Trainee CT Radiographer

TN United Kingdom; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trainee CT Radiographer at a leading healthcare trust in Wakefield. The successful candidate will join a dynamic team responsible for producing high-quality CT images and ensuring excellent patient care. This role offers a pathway for career progression from Band 5 to Band 6, with a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Access to the NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays

Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services

Flexible working options and family-friendly policies

Career progression, training and support

Qualifications

• Evidence of good CT experience required.
• HPC Registered status needed.
• Ability to motivate self and others.

Responsibilities

• Produce high quality CT images within the Radiology Service.
• Perform a comprehensive range of CT procedures.
• Contribute to training/tutorial opportunities within the CT Department.

Skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Supervisory skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

BSc Radiography

D.C.R.(R)

Job description

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Kris Fairclough, CT Team Leader - 01924 542571

About the role

The below job will commence as Band 5 and progressed to Band 6 once training is completed.

Here at the Mid Yorkshire Trust an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trainee CT Radiographer to become a key role within our department here at Radiology. We require someone who has excellent organisational and Interpersonal skills and who can continuously improve themselves and help others to do so within our department. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate evidence of either BSc Radiography or D.C.R.(R), HPC Registered. Provide evidence of good CT experience. Have the ability to work accurately under pressure and show evidence of supervisory skills.

MYTT CT cover 3 hospital sites; Pontefract, Pinderfields and Dewsbury as well as a newly installed Community Diagnostic Centre based in Wakefield. The CT team work nights, extended days, evenings and weekends (including bank holidays).

We are a challenging and fast-paced service and require someone who can step into this role with confidence and the ability to motivate themselves and others. We are looking for someone who can uphold our trust values & behaviours and play a crucial role in delivering excellent care.

**Please be aware that this advert will close early if we have a high volume of applicants**

To work as a member of the CT team responsible for producing high quality CT images within the Radiology Service

To perform a comprehensive range of CT procedures, trust wide.

To contribute towards the efficient deployment of resources enabling the patient to receive a safe, accurate and timely examination.

To assist in co-ordinating workflow demands within the CT departments across the trust.

To contribute towards finding solutions which will meet the rapidly changing demands on the radiology service.

To contribute to training/tutorial opportunities within the CT Department.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Key requirements

• To ensure imaging procedures are carried out in accordance with mandatory departmental systems of work and protocols.
• To adapt technique to the condition of the patient and level of co-operation, consistent with a good diagnostic outcome/optimum image quality.
• To assess each patient and request to produce the correct course of action for examination and diagnosis.
• To actively develop high standards of patient care ensuring Trust policies and protocols are widely communicated and are implemented e.g., infection control.
• To play an active role in the implementation and development of quality assurance programmes including departmental audit.
• To undertake additional areas of responsibility as delegated by the Team Leader.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application guidance:
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• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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