Cross Sectional Imaging Radiographer CT/MRI - Harefield Hospital
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area Imaging Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week Job ref 196-LIS9590
Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Harefield Hospital Town Harefield Salary £42,939 - £50,697 p.a. inc Outer HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 27/06/2025
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
To work together with the Superintendent radiographer to ensure the provision of a high-quality service by the Imaging department, especially cross-sectional imaging CT & MRI at the Harefield Hospital. 85% of our work is providing cardio-thoracic scans to a busy primary angioplasty and advanced heart failure/ cardio thoracic transplant centre.
You will need to have experience in either cardiac CT or MRI, ideally both and will participate in the on call out of hours service. You would gain further experience in CT and MRI and will be participating in the extended working day across both modalities. Further details and conditions will be discussed during the interview.
Both part time and full-time applications are welcome.
The post holder will be required to work in the Imaging Department and participate in the provision of a 24-hr on-call CT service in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Head of the Department.
To be responsible for the continuing professional development and overall performance of all staff in the Imaging Department”.
Imaging department has 2 CT scanners and 2 MRI Scanner performing variety of highly specialised cardio-thoracic imaging.
Main duties of the job
Give reassurance to patients undergoing examinations, explaining where necessary what is involved.
To communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, overcoming any barriers to understand.
Be able to work as part of a team.
Being able if required to advise physicians during procedures, of best imaging and positioning.
To set and maintain standards of appearance and professional attitude at all times.
Be competent in the use of all CT and MRI equipment.
Be able to work competently, single handily during out of hours duties
To participate in the extended and out of hours duty rota, covering a 24hr service 7 days a week
To have full knowledge and understanding of the statutory IR(ME)R, IRR17 regulations.
To be up to date on all relevant Trust Policies and Procedures and to follow/implement advice.
Participate in departmental audit and clinical research.
Maintain and manage the day-to-day work load / demand in CT/MRI
Be able to use all forms of data recording and restoration eg: PACS, IEP, patient information systems etc.
Maintain the confidentiality of patient information in accordance with data the protection act.
To use computerised Quantitative Coronary and Ventricular Analysis to advise the Cardiologist on size of balloon, stent and choice of catheter to be used during procedures.
Working for our organisation
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. Weprovide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.
We are working in partnership with King’s Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job summary:
The post holder will be required to work in the Imaging Department and participate
in the provision of a 24-hr service in accordance with the procedures laid down by
the Head of the Department.
· They will provide a specialist, high quality cardio-thoracic service to assist in patient diagnosis and treatment.
· They will have the ability to cope effectively in a rapidly changing environment.
· They will be trained in defibrillation and intermediate life support.
· They will be able to use PC based software.
· They will possess excellent communication and inter-personal skills, always reflecting a professional attitude.
To be responsible for the continuing professional development and overall
performance of all staff in the Imaging Department”.
To play a role in the continuous development of the Trust as a member of the
Imaging team and as a potential member of a range of Trust quality/process improvement project groups”
Imaging department has 2 CT scanners and 2 MRI Scanner performing variety of highly specialised cardiothoracic imaging.
We have a busy Primary angiography service and are one of the biggest Heart and Lung Transplant centres in Europe.
Main tasks and responsibilities
* Give reassurance to patients undergoing examinations, explaining where necessary what is involved.
* To communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, overcoming any barriers to understand.
· Be able to work as part of a team.
· Being able if required to advise physicians during procedures, of best imaging and positioning
· Give verbal advise to physicians of urgent clinical findings e.g. pneumothorax, especially during out of hours when a radiologist is not available
· Communicate with other health professional to clarify and justify imaging request.
· Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)
· To act as an Operator under IR(ME)R 2000 regulations, undertaking radiographic examinations having first assessed the clinical requirements and sought any guidance required.
· To observe and be responsible to ensure radiation protection is adhered to by all staff and visitors in all areas you are working, in accordance with IR(ME)R regulations and local radiation policies. And to keep undated of any changes relating to these policies
· To set and maintain standards of appearance and professional attitude at all times.
· To maintained high standards of patient care and ensure that best practices
are implemented and maintained.
· To work effectively as a team member.
· To show initiative.
· Be accountable for own professional actions.
· Be able to check plain films, know when further imaging is required,
· Support and assist the medical physicist to monitor and ensure maintenance of the quality assurance program within the cross-sectional imaging.
· To observe and promote all Local Rules for Radiation Protection and MRI safety ensuring that radiation safety is of paramount importance.
· To advise on issues of MRI safety, referring complex enquiries appropriately.
· Be trained to proficiency level in the use of the MRI and CT equipment.
· Be able and prepared to work anywhere, according to training, within the imaging department as required to ensure the smooth running of department.
· Be competent in the use of all CT and MRI equipment.
· Understand potential difficulties and risks of administration of contrast medium, in CT /MRI be able to fill, connect, and operate injector pumps.
· Know how and when to call for assistant in the event of emergency. Be trained and able to assist in emergency patient care, including resuscitation.
· To seek advice from colleagues and senior staff when required.
· Ensure all rooms are clean and tidy and maintain a clean working environment including prompt cleaning up of bodily fluid spillages. Understand and deal with infectious materials in accordance with hospital policy. To be vigilant in hand washing procedures.
· To assist in radiological procedures, utilising their patient care skills, knowledge, and experience
· To observe all aspects of the HASAW act, COSHH, Health and Safety and all other trust and departmental and trust polices and know where to locate them.
· Be able to work competently, single handily during out of hours duties
· To participate in the extended and out of hours duty rota, covering a 24hr service 7 days a week
· To be trained to a minimum level of immediate life support
· Awareness of the wider political, social, economic, and institutional factors shaping healthcare provision
· To have full knowledge and understanding of the statutory IR(ME)R, IRR17 regulations.
· To produce, implement, and review comprehensive policies, procedures, and guidelines for operational and governance purposes across the imaging services, ensuring best practices are maintained and changes promoted to develop the service.
· To be up to date on all relevant Trust Policies and Procedures and to follow/implement advice.
· Be able to trouble shoot where possible and report any equipment faults to superintendent/ radiography manager and ensure all reasonable care to avoid incident or accident
· To assist the superintendent in charge of QA, when asked, in routine quality assurance on cross sectional imaging equipment’s.
· People management
* To train new members of staff in the departmental protocols and Standard Operating Procedures.
* Participate in departmental audit and clinical research.
* Maintain and manage the day-to-day work load / demand in CT/MRI
* Attend mandatory training and take part in in-house training and other such courses of instruction as may be arranged
* To maintain and develop an interest in future Radiography and in allied imaging techniques for post registration education, by keeping abreast of new techniques and actively participating in a programme of continuing professional development.
· Information management
· Be able to use all forms of data recording and restoration eg: PACS, IEP, patient information systems etc.
· Produce and maintain accurate written and computerised patient records.
· Maintain the confidentiality of patient information in accordance with data the protection act.
· To use computerised Quantitative Coronary and Ventricular Analysis to advise the Cardiologist on size of balloon, stent and choice of catheter to be used during procedures.
· Research and development.
To translate the outcomes of research into improved patient care by evaluating new ideas and being innovative in how they are applied.
Further sections
· To ensure all team members have a real voice in the development of the Imaging service to patients/customers.
· To maximise the potential of all team members and to ensure that all team members have a meaningful appraisal/personal development plan that includes feedback to the individual from a selection of internal customers and team members
· To provide a safe and attractive working environment for team members within available resources
· To attend and play a part in corporate groups as a representative of the directorate and team to represent the Trust at regional and national conferences and on working groups as appropriate
· To abide by the NHS Code of conduct for managers, the Trust’s Core behaviours for staff and managers and all other Trust policies, codes and practices, including standing financial instructions, research governance, clinical governance, patient and public involvement and health and safety.
Other duties
• Attend mandatory training and take part in in-house training and other such courses of
instruction as may be arranged
• To maintain and develop an interest in future Radiography and in allied imaging techniques
for post registration education, by keeping abreast of new techniques and actively
participating in a programme of continuing professional development.
• To abide by the Trust’s core behaviours for staff and all other Trust Policies including
standing financial instructions, research governance, codes and practices and health and
safety policies.
To undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade as requested.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Professional knowledge acquired through degree
* HCPC Registration
Knowledge
* Experience of specialised cardio-thoracic angiography and MRI
* Experience of audit/quality systems
* Previous NHS experience Experience in Cardiac MRI
Experience
* Experience of specialised cardio-thoracic angiography and MRI.
Skills
* Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
* Evidence of problem - solving skills
* Flexibility and willingness to undertake a wide range of duties
Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Manoj Joseph Job title Cross Sectional Imaging Superintendent Email address m.joseph@rbht.nhs.uk Telephone number 01895823737 Additional information
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Trust mission
To be the leading national and international centre for the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with heart and lung disease, creating and disseminating knowledge through research and education
Confidentiality
During the course of your employment you may have access to, see or hear information of a confidential nature and you are required not to disclose such information, particularly that relating to patients and staff.
In order to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 you must not at any time use personal data held by the Trust for any unauthorised purpose or disclose such as data to a third party.
You must not make any disclosure to any unauthorised person or use any confidential information relating to the business affairs of the Trust, unless expressly authorised to do so by the Trust.
Health & Safety
Smoking
It is the policy of Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Group that all people who work for the Trust or, while on its premises, obtain treatment or visit the Trust in any capacity, do so without exposure to tobacco smoke, and so smoking of cigarettes and E-cigarettes is not allowed anywhere on any Trust premises.
The Trust aims to provide appropriate support, in partnership with local Occupational Health and Community Services, to ensure that Trust staff and patients can access practical help and support in their attempts to stop smoking.
This policy is based on clear evidence that, in addition to the health risks taken by smokers themselves, others who breathe in exhaled tobacco smoke (passive smokers) have increased risk of disease.
NHS Estates have notified all NHS agencies that E-Cigarettes and the charging there of are not permitted within any Trust property (including accommodation).
Diversity
You are at all times required to carry out your responsibilities with due regard to the Trust’s Diversity policy and to ensure that colleagues or staff that you manage receive equal treatment throughout their employment with the Trust.
Risk management
All staff have a responsibility to report all clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly and, when requested, to co-operate with any investigation undertaken.
Conflict of interests
You may not without the consent of the Trust engage in any outside employment. In accordance with the Trust’s Conflict of Interest policy, you must declare to your manager all private interests which could potentially result in personal gain as a consequence of your employment in the Trust. Interests that might appear to be in conflict should also be declared to your manager.
In addition, the NHS Code of Conduct and Standards of Business Conduct for NHS Staff (HSG 93/5) requires you to declare all situations where you or a close relative or associate has a controlling interest in a business (such as a private company, public organisation or other NHS voluntary organisation) or in any activity which may compete for any NHS contracts to supply goods or services to the Trust. You must therefore register such interests with the Trust, either on appointment or subsequently whenever such interests are gained. You should not engage in such interests without the written consent of the Trust, which will not be unreasonably
withheld. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are not placed in a position that may give rise to a conflict between your private interest and your NHS duties.
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED STAFF GROUPS
All staff are required to work in accordance with their professional group’s code of conduct (e.g. NMC, GMC, DoH Code of Conduct for Senior Managers).
Disclosure & Barring Servicechecks (where relevant)
If the post has been identified as being an 'eligible position’ under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975or, insome cases,the Police Act 1997, it meets the eligibility criteria for a disclosure to be requested through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Where a DBS check is indicated above applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment will need to complete a satisfactory DBS check prior to the appointment being confirmed.
With the exception of Basic disclosure certificateswhich only contain information aboutunspent convictions, all other DBS level checks will disclose bothspent and unspent convictions, cautions (including reprimands and final warnings) which are not 'protected' as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order) 1975 (as amended).Enhanced disclosures may also include other relevant police information where this is deemed relevant to the position you are applying for.
A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from appointment - that will depend on the nature of the position for which you are applying and the particular circumstances of the incident(s).
You are obliged to inform the Trust if at any time in the course of your employment you arethe subject of a police investigation, or are convicted of a criminal offence.
You must also inform the Trust immediately if at any time during your employment you are the subject of an investigation by the Independent Safeguarding Authority or are Barred from either its Children’s Barred List or Adults’ Barred List. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in disciplinary action. Youwill be committing a criminaloffence if you seek to undertake or undertake any Regulated activity while Barred by the Independent Safeguarding Authority from either its Children’s Barred List or Adults’ Barred List.
Core behaviours for all Trust staff
All staff will:
* Act with honesty and integrity at all times
* Demonstrate respect for others and value diversity
* Focus on the patient and internal and external customer at all times
* Make an active contribution to developing the service
* Learn from and share experience and knowledge
* Keep others informed of issues of importance and relevance
* Consciously review mistakes and successes to improve performance
* Act as ambassadors for their directorate and the Trust
* Be aware of the impact of their own behaviour on others
* Be discreet and aware of issues requiring confidentiality
In addition, all managers and supervisors will:
* Value and recognise the ideas and contributions of all team members
* Coach individuals and teams to perform to the best of their ability
* Delegate work to develop individuals in their roles and realise their potential
* Give ongoing feedback on performance, and effectively manage poor performance
* Provide support and guidance to all team members
* Encourage their team to achieve work/personal life balance
* Actively listen to comments/challenges and respond constructively
* Lead by example, setting high standards
* Ensure that there are sufficient resources for their team and rebalance priorities accordingly
* Provide a safe working environment
Infection and Prevention Control
All Trust staff will:
* Act as a role model and champion for the highest standards of all aspects of infection prevention and control and implementation of all Infection Prevention and Control Trust policies and guidelines.
* Demonstrate respect for the roles and endeavours of others, in implementing good standards of hand hygiene.
Value and recognise the ideas and contributions of colleagues in their endeavours to reduce the incidence of healthcare associated infection.
Our dedicated and talented staff make it their mission to provide outstanding care for our patients.
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