Job overview
The successful candidate will work alongside the Modality lead to provide a safe and efficient CT service. You will be expected to work/ train to cover CT, Cath Lab and plain film as required by the service and based on experience.
Candidates should have significant CT experience with a post graduate qualification in CT or be willing to undertake the qualification on appointment.
The successful candidate will be expected to train new staff, implement service change and maintain image quality, while being an expert point of contact for junior staff.
Main duties of the job
- Work alongside the Modality Lead for the CT Service.
- Vet and accept specialist and general imaging requests.
- Perform highly complex scans including cardiac CT.
- Intravenous injection of contrast media by hand or by injector.
- Programming of scanner sequences/protocols for use of other staff.
- Advanced knowledge of CT protocols, with the ability to amend scans as required in collaboration with CT Leads
- Full participation and trainer of CT scanner QA
- Cannula insertion trainer and competency assessment.
- High pressure injector trainer and competency assessment.
- Use imaging sequences appropriate to the patient’s condition.
- Interpretation of CT images to a level where the post-holder is able to discuss further imaging requirements with a Consultant Radiologist to improve the diagnostic out-come for the patient and expedite important findings.
- Train, sign off and maintain staff training records in CT
- Manage CT stock ensuring proactive ordering management and monitoring of supplies
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
7. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families
What do we stand for?
8. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
9. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
10. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
11. Ability to work out of hours.
12. Ability to work extended days.
13. Ability to travel to other sites.
14. Physical Effort – positioning, manoeuvring patients and equipment.
15. Mental effort Frequent concentration on assessing patients, scanning, setting up injectors, teaching Etc.
16. Emotional effort Frequent exposure to highly distressing circumstances – patients with injury, cancer and other life threatening illnesses.
17. Working conditions – frequent exposure unpleasant working conditions - body fluids
Desirable criteria
18. Full UK Driving License
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
19. Ionising Radiation Legislation
20. CT Safety
21. Knowledge of patient monitoring whilst sedated/anaesthetised
22. Venepuncture & Cannulation
23. Manual Handling
24. Effective communication skills in particular to manage difficult and claustrophobic patients and patients of all ages.
25. Ability to develop protocols for clinical imaging in order to support evidence based practice
26. Ability to develop/ influence department-wide policies/procedures to support a consistent approach to patient care
27. Knowledge of Health & Safety issues.
28. Computer literate – required to use specialist imaging equipment including complex post processing image manipulation packages. The radiology information system and standard windows applications.
29. Appraisal and objective setting.
30. Organisation skills.
31. Management of complaints
32. Presentation skills for effective teaching of other staff
Experience
Essential criteria
33. 4 years’ experience in radiography including out of hours work
34. 3 years specialist experience in CT
35. Wider radiology experience to participate in out of hours service.
36. Experience of day to day running of a service.
37. Staff/student supervision and competency assessment.
38. Staff management and appraisal
39. Has undertaken audit projects and acted on findings
40. Protocol development
41. Knowledge of CT QA
42. Authorised trainer for venflon insertion.
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
43. Degree or equivalent in Radiography
44. HCPC Registration
45. Evidence of CPD
46. Post Graduate Certificate in CT
47. Certificate in IV Injections
48. Management experience
49. Short Course in CT
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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