Job overview
To deliver a high-quality, safe, and efficient MRI and CT service within Candover Radiology, ensuring excellent patient care and diagnostic imaging standards.
The post holder will independently assess and justify imaging referrals, undertake a wide range of MRI and CT examinations, and ensure images are of diagnostic quality in line with professional standards, legislation, and departmental policies.
The role includes supervision and support of junior staff and students, participation in the 7-day MRI rota, and contribution to service development and continuous improvement.
The post holder will play an active role in maintaining service resilience, supporting service expansion, and embedding best practice across cross-sectional imaging.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Practice:
1. Assess, justify, and perform MRI and CT examinations in accordance with IR(ME)R, professional guidance, and local protocols.
• Ensure high standards of patient care, safety, dignity, and comfort at all times.
•Confidently run MRI and CT lists, including accommodating emergency and urgent requests.
•Administer intravenous contrast agents and associated medications in line with departmental procedures, ensuring accurate documentation and reporting of adverse events.
•Maintain MRI safety standards, ensuring compliance with local rules and national guidance.
•Perform daily quality assurance checks and basic equipment troubleshooting.
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•Act as a role model for best practice in cross-sectional imaging, supporting standardisation of protocols and optimisation of image quality.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Practice
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Assess, justify, and perform MRI and CT examinations in accordance with IR(ME)R, professional guidance, and local protocols.
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Ensure high standards of patient care, safety, dignity, and comfort at all times.
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Confidently run MRI and CT lists, including accommodating emergency and urgent requests.
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Administer intravenous contrast agents and associated medications in line with departmental procedures, ensuring accurate documentation and reporting of adverse events.
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Maintain MRI safety standards, ensuring compliance with local rules and national guidance.
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Perform daily quality assurance checks and basic equipment troubleshooting.
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Act as a role model for best practice in cross-sectional imaging, supporting standardisation of protocols and optimisation of image quality.
Leadership and Supervision
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Supervise, support, and mentor junior radiographers, assistant practitioners, support workers, and students.
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Provide clinical advice and support to colleagues, including newly qualified staff.
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Deputise for senior radiographers or superintendents as required, supporting operational service delivery.
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Contribute to staff training, induction, and competency development.
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Support a positive learning culture by contributing to competency frameworks and reflective practice.
Service Delivery and Organisation
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Manage and prioritise clinical workloads effectively, including during periods of high demand and out-of-hours working.
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Respond flexibly to emergency interruptions, re-organising lists based on clinical priority.
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Contribute to service planning, capacity management, and service improvement initiatives.
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Ensure MRI and CT environments are safe, well maintained, and fit for purpose, escalating issues as required.
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Participate in service audits and quality improvement projects to enhance efficiency, patient experience, and safety.
Governance, Quality, and Safety
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Ensure compliance with Trust policies, professional standards, and regulatory requirements.
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Actively contribute to clinical governance, risk management, and incident reporting.
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Maintain confidentiality and information governance in line with Caldicott principles and data protection legislation.
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Promote infection prevention and control and safe working practices at all times.
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and carers, including those with additional needs or communication barriers.
• Provide clear explanations of procedures, risks, and aftercare, obtaining informed consent where appropriate.
• Communicate professionally with radiologists, referring clinicians, managers, and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Demonstrate empathy and reassurance when supporting anxious or distressed patients.
Information Technology and Systems
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Use Trust IT systems including PAS, CRIS, and PACS effectively.
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Retrieve, manipulate, and share imaging data in accordance with Trust policies.
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Use digital tools for audit, presentations, reporting, and service monitoring.
Training, Audit, and Research
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Participate in audit and research activities relevant to the department.
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Support the education and supervision of student radiographers and learners.
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Maintain personal CPD in line with HCPC requirements.
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Engage with external training opportunities to support service development in advanced MRI and CT techniques.
Sustainability and Resource Management
• Ensure safe and effective use of high-value imaging equipment.
• Promote efficient use of resources and minimise waste.
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• Support the Trust’s Green Plan and NHS Net Zero ambitions through sustainable working practices.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
2. BSc (or equivalent) in Diagnostic Radiography
3. HCPC Registration
4. Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable criteria
5. SOR-approved cannulation and drug administration qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
6. Demonstrable experience in MRI and CT imaging
7. • Sound knowledge of IR(ME)R and relevant legislation
Desirable criteria
8. Evidence of substantial experience in CT, including relevant legislation.
Skills
Essential criteria
9. Ability to work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team
10. Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
11. Effective communication and interpersonal skills