Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
About
Our staff are our most valuable asset. We are committed to making staff feel appreciated, supported and included in the Trust’s successes. Our mission is to be an outstanding place to work providing the very best care for our patients and excellent career opportunities for our staff. Everything we do is guided by our core values and behaviours, identified by our staff and embedded throughout the organisation.
We have the highest CQC rating of all Acute NHS Trusts in Kent and Medway (Good). The CQC highlighted that managers promoted a positive culture that supported, valued staff and created a sense of common purpose based upon shared values.
The Trust is a great place to work, stay, develop a career and enjoy a healthy work life balance. We have made and are delivering on a wide range of commitments to staff; health and wellbeing; equality; diversity and inclusion; access to education and career development. During 2020 we set up quality councils, driven by our staff to create a culture of shared governance and quality improvement.
The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
We have a strong focus on innovation and improvement. Part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ (GSTT) ‘Healthcare Alliance’ we are introducing new models of care to improve clinical outcomes for patients. Our association with GSTT also gives staff wishing to develop their skills excellent opportunities to work across numerous specialities.
As our local population increases, our services and skills are expanding and adapting to meet demand. We are continuously looking at best practice models to enhance and improve the services we offer.
The Trust provides services at Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital, for a local population of over 500,000 people.
If you would like to be part of our innovative and forward thinking team putting patients at the centre of all we do, we invite you to #joinourfamily.
Key details
Location
Site: Darent Valley Hospital
Address: Darenth Wood Road
Town: Dartford
Postcode: DA2 8DA
Major / Minor Region: Kent
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
Salary
Salary: £48,270 - £54,931 inclusive high cost allowance. Pro rata if part time
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (7)
Specialty
Main area: Radiography
Job overview
As part of an expansion to our Radiology Services we are looking for enthusiastic individuals to come and join our dynamic Radiology Team at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.
We are looking for full time Band 7 Senior Radiographers, with proven NHS in cross sectional imaging experience and post grad specialism in MRI.
The cross sectional team has expanding with expansion into 7 day working and the development of the Trusts Community Diagnostic Centre.
The Trusts primary Radiology Department is located at Darent Valley Hospital servicing the populations of Gravesham, Swanley, Dartford and Bexley.
MRI services are located at Darent Valley Hospital with future expansion of services at Livingstone Hospital (CDC) July 25.
The Trust has a strong commitment to equality and diversity. We aim to employ a representative workforce that reflects the communities we serve. 'Positive action' initiatives can be used whenever an under-represented group is identified. As our workforce is currently under-represented in bands 6, 7 and 8, we encourage applications from people with black or minority ethnic backgrounds.
Advert
DGT are undertaking changes to its Radiology department with the expansion of MRI services with the building of a 3rd MRI scanner across at our new Community diagnostic centre to further expand diagnostic capacity.
The successful candidates will be based at Darent Valley Hospital Radiology department providing senior expertise and experience to the existing managing team with regular rotation to the NK - CDC, other trust sites include Queen Marys Sidcup, Erith Hospital and Gravesend community hospital.
Working days and or shift patterns will be agreed by the line manager to meet the needs of the service and will be based on a 7 day service.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you’ll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we’ve achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work. We celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that help us overcome challenges and embrace new possibilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
General responsibilities: Clinical Responsibilities, Managerial responsibilities, Professional responsibilities, Education and development responsibilities.
For a detailed description of the Job roles and responsibilities please see the attached job description.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Qualifications/Experience
Essential criteria
* Leadership and managerial experience
* Extensive experience post-graduation in MRI
* Post Graduate Qualification in MRI scanning or equivalent experience
* NHS Experience
* Evidence of up to date CPD portfolio
Desirable criteria
* Masters level qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive MRI experience
Desirable criteria
* VCT, Cardiacs, Reporting
Education
Essential criteria
* Cannulation
* Teaching of members of staff
Documents
* Senior MRI Radiographer (, 519.2)PDFKB
* Privacy Notice (, 205.9)PDFKB
* Staff Car Parking (, 70.6)PDFKB
* Information for applicants (, 92.9)PDFKB
* Staff Benefits and Incentives (, 1.2)PNGMB
* Our Behaviours (, 86.0)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: David Medcraft
Job title: MRI superintendent
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01322 428148
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