Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 5 and / or Band 6 Radiographer to join our existing skilled, friendly radiographic team here at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust providing services across the full week.

You will be based at Basildon in central Essex. The role requires rotation through different areas of the department including A&E, Theatres, Mobile and General x-ray. You will also be required to rotate through our outlying Community Hospitals.  As a dual banded post, candidates will be supported for promotion to Band 6 roles through a well-structured development plan.

So, if this sounds like the role for you, please apply today.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 radiographer, you will work independently, as part of a team, following the completion of competences and development and consolidation of your training, you will be assessed, enabling progression to a Band 6 role.  

In this senior role you will also be expected to take a supervisory role leading a small group.  Band 6 radiographers act as mentors for this process and are also required to supervise and assess undergraduate students.

We are fully DR compliant including at our community hospital sites. Between the sites we provide Plain film , theatre, fluoroscopy, CT, MR, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound and Cardiac Imaging. 

As a department we support Radiographer Advanced and Extended Scope practice related to service need, including Image Reporting, Radiographer led CT Colonography and upper GI Fluoroscopy. We support the education and development of staff and have a dedicated Education Committee to ensure training is relevant, distributed fairly and supportive of Departmental goals.

To undertake duties as part of the rotational radiographer team working in area’s including plain film, theatres, mobiles, dentals and fluoroscopy

Full participation in 24-hours per day, 365 day per year shift system including nights, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Rotation through all sites including Community Hospitals.

Opportunity to train in CT, MR, fluoroscopy and IR as and when service requirements allow and in consideration with training needs of all staff

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

 We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust