MRI Radiographer

Trafford General Hospital, part of Manchester Foundation Trust, is seeking to appoint a committed and compassionate MRI radiographer to join our imaging team.

We scan a range of complex MRI scanning procedures across our main site at Trafford General Hospital, which has a Siemens SOLA 1.5T, and our CDC site at Withington Community Hospital which also has a Siemens SOLA 1.5T.

To provide a high-quality MR service to all patients at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). The MR Department consists of a friendly and compassionate team with patient care at the forefront of imaging practice. We work a 7-day week, rotating across both sites on 11.5 working hours per shift with no night shifts and on-call.

We are a busy department within MFT and work within a bigger team of Radiographers and Radiology Assistants. The range of pediatric and adult MR examinations across all scanners is extensive. Both Withington and Trafford General Hospitals are busy departments, performing a wide range of examinations including MR Breast imaging at Trafford Hospital. You will be expected to work a 12-hour (11.5 working hours) shift across a 7-day working pattern.

Main Duties

1. Primarily undertake radiographic duties in any of the MR scanners at MFT, ensuring high standards of radiographic quality and patient care are maintained and delivered in a timely manner.
2. Assess the patients' condition and adapt technique accordingly. Communicate highly complex information. Inform relatives and carers when necessary of the procedure being undertaken.
3. Analyse complex tasks or situations requiring interpretation or comparison of a range of options. Possess specialist skills for assessing acute and other patient conditions, adapting MR parameters to complex cases.
4. As an MRI radiographer, you will be expected to be proactive in your work, taking responsibility wherever you are working if the modality leads are not present and supervising junior staff to ensure the department is working safely and efficiently.
5. Empathise and reassure patients who are worried, anxious, or reluctant to undergo the procedure by providing thoughtful and constructed responses to their questions. Patient groups will regularly include those with learning disabilities and those with cancer or dementia.
6. Be competent in all MR specialist techniques and in the use of all specialist equipment used in MR following appropriate training.

About Us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. To be even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits, and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc in Diagnostic Radiography
• 1 Year or more experience in MR
• Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration

• Postgraduate level qualification in MR
• Pediatric experience
• More than 2 years experience in MR

Employer Details

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Radiology department, Trafford General Hospital
Moorside Road
Manchester
M41 5SL

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