Radiographer

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for radiographer roles. The post is 37.5 hours per week and involves working across 7 days, including nights and on-call at Wrightington.

Candidates will gain experience in trauma, general and orthopaedic imaging, theatre and mobile imaging, paediatrics, fluoroscopy and dental radiography, with planned rotation into DEXA and Nuclear Medicine within a dynamic team.

Responsibilities

• Work across 7 days including nights and on-call at Wrightington.
• Gain experience across trauma imaging, general and orthopaedic imaging, theatre and mobile imaging, paediatrics, fluoroscopy and dental radiography.
• Rotation into both DEXA and Nuclear Medicine within a busy radiology department.

Job description

We would like to invite you to join our friendly, dynamic team at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We host diagnostic services in four sites offering clinical services across a diverse range of specialities. The role is 37.5 hours per week and involves working across 7 days including nights and on call at Wrightington.

Successful candidates will be able to gain a wide range of experience. This will include trauma imaging, general and specialist orthopaedic imaging, theatre and mobile imaging, paediatrics, fluoroscopy, and dental radiography. We are committed to providing increased opportunities to gain more experience in specialised areas and are introducing rotation into both DEXA and Nuclear Medicine. We have a fantastic reporting radiographer team, as well as advanced clinical practitioners performing GI fluoroscopy procedures.

Wrightington Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence delivers world renowned innovations in orthopaedic care from some of the UK's leading Consultants, many whom have an international reputation for surgical excellence. At the Thomas Linacre Outpatient centre we image a variety of GP and patients from the outpatient clinics. Leigh Infirmary has been chosen as the location of our new state of the art Community Diagnostic Centre. The existing General Radiography rooms are to be replaced with high specification Digital Radiography equipment to image patients referred from Primary Care, patients from the Walk in Centre and outpatient clinics. The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary provides a base for emergency and acute work. The department hosts an interventional suite which offers the opportunity of rotation as well as general fluoroscopic techniques that are delivered in two recently upgraded fluoroscopy rooms. The team undertake a range of procedures. The department includes 5 plain film imaging rooms. It is a busy department offering a range of experience. The Wigan site manages patients from a wide range of clinical specialities including Surgery, Medicine, Critical Care and Paediatrics. The site is a designated Trauma Unit which supports the Greater Manchester Trauma Network. The service has a dedicated Paediatric Emergency Care Unit with a large Maternity Unit and Paediatric ward. Staff may attend these areas to perform mobile imaging, including neonatal imaging., Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high-quality acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, our staff are central to everything we do -- we believe that happy staff make for happy patients, and this ethos underpins our culture and our success. We have a strong, recognised track record in staff engagement and in living our values:

our values:

• People at the Heart
• Listen and Involve
• Kind and Respectful
• ONE Team

We are committed to placing patients at the heart of every decision and delivering safe, effective care that protects dignity and enhances experience. We seek to recruit people who share our values, our passion for high-quality care, and our belief in working together as One Team.