Employer Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Trafford General Hospital Town Manchester Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 19/08/2025 23:59
MRI Radiographer
Band 6
Job overview
To provide a high quality MR service to all patients at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).
The MR Departments within MFT consist of 1 Siemens SOLA 1.5T MRI Scanner at Trafford Hospital, 1 Siemens SOLA 1.5T MRI Scanner at Withington Hospital, a Siemens Viato 1.5T Mobile Unit and a wide bore Siemens Aera 1.5 T at Manchester Royal Infirmary, 2 newly installed Siemens SOLA 1.5T MRI Scanners at Wythenshawe Hospital and North Manchester Hospital have a GE 1.5T Signa MRI scanner.
MFT MRI departments sites perform a range of pediatric and adult MR examinations running busy services with both outpatient and in patients. We perform a wide range of examinations including MRI Breast imaging, Urology, GI, Neuro, Cardiac, MSK, Pediatric and oncology to name a few. You will be expected to work a 12hour shift across a 7-day working pattern.
Main duties of the job
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk .
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
* HCPC Registration
Knowledge
* DCR(R) or BSc (Hons) in Radiography
* Put the welfare of all patients at the fore front of everything we do
* An understanding of up to date MR safety guidelines and Local Rules
* Previous knowledge or use of PACS/ SECTRA
Experience
* Ability to work without supervision
* Experience in Cross-sectional imaging
* Experience to use the Radiology Information System (RIS) to update patient information, attendance and reports
* Ability to operate advanced software on specialised radiology equipment
* Ability to use MS Office (Word/Excel/Power Point/email)
* Ability to change/discuss requests from referrers within clinical and national guidelines
* Experience of management of equipment faults and appropriate record keeping
* Experience of incident reporting system
* Ability to adapt techniques and protocols when required without clinical input
* Be able to move patients from beds and chairs using manual handling skills and if necessary hoists to move a wider range of patient types
* Be confident to move critically ill patients after appropriate training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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 Jay Ndlovu Job title Principal MR Lead for Trafford and Withington Email address junior.ndlovu@mft.nhs.uk
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