Job summary
The Clinical Tutor is responsible for providing and facilitating professional practice education for undergraduate student Radiographers and apprentice Radiographers while they are on clinical placement within the Directorate. This role involves acting as a key liaison between the Academic Department and clinical staff within the campus, as well as supporting CPD and post graduate development. This role requires substantial experience in general radiography, including some at a senior level, and the ability to support and assess student Radiographers in a clinical environment.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Clinical Education: Provide education and support to undergraduate and apprentice Radiographers, ensuring they meet the range of experience recommended by the Higher Education Institution (HEI).
- Liaison: Act as a liaison with the University's Clinical Learning Manager and attend relevant meetings.
- Student Support: Serve as the initial point of contact for student Radiographers on placement, providing regular feedback and support.
- Clinical Rosters: Plan and coordinate clinical rosters to maximize placement capacity and ensure integration with training stages.
- Supervision: Supervise student Radiographers and apprentices, ensuring they meet competency targets and promoting learning opportunities6.
- Assessment: Participate in the student professional practice formative assessment scheme and lead clinical assessor training.
- Reporting: Compile reports and assessments on student progress and provide detailed evaluations.
Clinical Duties
- Patient Care: Ensure the welfare and comfort of patients during their examinations and maintain high standards of clinical practice.
- Examination Justification: Justify all examination requests prior to exposure to ionizing radiation as required by IRMER regulations.
- Image Processing: Carry out post-image processing to produce high-quality diagnostic images.
- Clinical Assessment: Review images and make clinical assessments to determine if additional imaging is required.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Registration as a Radiographer with the Health Professions Council plus evidence of CPD
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Radiography) or equivalent.
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Fieldwork educators course Evidence of study at Post Graduate level of equivalent experience
Desirable
- Evidence of teaching qualification.
- Post Graduate Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in general radiography including some at Senior level.
- Experience in coaching and formally assessing student radiograhers
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Organisational Skills : Ability to prioritise and organise workload. Able to manage own time effectively. Ability to plan, organise and execute tutorials.
- Interpersonal Skills : Able to communicate well in a range of personnel in both clinical and academic environment. Able to work well in a multidisciplinary team environment. Able to manage own time effectively.
- Leadership : Ability to lead staff in carrying out their duties. Ability to motivate staff to enhance job performance.
- Communication : Able to engage effectively in dialogue with individuals at all levels.
- Technical Skills : Familiarity with Word processing. Keyboard skills
- Teaching & Coaching Skills : Ability to support the formal undergraduate teaching programme by teaching students in a range of subjects in a clinical environment. Ability to assess clinical performance, give feedback and plan action. Ability to coach and supervise both students and less experienced radiographs in all techniques
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Registration as a Radiographer with the Health Professions Council plus evidence of CPD
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Radiography) or equivalent.
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Fieldwork educators course Evidence of study at Post Graduate level of equivalent experience
Desirable
- Evidence of teaching qualification.
- Post Graduate Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in general radiography including some at Senior level.
- Experience in coaching and formally assessing student radiograhers
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Organisational Skills : Ability to prioritise and organise workload. Able to manage own time effectively. Ability to plan, organise and execute tutorials.
- Interpersonal Skills : Able to communicate well in a range of personnel in both clinical and academic environment. Able to work well in a multidisciplinary team environment. Able to manage own time effectively.
- Leadership : Ability to lead staff in carrying out their duties. Ability to motivate staff to enhance job performance.
- Communication : Able to engage effectively in dialogue with individuals at all levels.
- Technical Skills : Familiarity with Word processing. Keyboard skills
- Teaching & Coaching Skills : Ability to support the formal undergraduate teaching programme by teaching students in a range of subjects in a clinical environment. Ability to assess clinical performance, give feedback and plan action. Ability to coach and supervise both students and less experienced radiographs in all techniques
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
