Senior Neuroradiographer

Job summary

Would you like an opportunity to specialise and focus your career in one of the most interesting and challenging specialist areas of Radiology? You will be part of a specialist team and enjoy a post with autonomy and responsibility. Our 24 /7 thrombectomy service is now an established service for the region.

This post is for a Radiographer based in the Neuroradiology department who will undertake CT, digital angiography, both diagnostic and interventional, MRI at 1.5.T and 3T, plain x-rays and theatre radiography. The department is filmless, using a hospital -wide PACS system.

This post does involve an On-call commitment and an extended weekday is worked in MRI and Angio plus weekends.

For those that can demonstrate sound technical skills, maturity, confidence, initiative and a keen desire to specialise, our Neuroradiology department provides an outstanding opportunity.

You will receive excellent specialised training in all the above modalities and all the support you need to progress and become a valued member of the department. Informal visits to the department to meet members of the Radiology team are encouraged.

Please note this vacancy will close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

Main duties of the job

Role of the Department: To provide an excellent and efficient Neuroradiology service to the Neurosciences Directorate, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust and tertiary referrers.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.