Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

CT/MRI Practice Educator

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Job summary

The MRI/CT department at the Queen Alexandra hospital is looking for an ambitious, highly motivated and dedicated practice educator radiographer with vast experience in CT and MRI who is passionate about staff development and education.

This position is to support the current practice educator in delivering high standards of professional practice, facilitating continual staff development and the delivery of high quality of care within the current team, alongside the huge expansion of both radiographic and support workforce in the next few years as the department invests in 6 new scanners both on site and in the community.

The department has the benefit of cutting-edge CT and MRI technology and provides staff with the exciting opportunity to work with the latest Toshiba Aquilion One CT scanner and 3T MRI technology in a clinical setting. The department is equipped with 4 CT scanners plus one rental CT scanner and 3 MRI scanners with all staff encouraged to rotate through both modalities.

The department is a fun, dynamic, vibrant and progressive unit with state-of-the-art technology, located on the South coast of England in a lively city with deep historical roots and easy travel links to both London and Europe.

Queen Alexandra Hospital is a multidiscipline hospital and offers a full clinical range of examinations and experience and is a leading center for head and neck cancers, renal patients with a hyper-acute emergency department.

Main duties of the job

1. To lead on the training, learning and development agenda for registered and unregistered Allied Health Practitioners (AHP) across CT/MRI ensuring that education provision meets service requirements, and that Radiography training meets its statutory and contractual obligations.

2. Ensuring radiographic staff are fit to practise and those with talent are enabled to progress across all modalities and integrating internationally recruited staff.

3. Take the lead role in managing and developing Student Radiographers when on placement in CT/MRI and Assistant Practitioner training.

4. To work as part of the CT/ MRI Team ensuring that the service delivered to patients and relatives is evidence based, meets statutory and contractual requirements and that patients and staff have a positive experience.

5. Provide visible clinical AHP leadership and presence across the CT/MRI radiology service to facilitate innovation in the pursuit of clinical excellence.

6.To constantly monitor levels of clinical expertise, and to maintain high levels of same, both for oneself and within the wider team.

About us

The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital. We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do. The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at PHU. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

Date posted

02 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year full time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

C8192-CD-23-0166a

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

To take responsibility for the development and provision of the CT/MRI induction programme, including conducting probation review meetings: Student Radiographers placements and AP training working with other members of the team and key stakeholders and participating in the regular placement reviews.

Design, develop, monitor and lead suitable induction and learning programmes for newly recruited staff including internationally recruited staff, to ensure they achieve an appropriate level of competence.

To produce and maintain training records for all staff within the CT/MRI department, that evidence competence to undertake their individual role.

As required take responsibility for developing, delivering and evaluating educational programmes ensuring they meet national and local requirements, including reviewing and updating training manuals and other documentation.

To work alongside the CT/MRI Clinical specialists and Advanced practitioners and support the delivery of the in-house CT; CTC; and MRI training programmes.

To support and assist the CT/MRI Clinical specialists and Advanced practitioners to practice and perform CPD within the professional framework of advanced clinical practice.

To be responsible for ensuring that all radiographic staff possess appropriate IV cannulation training and statutory qualifications for eligibility to work within the departments PGDs.

Act as a coach, mentor and assessor to facilitate staff clinical and leadership development as well as course/study completion. Support and promote continuing professional development activities.

To be responsible for providing advice to students and apprentice AHPs on assignment writing and academic work and conducting appropriate supervision where necessary.

Liaise with HEIs in order to provide feedback on student performance and to be aware of current developments in Academic Courses.

In consultation with the Consultant Radiologists, CT/MRI Superintendent Radiographer and CT/MRI Clinical lead implement training programmes to meet organisational priorities as required, including implementing and chairing a training committee.

Take part in peer review and seek feedback to evaluate impact and ability and modify own teaching accordingly.

To be responsible for ensuring that staff provide feedback on training activities and collating information as part of the Training Evaluation programme.

Work with Superintendent Radiographers and Practice Educators to capture identified learning needs across all modalities from annual appraisals and PDPs to establish the annual TNA/LNA and feed this into the Divisional plan.

Liaise extensively with Learning and Development and Divisional Learning Representatives to ensure education provision utilized effectively and is appropriate for needs of Radiography and meets L&D Requirements eg adequate mentors, participating in HCPC audits of practice.

Develop, initiate and maintain appropriate training and competency records to evidence that all staff maintain the level of training and competence for their role.

Use high level keyboard skills, spreadsheets and databases to develop and maintain training records, training plans and LBR spreadsheets.

Ensure all staff maintain learning record and complete relevant competencies to ensure fitness to practise.

Support Superintendents with talent spotting and performance management of identified individuals.

Work within the clinical area for a minimum of 30% of the role to work with individual staff and teams to ensure delivery of safe and effective practice in the pursuit of clinical excellence and to develop effective systems of team working. Provide support, pastoral care and mentorship to provide feedback on performance and manage failing students and staff.

Demonstrate highly specialist clinical expertise as expected from clinical leaders and provide visible leadership and presence in the clinical area. Act as expert specialist resource and lead on development of clinical practice. Skills acquired through specialist professional experience and supported by degree level education.

Be a key agent in Radiography for transformation and innovation of practice and ways of working.

Facilitate learning from risks, complaints and clinical incidents

Lead on the implementation and evaluation of EBP and participate in development of policies, guidelines, audit and research.

Champion dissemination of EBP through publications and presentations both internally and externally to large groups of staff.

Deliver high quality education programmes to staff using advanced skills in multi-media equipment and blended learning approaches. Working with Learning and Development to ensure specialist provision procured when not available.

Evaluate and audit the effectiveness of all programmes and modify own teaching and procurement through TNA/LNA accordingly.

Work in partnership with the Superintendent Radiographers to create a positive learning environment in the CT/MRI department and be responsible for liaison with HEIs and FE providers and the quality monitoring of the learning environment.

Attend meetings to meet requirements related to the role.

Ensure continually develop oneself and participate in peer review of teaching and facilitation.

Set a personal standard of excellence in professional practice through adherence to HCPC Code of Conduct, Trust policies and procedures, role modelling and high personal standards of dress and behaviour and work flexibly according to needs of the service.

Interpret national clinical and educational policy and deliver highly complex and sensitive information to large groups of staff as required e.g. changes to graduate status for the Radiography profession.

Regular exposure to moderate physical effort in clinical practice and unpleasant working conditions.