About this role
Job summary
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 description
Job responsibilities
Person Specification
Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential
- State Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council UK
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree plus short specialist courses and/or experience to post-graduate diploma level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Experience of working out of hours (weekends / night shifts)
- Experience in CT scanning and interventional imaging
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Skills /Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- 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)
Desirable
- 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
London
SE1 9RT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)