Job Description
NHS Band 6 Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata per annum)
Hours Per week: Full time 37.5 (part time considered)
Contract: Permanent
At Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust we are looking for Band 6 Radiographers with a passion for X-Ray to join our team.
As the successful candidate you will be based primarily at Queen Alexandra Hospital but with rotation to our community hospital sites including Gosport, Fareham and Petersfield. Opportunities exist for full or part-time working and there is a requirement for out of hours working including nights, weekends, lates and earlies. Bank Holiday working is also a requirement, including Christmas and New Year on rotation.
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced radiographers to join our dynamic and friendly x-ray team. You will require drive and enthusiasm to develop your clinical and supervisory skills, as well as a desire to deliver excellent care to our patients. A minimum of 18 months NHS experience is strongly desirable for this post. Your development as a new Band 6 radiographer will be supported via our Preceptorship Programme.
Job Summary:
* Manage and be responsible for staff and resources within a designated clinical area. To supervise radiographers, students, apprentices, RDAs and APs up to a maximum of 25.
* Conduct examinations across a range of clinical specialities upon a range of patient types, both as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multi professional team, in a manner that meets professional, departmental and legal standards and requirements.
* To use discretion to work outside of departmental standards when clinical circumstances necessitate i.e. undertaking additional or specialist techniques and authorise others to do the same.
* To use professional discretion and experience to ensure that clinical practice is carried out correctly, professionally and within the legal framework.
* To support the service to function within budget.
* To contribute to education, training, audit, and service improvement, supporting a culture of continuous learning and evidence-based practice.
For further details please refer to enclosed job description .
Qualifications
Essential
* BSc (Hons) degree or Diploma in Diagnostic Radiology.
* Hold a current state registration certificate.
* Have portfolio evidence of CPD.
Desirable
* Minimum 18 months post graduate experience.
Experience:
Essential
* Post graduate experience.
* Extended clinical role or management training.
Desirable
* NHS experience.
Skills & Knowledge:
* High levels of concentration required.
* Demonstrate co-ordination and sensory skills required for precise positioning of patients with narrow margin for error.
* Speed and accuracy.
* Understanding of current Ionising Radiation Regulations (2017) and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations (2017).
* Demonstrate specialized keyboard skills required for image manipulation.
* Professional Appearance.
* Enthusiastic, positive and caring attitude.
* Self-motivated.
* Able to use initiative.
* Flexible, punctual and reliable.
* Able to handle stressful situations.
* Confident manner.
* Cheerful disposition.
* Good communication skills.
* Ability to stand for long periods of time and have the ability to bend.
Additional Information
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.