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Job overview

This role is primarily a clinical principle radiographer post with specialist skills, knowledge and leadership. This role will undertake operational leadership of the Faster Diagnostic Pathways management within the HUTH ultrasound team. This will include liaising with relevant clinicians to support and develop pathways. This would include responsibility for managing staff, resources and activity and provide specialist advice as required in relation to the acute pathways. This role will be expected to assess, analyse and interpret complex situations including clinical, staff and operational issues. In unpredictable situations, this role is responsible for making decisions to ensure continued service provision, in collaboration with the Radiology Manager, Ultrasound Manager and Consultant Practitioner Radiographers. This role will provide expert advice, tuition and service improvement in the specific specialist field of practice.

Main duties of the job

• Supporting the Radiology Manager, Ultrasound manager and Consultant Practitioner Radiographer in the planning and delivery of a high quality imaging service which is responsive to the needs of the patient whilst meeting national and local service improvement objectives and targets.
• Responsibility for the operational planning of the Faster Diagnostic pathways within  Ultrasound.
• Providing advice and guidance commentary post imaging in accordance with locally agreed policies and procedures

• Provide expert advice, second opinion and tuition to practitioners within the team
• Ensuring that practice is carried out in accordance with statutory and trust policies, procedures and regulations as defined by the Radiology  Manager.
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing a high quality service whilst maintaining high standards of patient care.
• Independently performing and providing a diagnostic report on plain film or ultrasound examinations. 
• Maintaining effective relationships and have regular communication with imaging department staff and relevant clinicians.
• Undertaking and partaking in departmental audit and case review programme
• Undertaking and participating in the annual appraisal process to include reflected practice and multi-source feedback
• Providing feedback to staff members regarding specialized field of practice in a confidential and sensitive manner

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.