Bank Radiographer, Band 6 CT/MRI/X-ray

Would you like to join a team of exceptional, forward thinking and innovative professionals? Are you patient centred in your approach to work and strive to provide top quality images?

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic, motivated, and compassionate Band 6 Diagnostic Radiographers trained in CT/MRI or X-ray to join our busy and supportive Radiology Department as a bank Radiographer.

You will work as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing a comprehensive diagnostic imaging service across inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and GP pathways.

Job description

As a Bank Band 6 radiographer in our department you will be responsible for working with a multidisciplinary team to provide highly skilled patient focused care. You will need to have a high level of clinical knowledge, with good communication and decision making skills, the ability to prioritise and to be flexible in your approach to work, working closely with the band 7 leads to deliver an efficient, effective service while offering guidance and support to junior colleagues.

Staff recruited to this post will have the opportunity to rotate through the CDC, community hospitals, x-ray on the acute sites or through cross sectional modalities on both acute sites depending on experience.

Shifts available will be 7 days a week starting on a daytime basis but may move into out of hours depending on experience and time in the department

In addition the post holder will:

- Have detailed evidence of appropriate ongoing professional development (professional portfolio)

- Annual attendance at mandatory training.

- Exhibit effective day to day multidisciplinary team and leadership skills

- Have the ability to motivate others

- Possess developed judgement and decision-making skills and be reflective in thinking and outlook

- Have the skills to supervise, instruct and train student radiographers on placement and trainee assistant practitioners.

- Basic knowledge of IT skills.

- Physical skills required: dexterity, co-ordination and sensory skill required for precise positioning of patients with narrow margins of error, and performing intravenous injections. Specialised keyboard skills for image manipulation.

- Have competency sign off in the areas of clinical specialty

See attached job description for more information

Additional Contact Details

Jaimie Willcock : jaimie.willcock@nhs.net- Operational Modality lead

Person specification

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• DCR(R) , BSC in Radiography, or equivalent overseas qualification. State registration (HCPC)
• Demonstrate a high degree of practical experience and up to date knowledge of plain film imaging
• Maintain a high standard of patient care and professional conduct
• Be able to work under pressure and prioritise workload. Be able to deal with day to day decisions when working single-handed
• Work well both in a team and independently
• Demonstrate good communication skills both verbal and written
• Teach, train and motivate student radiographers and trainee assistant practitioners
• Evidence of ongoing CPD
• Be able to participate in provision of 24/7 cover
• Demonstrate a high degree of practical experience and up to date knowledge of CT/MR/IR etc

About the employer

The Radiology Directorate at GHNHSFT manages services across 10 sites in Gloucestershire including 2 District General Hospitals a CDC and 7 community sites . We are the second largest directorate in the South West of England offering a broad range of sub-specialty work for adult and paediatric radiography including trauma and orthopaedic examinations, mobile imaging and general radiography, cardiac and interventional procedures , digital fluoroscopy, CT , MRI and Ultrasound.

Cheltenham General Hospital has undergone a major refurbishment in recent years with all modalities benefiting from equipment replacement including 4 new digital xray rooms, 1 cone beam CT OPG/Ceph room, 3 new CT Scanners and 2 MRI scanners . Gloucestershire Hospital is currently having an innovative interventional centre built to house 2 new cardiac cath labs and 2 IR rooms . In addition the district hospitals have all benefited from new digital equipment in the last couple of years.