Radiographer

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

About

First choice for Buckinghamshire and beyond.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust provides a wide range of high-quality acute and community services from two acute hospital sites in Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe, and community hospitals at Amersham, Thame, Marlow, Buckingham, Chalfonts, and Gerrards Cross. Specialist services include our regional dermatology, allergy and skin cancer centre, burns care and plastics sub-regional centre, cardiac services, and the National Spinal Injuries Centre. More than 6,000 staff serve residents across Buckinghamshire, Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire), and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire) - a combined population of 500,000. It serves a much larger population, 1.5m for burns and plastic services and 14m for spinal injuries.

Where your needs always come first. Our patients are at the heart of everything that we do, providing you with safe and compassionate care, every time. Our focus is on providing high-quality care when and where you need it.

Key details

Location

Site: Wycombe General Hospital
Address: Queen Alexandra Road
Town: High Wycombe - expected to work cross sites
Postcode: HP11 2TT
Major / Minor Region: Buckinghamshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week or Part Time available)

Salary

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)

Job Overview

Band 5 Job Opportunity for Newly Qualified Radiographers or qualified Radiographers looking for a career change and to develop their skills.

The Wycombe radiology department offers a wide range of services to multiple specialities including Cardiac, Stroke, Neurology, Urology, and Orthopaedics. Band 5 radiographers will go through a 12-week induction programme to prepare them for working as an autonomous professional.

This post will be based at Wycombe General Hospital but the successful applicant may work cross-site as required.

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• To work unsupervised in designated areas of imaging, in and out of hours asking advice when necessary and following protocols as appropriate.
• To undertake equipment quality assurance in line with QA Programme. Vet and accept imaging requests. Use imaging sequences appropriate to the patient's condition.

The post holder will be required to develop skills to identify and mark abnormalities on plain films (Red Dot Procedure) in order to assist referring clinicians to interpret images.

Be able to work unsupervised out of hours and perform a CT head and limited contrast enhanced examinations unsupervised once trained.

Supervise students once all competencies have been completed.

Effective communication with a wide range of service users including patients, carers, and other clinical professionals inside and outside the Trust.

Working for our organisation

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Applicant requirements

• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification
Special Circumstances

• Ability to travel to other sites.
• Ability to work internal rotation including OOH work.

Experience
Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a busy hospital environment.

Desirable criteria

• 12 months working as a radiographer or student in the UK.

Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria

• DCR or BSc in Radiography.
• Registration with HPC.
• Evidence of CPD depending on length of qualification.

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria

• Plain Film Imaging experience.
• Theatre imaging experience.
• Strong knowledge and application of radiation protection procedures, IRR17 and IR(ME)R 17.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• IT Literate.
• Commitment to training other staff and students.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Richard Watson-Darby
Job title: Radiology Site Co-ordinator
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01494425081