MRI Assistant Practitioner Apprentice

Job summary

This is a Band 3 two year training role which will automatically lead to a Band 4 substantive Assistant Practitioner position subject to successfully completing the university training course .

To work as part of the MRI team at the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust as an MRI Assistant Practitioner and work in accordance with the corporate objectives.

To participate in all aspects of Magnetic Resonance Imaging including the extended working day , 7 day service on any UHNM managed MRI sites (7am-8pm)

To maintain a high standard of work and strive for continual improvements in radiographic standards and patient care and to provide advice to junior staff /colleagues and Students whilst acting as a role model.

Main duties of the job

To receive MR safety training to ensure you have knowledge of the relevant risks and safety protocols that maintain staff and patient safety

Completion of the MRI Assistant Practitioner Training Manual to ensure knowledge of MRI physics and how these relate to scanning techniques.

Completion of scanning log book and competencies of set non contrast examinations as below:

• Std Head
• Std IAMs
• Std C, T and L Spine
• Whole Spines (including Std, Mets, Cauda Equina, Trauma)
• Std Shoulder
• Std Knee
• Std MSK Hips
• Std MRCP

Once trained to be competent to scan non contrast examinations (as above) with no or minimal supervision if adaptation required

To be compliant with MR safety training and Local Rules to have Cat. A status for Counter signature of safety screening forms

To be proficient in medicines management and be able to check contrast agents with a registered radiographer

You will NOT be able to administer contrast agents

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke

Newcastle Road,

Stoke-On-Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke

Newcastle Road,

Stoke-On-Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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