of working together to deliver excellence in care for our patients and communities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the post-holder require service delivery in a wide range of clinical environments, as well as to a diversity of patient presentations.

Radiographers will be required to work unsocial hours according to rota, but under supervision.

The service is run on a general service and on call basis and includes working in areas such as the Emergency Department, Theatre, inpatient areas, Neonatal Unit and Intensive Care Unit, CT scanning and interventional suites within Radiology. Patient presentation will include the unconscious, uncooperative, incapacitated, incompetent, disorientated and those with physical and mental disabilities. A wide variety of patients will be encountered and will include those exhibiting anti-social or threatening behaviour including both un-convicted and legally convicted e.g. prisoners.

Other influencing factors include the skills needed to provide patients or relatives with empathy and emotional support for the bereaved, terminally ill, injured, traumatised or those altered by substance use/abuse.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma of College of Radiographers or BSc equivalent
• State Registration with the Health & Care Profession Council

Knowledge

• Recent experience of working in emergency NHS Trust environment
• Evidence of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Recent experience using digital equipment in a PACS environment
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Physical Skills

• Able to work all shift pattern, including night shifts
• Must be able to work independently
• Able to wear radiation protective clothing (5mm equivalence) and monitoring devices
• Be able to operate VDU equipment in both image acquisition and data management
• Be able to operate manual handling aids, as provided by the department including patient slide boards, sheets, hoists and trolleys
• Be able to operate and move full range of radiographic equipment including over-couch tubes, mobile Image Intensifiers with monitors and mobile x-ray machines (motorised and non-motorised)
• Must be able to demonstrate good technical knowledge and continuous development

Abilities

• Must be able to work to short deadlines and have a flexible approach to workload

Communication Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Effective advocate for patients
• Evidence of leadership skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.