Description

Job Overview

We are looking to expand our CT team due to expanding services and have vacancies for experienced and highly skilled Radiographers to join our friendly and forward-thinking Radiology team at our sites including Wexham Park Hospital, Heatherwood Elective Centre and the newly opening Slough CDC at Upton. This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious Radiographer with proven team leading skills to deepen their CT knowledge, leadership skills and develop their career.

The newly built Heatherwood Hospital, which opened in April 2022, houses a new Radiology department including a GE CT Revolution in the cross sectional suite.

The role will require individuals to cover a range of shifts across all sites, including the provision of night duties, weekend shifts and extended days.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an experienced Radiographer working autonomously, being accountable for your own professional actions.

You will supervise, mentor and appraise less experienced CT Radiographers, Apprentice Radiographers and Students.

There is a shift system in operation as the scanners operate 12 hours per day. This includes a dedicated Emergency Scanner in the A&E Department at Wexham Park Hospital, operating a 24 hour service, 7 days a week.

Successful candidates will be exposed to a large variety of CT examinations including oncology, cardiac CT, MSK, vascular, intervention, CT Colonography and trauma work on our GE revolutions scanners on our acute Wexham site which also operates a 24/7 CT service. We recently installed a new GE Ascend scanner with effortless workflow packages.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For full details of the main role responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Some of the key tasks required for the role include:

• Responsible for supporting the CT Lead Radiographer
• To assist in the training and supervising of the Radiographers and RDAs across the 4 CT scanners
• To ensure equipment is used in a safe and correct manner
• The post holder will be expected to work at all sites
• Commitment to shift work over a 7-day period
• To ensure that image quality is of a high standard and audit this as appropriate
• To work in accordance with the local rules, Ionising Radiation regulations, Health and Safety at Work Act, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations, and the Trust’s Policies and Procedures
• To report promptly any equipment faults to the CT Lead Radiographer
• When required to liaise with equipment manufacturers and users and arrange for repair and servicing equipment
• To participate in Clinical Audit when required
• To ensure the maintenance of routine stock level
• To undertake IPDR on specified members of staff
  
  

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Diploma of the College of Radiographers or Degree equivalent
• HCPC Registration
  
  

Desirable criteria

• SOR Accredited I.V. Cannulation Certificate
  
  

Experience/knowledge

Essential criteria

• Cross sectional CT experience
• Wide ranging general radiography experience
  
  

Desirable criteria

• MRI experience
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• PACS and EPR Experience
• Computer literate
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of NHS Challenges
• Aware of CT Service Challenges
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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