Job summary
- Main area
- General Radiography, CT, IR and Cardiac
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Required to participate in 7 day, nights and out of hours rota)
- Job ref
- 359-7088827-T1-A
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital (Cross Site)
- Town
- Tunbridge Wells
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Rotational Radiographer
Band 6
Job overview
Are you interested in working for Radiology?...Are you Relocating?
Come and join our busy, and expanding team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital NHS Trust. We are looking for enthusiastic and friendly colleagues to join the department who are dedicated to ensuring patients are receiving the best possible care.
The department is a friendly and supportive environment that provides it's staff the opportunity to succeed in their goals; we are committed to supporting CPD and encourage role development. Both departments are busy diagnostic hubs delivering high quality imaging for an acute Trust.
Posts have become available based in our departments at Tunbridge and Maidstone Hospitals . We provide imaging services over seven days across our hospitals and CDC satellite sites.
Base sites will be discussed at interview.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a caring, dynamic, experienced, motivated radiographer who will suggest and encourage ideas, to join our team. If you have a commitment to outstanding care, quality and have an interest in developing your leadership skills then our senior team could be for you.
You will be a radiographer with significant post qualification experience, the majority of which will be in UK healthcare. CT experience is essential.
You will be required to deputise for the Superintendent Radiographer.
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
Looking for flexible working?
We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it’s adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.
Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:
• At least 27 days of annual leave plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
- CPD evidence
Desirable criteria
- In possession of or working towards undertaking a postgraduate qualification.
- IV cannulation course
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant demonstrable post qualification experience
- Competence in a wide range of CT/ interventional scans.
- A sound knowledge of departmental/other hospital protocols and practices.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills liaising with staff internally and externally.
- Ability to receive and analyse sensitive/ contentious, complex, information and respond in a rapid and appropriate fashion
- Decision making skills
- Ability to rapidly assess patient personality and respond appropriately
- Good knowledge of IRMER and IRR
Desirable criteria
- Experience of workloads in a busy CT department.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to deliver excellent CT skills and patient care
- Good computer skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sophie Driscoll / Brendan Curtis / Liz Hall
- Job title
- Paractice Educator / Superintendent Radiographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 635650
- Additional information
We would welcome and encourage any potential applicants to call us to discuss the job and arrange an informal visit to the department.
To arrange this or for an informal discussion about the role please contact [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected]
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