Senior Diagnostic Rotational Radiographer

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Diagnostic Rotational Radiographer to join its multi-site Imaging Departments in central London. You will rotate across St Thomas', Guy's, Evelina London Children's Hospital and the Guy's Cancer Centre, gaining exposure to routine and highly specialised imaging.

The role emphasizes leadership, supervision of students and support for service expansion.

Qualifications

• Professional radiographer with a degree and post-graduate education or equivalent.
• Experience across imaging modalities including CT and Interventional Radiology preferred.
• Experience supervising students/junior radiographers and working out of hours.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Patient care

Dose management

IR(ME)R 2017

Education

Degree in Radiography

Tools

Image intensifiers

Job description

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Diagnostic Rotational Radiographer

The closing date is 22 November 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled and enthusiastic person to join our team of Band 6 radiographers at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. As one of the most successful and highly regarded teaching hospitals in the NHS we are able to provide enviable opportunities for you to develop your career. We offer exposure to a fantastic combination of routine, varied and often highly specialised experiences. Our radiographer rotation includes, St Thomas', Guy's, Evelina London Children's Hospital and Guy's Cancer Centre. We have an impressive array of high-tech equipment but our greatest asset is our highly skilled, patient focussed and friendly team. Our ethos is about mutual support and shared achievement, developing our staff and services to provide exemplary levels of care to our patients. Our sites are located in stunning central London locations giving you every opportunity for both social and professional rewards.

We are looking for talented and ambitious Band 6 radiographers to support the expansion of our Imaging Departments and the introduction of additional imaging capacity across our modalities.

As a Band 6 radiographer you will enhance your current skills and be supported to develop further skills in CT and Interventional Radiology whilst also gaining valuable experience in supervision and leadership.

Face to face Interviews will take place week commencing 7th December

Main duties of the job

Attached you will find the job description and person specification documents which provide more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

About us

Guy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.

We have over 23,500 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Job responsibilities

Attached you will find the job description and person specification documents which provide more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

Person Specification

Professional/ Statutory Registration

• State Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council UK

Qualifications/ Education

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree plus short specialist courses and/or experience to post-graduate diploma level or equivalent

Experience

• Applies and effectively utilises professional and technological knowledge across a broad range of themes associated with role to support and enhance the patient care pathway - using specialist knowledge gained from training, courses and or experience including post-graduate diploma level or equivalent.
• Experience in Emergency Department, Fluoroscopy and Operating Theatre imaging environments.
• Experience in supervision and training of student and junior Radiographers
• Experience of working out of hours (weekends / night shifts)Experience in CT scanning and interventional imaging
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Skills /Knowledge/ Ability

• Ability to demonstrates an understanding of the importance of delivering potentially complex or sensitive information to patients and can identify and overcome barriers to effective communication.
• Exemplary professional appearance and approach and effective advocate for patients
• Ability to work well with an interdisciplinary team and promote effective working
• Able to effectively plan and prioritise patient workload, recognising when to seek support to ensure safe and efficient patient care.
• Utilises skills to manage complex / acute patient conditions including assessment and implementation of protocols, exposure and dose management.
• Working knowledge of IR(ME)R 2017 & IRR 2017
• Experience in safe use of equipment demonstrating responsibility for specialist and expensive equipment including over-couch tubes, mobile Image Intensifiers with monitors and mobile x-ray machines (motorised and non-motorised)
• Evidence of leadership skills
• Evidence of audit or involvement in clinical governance
• Contribute to discussion and clinical implementation of department policies and procedures related to role offering proposes changes relative to experience.
• Able to effectively plan and deliver training sessions.

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.

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