University College London Hospitals are on the lookout for a committed and qualified Senior Radiographer to join their highly skilled team.
UCLH is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population.
We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
The Department:
The Radiology Department at UCH is situated on the lower ground floor for Ultrasound, OP, CT, MR and Fluoroscopy, the ground floor for Accident & Emergency and Second floor for MRI, CT, Interventional Radiology, Endoscopy and Vascular Access.
Post holders will rotate throughout the department and across satellite sites at Macmillan Cancer Centre, Grafton Way Building, and Westmoreland Street Hospital, all within walking distance.
The post holder will liaise with other radiographers, ward staff, radiologists,
support staff, administration staff, engineers visitors and staff from other departments.
The Role:
The post holder will be required to perform a wide range of diagnostic radiographic procedures to a high standard and provide professional support to colleagues.
The post holder is required:
- To perform a wide range of radiographic procedures across a variety of complex clinical presentations and pathologies, including CT scans to a required standard.
- To prioritise patients to ensure optimum efficiency and service quality.
- To ensure that all data inputs are accurately recorded in order to maintain the integrity of data for both patients and service.
- To provide professional support, supervision and assistance to qualified radiographers and other staff in service delivery and personal development.
- To ensure professional practice, and that of the service, is maintained and extended through participation in Continuous Professional Development.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assess a referral or request form, and justify it under radiographic regulations and locally agreed protocols.
- Prioritise patients to ensure optimum efficiency and service quality.
- Ensure that the protocol used for an examination is suitably matched to the clinical indications for the procedure.
- Liaise with referring clinicians to clarify or discuss requests for complex radiographic procedures.
- Act as a point of specialist advice for referrers, other clinical staff, patients and their relatives.
- Ensure that patients, relatives and staff are appropriately informed and reassured of any discussions relating to patient procedures.
- Assess the physical, mental and communication abilities and needs of individual patients and respond appropriately.
- Answer all questions and concerns of the patients, providing them with appropriate responses, putting the patient’s condition into the context of the diagnostic procedure.
- Document that patients have consented to procedures and to issue and ensure they understand any instructions they need to follow.
- Enter accurate patient examination data into Imaging Information Systems e.g. RIS and PACS.
- Accurately position patients for the appropriate examinations, taking into account their abilities, needs and limitations.
- Appropriately adapt standard techniques to ensure that radiographic procedures are undertaken appropriately for patients with limited capabilities.
- Undertake the more complex radiological procedures, utilising skills, knowledge and experience, calculating and setting exposure parameters and doses.
- Visually be able to discriminate subtle differences between images to ensure there are no artefacts.
- Assess outcomes following procedures, and ensure that any necessary additional procedures are undertaken within a single patient attendance where possible.
- Assess and respond to adverse treatment responses.
- Ensure that unexpected abnormalities seen are brought to the attention of the medical staff of the department, and the referring clinician, and that the patient is managed in an appropriate and supportive manner.
- Work unsupervised, seeking advice from colleagues and senior radiographic or medical staff when required.
- Undertake IV injections when appropriately trained.
- Participation in the Out of hours roster
Requirements:
- BSc or Diploma in Radiography
- State Registration
- Evidence of relevant specialist post- degree or diploma courses for Continuing Professional Development
- Evidence of a range of post qualification clinical experience
- Evidence of significant experience to rotate between specialist areas
- Participation in quality assurance and clinical audit
- Evidence of ability to critically analyse complex and acute radiographs
- Evidence of participation in QA and maintenance of agreed standards
- Demonstrate awareness of responsibility to and advocacy for patients.
- Very high personal and radiographic standards, with attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure whilst subject to interruption
- Willingness to embrace new ideas and concepts
- Computer literacy
- Ability to use own initiative, solve problems and make decisions.
- Evidence of experience in the supervision, training and assessment of students to required standard
- Good understanding of the legislation relating to the post
- Ability to wear radiation protective clothing at 0.35Pb equivalent for periods of up to 4 hours
- Ability to safely use a wide range of manual handling equipment as provided by the Trust
We are so grateful for the commitment and focus of our Bank Staff, so in return we offer the following advantages:
- Access to free Bank Partners Core Skills training.
- Guaranteed line of work.
- Weekly pay.
- Competitive pay.
Apply now for this fantastic career-progressing opportunity by attaching your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be in contact with you shortly.
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