Job Overview
To work at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as Deputy Lead Radiographer for MRI. The service provides an MRI service and is located within radiology department at Hillingdon Hospital.
The post holder will be an effective member of the Radiology team, a role model, provide clinical leadership, undertake managerial responsibilities and maintain quality standards.
The Radiology Service at Hillingdon Hospital operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with core hours between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday. The MRI service operates 8am to 5pm every day excluding weekends.
Responsibilities
* Co‑ordinate and communicate effectively with the Modality Lead Radiographers.
* Assist the Lead Radiographer with development of protocols and procedures in MRI.
* Help in the development of radiographer vetting.
* Represent MRI as part of a multi‑professional team and support work of relevant clinical networks.
* Relate to all manner of patients with care, compassion and confidentiality.
* Achieve and maintain skills in information technology relevant to imaging.
* Use the departmental radiology information systems to register patients, check patient results and generate patient appointments.
* Manage and support training of radiographers, clinical imaging assistants and students in MRI.
Trust Information
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well‑being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated Care System, ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe and compassionate care while driving forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
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