Shift Radiographer Recruitment Day February 2025

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Job summary

Are you an experienced Radiographer or a Student Radiographer due to qualify in 2025?

If so MWL are recruiting with interviews taking place on Saturday 1st Feb 2025!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for newly qualified radiographers to join our team on the band 5 shift rota at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The posts will be based at Whiston and St Helens Hospitals. Participation in the shift rota which provides 24/7 cover is essential. The shift rota includes a combination of 7.5-hour days, long days and nights and includes some weekend shifts as well as an on-call commitment.

We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic and dedicated individuals with a flexible approach to working who are able to demonstrate good organisational and communication skills along with a commitment to a quality patient focused service.

Interview date: 1st February 2025

Please note that it is a requirement of the application process that candidates are required to attend Whiston Hospital in-person for their interview as part of the recruitment event.

Main duties of the job

You will gain invaluable experience in all aspects of radiography including general radiography, theatre, mobiles, digital fluoroscopy and cross-sectional imaging. The department is extremely proactive and continually aims to improve service to patients. Radiographers are actively encouraged to take part in clinical governance, audit, training and clinical professional development. We provide opportunities to develop in all areas of radiography and have supported radiographers reporting MSK and Chest in plain film, CT Heads and MRI knees and lumbar spines.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Date posted

03 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

409-6854399

Job locations

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR


Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES

  • Perform radiographic examinations in accordance with departmental protocols
  • Be competent in the use of all appropriate x-ray equipment
  • Maintain high standards of radiographic technique at all times
  • Participate in the shift, on-call and out of hours service
  • Perform QA checks on all equipment used within radiology
  • Abide by radiographic protocols
  • Abide by all Radiation Protection regulations
  • Report all equipment malfunctions to appropriate personnel
  • Responsible for sending accurate image data to the Picture Archiving Communication System for storage, transmission and archive
  • Supervise assistant practitioners and students
  • Justify radiographic examinations for Radiographic Assistant Practitioners
  • Ensure delivery of a patient focussed service including care comfort and dignity of all patients
  • Take an active role in the general cleanliness and professional image of the department
  • Responsible for assuring the safety of him/herself and others in accordance with Trust and departmental protocols e.g. COSHH, Radiation Protection etc
  • Establish and maintain effective communication with patients on contentious and sensitive issues, using persuasion and negotiation where required
  • Maintain a patient, courteous manner in all aspects of communication with patients and staff especially in distressing situations

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for adhering to radiographic protocols
  • Ensure clinical and professional standards are met at all times
  • Perform all aspects of clinical and technical procedures as per departmental policy
  • Perform intravenous injections as appropriate
  • Comply with Health & Safety legislation for Control of Radiation, VDU use, handling of patients etc
  • Maintain Professional Registration
  • Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for accurate data entry on the Radiology Information System
  • To ensure the accuracy of data quality in line with departmental policies and procedures (i.e. name, date of birth, address, postcode, GP and telephone number) are all current and correct

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES

  • Contribute to continuing education programme by attending courses and keeping abreast of current professional developments
  • Participate in department CPD programme
  • Supervise and contribute to the training of radiographic assistant practitioners and students
  • To attend other training courses relevant to the post

RESEARCH & AUDIT

  • Participate in departmental audit and research programmes

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE

  • To support the Trusts clinical governance agenda by understanding the key priorities for change and ensuring that new developments utilise the objectives within the governance agenda.

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES

  • Perform radiographic examinations in accordance with departmental protocols
  • Be competent in the use of all appropriate x-ray equipment
  • Maintain high standards of radiographic technique at all times
  • Participate in the shift, on-call and out of hours service
  • Perform QA checks on all equipment used within radiology
  • Abide by radiographic protocols
  • Abide by all Radiation Protection regulations
  • Report all equipment malfunctions to appropriate personnel
  • Responsible for sending accurate image data to the Picture Archiving Communication System for storage, transmission and archive
  • Supervise assistant practitioners and students
  • Justify radiographic examinations for Radiographic Assistant Practitioners
  • Ensure delivery of a patient focussed service including care comfort and dignity of all patients
  • Take an active role in the general cleanliness and professional image of the department
  • Responsible for assuring the safety of him/herself and others in accordance with Trust and departmental protocols e.g. COSHH, Radiation Protection etc
  • Establish and maintain effective communication with patients on contentious and sensitive issues, using persuasion and negotiation where required
  • Maintain a patient, courteous manner in all aspects of communication with patients and staff especially in distressing situations

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for adhering to radiographic protocols
  • Ensure clinical and professional standards are met at all times
  • Perform all aspects of clinical and technical procedures as per departmental policy
  • Perform intravenous injections as appropriate
  • Comply with Health & Safety legislation for Control of Radiation, VDU use, handling of patients etc
  • Maintain Professional Registration
  • Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for accurate data entry on the Radiology Information System
  • To ensure the accuracy of data quality in line with departmental policies and procedures (i.e. name, date of birth, address, postcode, GP and telephone number) are all current and correct

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES

  • Contribute to continuing education programme by attending courses and keeping abreast of current professional developments
  • Participate in department CPD programme
  • Supervise and contribute to the training of radiographic assistant practitioners and students
  • To attend other training courses relevant to the post

RESEARCH & AUDIT

  • Participate in departmental audit and research programmes

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE

  • To support the Trusts clinical governance agenda by understanding the key priorities for change and ensuring that new developments utilise the objectives within the governance agenda.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc in Radiography or equivalent qualification
  • HCPC Registered (or eligible to register with HCPC prior to starting)

Knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Wide range of clinical experience at undergraduate level
  • Manage self and others
  • Participation in emergency single handed out of hours duties

Desirable

  • Red dot
  • IV injection

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team or on own initiative
  • Organisational skills
  • IT literate
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Team player
  • Flexible
  • Commitment to quality

Desirable

  • Presentation skills

Other

Desirable

  • Car owner
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc in Radiography or equivalent qualification
  • HCPC Registered (or eligible to register with HCPC prior to starting)

Knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Wide range of clinical experience at undergraduate level
  • Manage self and others
  • Participation in emergency single handed out of hours duties

Desirable

  • Red dot
  • IV injection

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team or on own initiative
  • Organisational skills
  • IT literate
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Team player
  • Flexible
  • Commitment to quality

Desirable

  • Presentation skills

Other

Desirable

  • Car owner

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Manager for CDC services

Michael Henthorn

michael.henthorn@sthk.nhs.uk

01744816916

Date posted

03 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

409-6854399

Job locations

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR


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