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Lead Radiographer for Cardiac Catheterisation
The closing date is 09 November 2025
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Radiographer to lead the Radiology provision of our Cardiac Catheterisation service at Colchester Hospital.
You will work in our combined Interventional Radiology & Cardiac Angiography (IRCA) unit.
The dedicated Cardiac Cath Lab runs Monday - Friday for procedures such as diagnostic coronary angiography and pacemaker implants and liaises closely with other local hospitals for those needing interventional procedures. Our interventional Radiology service provides a 24/7 service for which Colchester is the regional vascular centre, performing procedures including RIGs, portacath insertions, ureteric stents, fibroid and prostate embolisations. We also accept patients from across the region for urgent, life‑saving procedures such as EVAR, FEVAR, embolisation, thrombolysis and angioplasty.
This post requires a rotational on‑call commitment, for which there is a 45‑minute call‑out time, once appropriate training has been provided. There is also an opportunity to rotate into CT.
Main duties of the job
* Accountable for the daily management of the staff workflow adhering to agreed protocols
* Provide significant knowledge and expertise in the clinical field of area
* Lead RPS for the your Imaging modality and keep up to date with IR(ME)R policies cascaded from the IR(ME)R Lead
* Undertake imaging to a high professional standard and ensuring good radiation governance processes are in place to support both patients and staff
* Accountable for reviewing your area policies, competency frameworks and staff training in order to support and maintain effective and efficient operation of the department enabling compliance with both national and local access targets
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered radiographer (Health Care Professions Council)
* Evidence of clinical training and personal motivation is essential
* Management Course
* Education at Masters level
* Up to date relevant RPS course
Experience
* Proven experience working in a role with regular rotation through the department
* Current experience of managing a complex area of work and leading a multidisciplinary team.
* Current experience of staff management in MDT working
* Experience of accountability for patient flow and access targets.
* Involvement with devising and implementing competency frameworks for staff training
* Experience of investigating DATIX incidents and managing outcomes
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.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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