Job summary
- Main area
- Radiography
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 319-6198720AZ
- Employer
- Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wansbeck General hospital
- Town
- Ashington
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Site Lead Radiographer
NHS AfC: Band 7
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Site Lead radiographer at Wansbeck General Hospital Hospital .
This opportunity is open to experienced radiographers who would like to develop their managerial skills.
You will be expected to manage the day to day operational running of the department as well as opportunity to engage with the other site and trust leads to look at ways of improving our services both for patients and the well being of our staff.
You will work alongside the leads of North Tyneside General Hospital, The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital and Hexham General Hospital as well as the trust CT lead ,other modality leads and the Trust Lead Radiographer to ensure staffing levels and skill mix are maintained.
You will manage a team of radiographers, assistant practitioners and radiology assistants ensuring mandatory training, appraisals and staff health and wellbeing are maintained.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a hard working individual looking to expand their knowledge and development.
Main duties of the job
To manage and maintain a high quality Radiographic service at a designated site, whilst complying with Trust and Departmental policies and procedures. As a team manager you will be responsible for the operational management of all the sections of the Radiology department.
To ensure that the Radiographic service actively contributes to the challenges of the Department of Health targets and directives. To carry out a range of complex and highly complex radiographic examinations to a high standard.
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Attend team management meeting with cross-site Managers and Lead Radiographer to propose and assist in the implementation of service changes in response to current NHS trends e.g. casualty waiting times and 2 week cancer wait.
- Lead and support others during service developments
- Working with the Operational Service Manager and Trust Lead Radiographer to participate in the development of any necessary changes to the service to accommodate the Department of Health Targets e.g. A&E waiting times, and cancer diagnosis and treatment targets.
- Work with Consultant Radiologists to develop, implement and monitor compliance of imaging protocols, to provide an optimum examination.
- Work with the Operational Service Manager, and Trust Lead Radiographer to develop, implement and monitor compliance of Department policies and procedures.
- Implement and monitor compliance of Trust policies and procedures.
- In line with agreed protocols, develop the radiography service by the extension of skill mix and role extension of all staff.
- Liaise with clinicians and specialist staff to ensure Government targets and guidelines for cancer and stroke are met.
- Involvement in procurement of new equipment and capital planning.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in Radiography or equivalent.
- State Registration (HPC).
- Specialist post qualification in a specific imaging modality or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Post Graduate qualification in supervisory management
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deborah Henderson
- Job title
- Trust Lead Radiographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0344 811 8111
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