Senior Cardiac Radiographer

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in England is seeking a Cardiac Radiographer to join their team. This role offers the chance to start or further a career in cardiac imaging, focusing on providing high-quality imaging services. You'll work in a modern Cardiac Catheter Laboratory and collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams. The position involves important responsibilities such as ensuring safety during procedures and maintaining accurate patient records. The organization promotes flexible working to support staff well-being.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Support for CPD

Qualifications

• Possess good inter-professional communication skills essential for liaising with healthcare workers.
• Successfully pass training for named operator under IR(ME)R regulations.
• Maintain professional regulatory and accreditation requirements.

Responsibilities

• Act as a named operator under IR(ME)R regulations.
• Ensure patient demographics and data are accurately recorded.
• Participate in patient resuscitation in the emergency setting.

Skills

Good inter-professional communication skills

Manual dexterity

Radiation protection knowledge

Ability to work unsupervised

Education

Training in cardiac imaging

Tools

X-ray equipment

ChangeHealth information systems

Job description

Overview

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries. We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home‑life balance. Working patterns such as part‑time working, self‑rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

Cardiac Radiographer – Band 5/6

Band 5 (trainee) and/or Band 6 vacancy available. This role offers the opportunity to start or progress a career in cardiac imaging, working within a Cardiac Catheter Laboratory and providing high quality, effective imaging services, including Cath Lab Angiography (electrophysiology, pacing, structural heart and coronary intervention). The post holder will work closely with radiographers, clinical staff, students of all grades and provide safe, prompt and effective imaging. The post holder will possess good inter‑professional communication skills essential for liaising with doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers at all seniority levels. Radiographers assist in all patient care needs in all the cardiac catheter laboratories. The role will involve participating in governance with risk management, health and safety, research and audit activities and reporting to Superintendent Cardiac Radiographer.

Responsibilities

• Act as a named operator (Duty holder) under IR(ME)R 2017 regulations with scope of practice defined within departmental competency documentation (on completion of training).
• Be responsible for all aspects of Radiation Protection during Catheter Laboratory procedures.
• Ensure all patient demographics, imaging and data inputs are accurately recorded for patient record integrity, imaging recall and statistical evaluation purposes in relevant books and systems.
• Ensure clinical duties are carried out in a manner ensuring safety and compliance with any locally agreed protocols (on completion of training).
• Setup/maintain/administer intravenous contrast media using a pressure injector/manually as directed by a prescribing practitioner (on completion of training).
• Participate in the safe transfer of patients and equipment within the department and hospital, using manual handling guidelines and risk assessments.
• Enter accurate patient and examination data into x‑ray equipment and relevant associated systems e.g. ChangeHealth.
• Work potential shifts as part of the contracted hours per week and work unsupervised within out of hour arrangements (on completion of training) and participate in the on‑call service rota.
• Act as a named operator (Duty holder) under IR(ME)R 2017 regulations with scope of practice defined within departmental competency documentation (on completion of training).
• Evaluate and take professional responsibility for the quality, accuracy and adequacy of own completed examinations.
• Liaise with the Practitioner where clarification is required regarding selection of the most clinically appropriate imaging protocol (on completion of training).
• Recognise a variety of complex cardiac anatomy and pathologies and adapt protocol and radiological views as necessary (on completion of training).
• Participate in patient resuscitation in the emergency setting.
• Ascertain from the patient, patient's guardian or the practitioner, pat​ent's suitability for receipt of intravenous contrast media.
• Demonstrate partnership in professional development by maintaining a high level of knowledge and technical skills through personal CPD (on completion of training).
• Adapt and quickly respond to changes in service, patients and department need and undertake other duties as and when required by service demands or Superintendent.
• Effectively liaise with all disciplines of staff within the Cardiology/Trust.
• Report deficits in the data integrity of the Information systems to Superintendent e.g. ChangeHealth, in use in the department.
• Report clinical, non‑clinical and radiation incidents in line with Trust and Departmental Risk Management policies to Superintendent (on completion of training).
• Attend departmental meetings as required.
• Operate accurately and safely highly complex radiological equipment, requiring a high degree of manual dexterity (on completion of training).
• Ensure any equipment faults are brought to the attention of the appropriate Superintendent or Senior member of staff, in a timely fashion.
• Participate in out of hours duties (on completion of training).
• Trouble‑shoot equipment faults and assist in making suitable provision for the service in the event of equipment failure (on completion of training). Notify the Superintendent Radiographer of the fault. Ensure records surrounding such events are maintained.
• Ensure personal professional regulatory and accreditation requirements are maintained.
• Undertake Medical Devices training, and adhere to the Trust's policy in undertaking regular up‑date and review of equipment operation.
• Attend mandatory training sessions arranged by the department. (Fire, Resuscitation, Moving & handling, Control of infection)
• Be responsible for the maintenance of Cardiac Catheter Laboratory records and enable them to be utilised for audit and Clinical Governance purposes (on completion of training).
• Ensure that adequate levels of stock are maintained within the Cardiac Catheter Laboratories, ensuring that any problems or issues are reported to the Superintendent Cardiac Radiographer.
• Have a professional and friendly approach to all visitors, students and members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Undertake digital archiving procedures in accordance with agreed protocols and the application of precise post‑processing manipulations.
• Accurately record data on the Cardiology Information Systems and comply with the Data Protection Act.
• Initiate and participate in audit including contribution to imaging data collection.
• Contribute to practice development in reaction to the findings of audit and recent evidence, implement recommendations, and monitor their effectiveness.
• Comprehend and adhere to the requirements of IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR.
• Assist the Superintendent Radiographer in the prevention of high radiation dose procedures and produce and follow a revised protocol devised here in Blackpool and followed by all Tertiary centres and DGH's in the North West.
• Perform any other radiographic or allied duties as required by the Superintendent Radiographer consistent with maintaining the efficient running of the Department.
• Maintain commitment to CPD, keeping up to date with the latest developments, as required for Clinical Governance.
• Ensure CPD portfolio is kept up to date.

Values

• Safe
• Caring
• Respectful

Contract and Working Pattern

Flexible working patterns such as part‑time, self‑rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime are available. Working hours are 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Location

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, covering Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. It is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) serving around 1.6 million people.

Recruitment Notice

Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check will be carried out as part of pre‑employment checks. The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated. Non‑smoking policy is strictly enforced – staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time. An annual DBS update service is available for staff.

EEO Statement

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.