Job overview
The Urology Service is dynamic and undergoing significant transformation, with opportunities for further improvement and development. The service manages general urology patients and operates a dedicated kidney stone service. The Maple Suite, equipped with a new Lithotripter, will soon launch an in-house lithotripsy service to provide planned and emergency shockwave lithotripsy for urology patients. This treatment uses electro-magnetically generated shockwaves to fragment urinary calculi, located via bi-plane imaging or ultrasound. The unit operates five days a week (8am–4pm) and may provide weekend emergency cover in line with BAUS guidelines.
In addition, the service will establish a five-day ultrasound clinic for haematuria and suspected bladder cancer, supporting a one-stop model of care. We are seeking a full-time Band 7 Senior Radiographer to work closely with the Urology team in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. The post holder will help set up and run the ultrasound service and train on the Lithotripter to deliver a comprehensive five-day service.
Based in the Maple Suite at King George Hospital, the role involves assessing patients for treatment suitability, ensuring their care throughout the procedure, and liaising with the wider urology team. A working knowledge of IRMER 2017 regulations, radiation protection, and patient advocacy is essential, as is the ability to provide empathetic support to patients and families.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will along with the Urology team will deliver a high quality service with different patient presentations. The Radiographers are independent practitioners.
For the stone service there will be a wider variety of patients that will be encountered and will include those exhibiting anti-social and threatening behaviour.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we’ve been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. BSc Hons in Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent MSc level qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
2. Evidence of post graduate study
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
3. Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
4. Experience in urology and emergency department imaging
5. Be able to operate the ultrasound machines
6. Working knowledge of IR (ME) R 2017
Desirable criteria
7. Understanding of recent developments within the NHS Experience in supervision and training of junior Radiographers
8. Experience in supervision and training of junior radiographers
Personal Qualities
Desirable criteria
9. Ability to use own initiative
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.