Senior Diagnostic Radiographer

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS organization in Ipswich seeks a Senior Radiographer to work in the Medical Imaging Department. The role involves a range of imaging responsibilities including emergency CT scans and supervising junior staff. Candidates must have previous NHS experience, and the position offers varied hours including weekends and overnight duties. The trust provides numerous benefits including a supportive work environment and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)

Access to NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Previous/current NHS experience is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Uphold trust values and behaviours leading by example.
• Undertake diagnostic imaging procedures according to agreed protocols.
• Support senior staff, radiologists and area leads to ensure effective and efficient organization of the workload across the service.
• Develop and maintain good, effective channels of communication within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Supervise junior radiographic, and support staff including undergraduates on clinical placement.

Job description

Opportunities have arisen for Senior Radiographers, Band 6 to work within the Medical Imaging Department on the Ipswich Hospital Site within East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust. We are part of a large district general hospital and you will be expected to rotate through all areas including the Emergency Department, CT scan, Fluoroscopy, all the plain film imaging modalities as well as opportunities for the right candidates to train within Vascular & Intervention and Cardiac modalities. We operate extended day working across a 7 day week and you will be expected to undertake overnight duties including undertaking emergency CT scans, covering weekends/bank holidays on a rostered basis. You will be required to support the managers and area Leads with delivery of an efficient and effective service within the current challenging healthcare environment. Previous/current NHS experience is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Uphold trust values and behaviours leading by example
• Undertake diagnostic imaging procedures according to agreed protocols
• Support senior staff, radiologists and area leads to ensure effective and efficient organisation of the workload across the service
• Develop and maintain good, effective channels of communication within the multi-disciplinary team
• Supervises junior radiographic, and support staff including undergraduates on clinical placement

Additional Information

Adherence to Radiation Protection legislation/governance and report breaches using the DATIX incident reporting system, including notifying senior staff/RPS as appropriate.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.

Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A