Diagnostic Radiographer

NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area Radiology Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24/7 shift cover) Job ref 349-CSS-7093912*

Site Manchester Royal Infirmary Town Manchester Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum (Pro Rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 23/04/2025 23:59

Job Overview

We are looking for enthusiastic Radiographers to join our dynamic and friendly team on a two year fixed basis and play a key role in maintaining and improving standards and quality of our patient services. The post includes training and rotation through all areas of the General X-ray department, including Endoscopy.

Successful candidates will

• Receive a comprehensive induction and training
• Receive a one year preceptorship
• Receive regular appraisals
• Participate in a 24/7 shift system
• Receive enhanced remuneration for night duties
  
  

Main duties of the job

• Take responsibility for the welfare and comfort of the patient whilst under the care of the radiology department, prior, during and post their examination
• Ensure IR(ME)R procedures are followed
• Make decisions about the most appropriate examination required
• Physically position the full range of patient presentations with accuracy
• Employ appropriate exposure factors and technique, ensuring dose is kept to a minimum
• Review images and make assessment as to whether additional imaging is required
• Inform patient when the examination is complete and ensure they are aware of where they need to go or where/when they will obtain their results
• Take part in the department “red dot” system
• Ensure full patient and examination data is entered onto the patient management system
• Working without supervision, participate in the out of hour’s duty rosters to maintain a 24 hour service to the central site
• Maintain commitment to CPD, keeping up to date with the latest developments, as required for Clinical Governance. Ensure CPD portfolio is kept up to date
• Participate in the training, supervision and assessment of student radiographers
• Ensure all mandatory training requirements are kept up to date
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives
• Prioritising and organisation of departmental workload
• Be aware of IPC procedures
• Report any equipment faults or hazards immediately to a Senior Radiographers.
  
  

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc (Radiography) or equivalent
• HCPC Registration
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Range of clinical experience undergraduate level in all areas relevant to first post competency
• Comprehend and work within both IR(ME)R 2017 and local protocols
• Evidence of CPD
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
  
  

Desirable criteria

• General experience in a Radiographer post
  
  

Physical and mental requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to concentrate on high standard of image quality and respond to changes in workflow, unpredictable work patterns
  
  

Personal attributes

Essential criteria

• Positive and professional attitude
• Work under pressure and without supervision
• Able to communicate well with a range of personnel
  
  

Personal circumstances

Essential criteria

• Ability to participate in shift duties
• Flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of the service
• This post involves dealing with very mobile/less mobile patients, telephone communications, maneuvering of mobile equipment. A certain amount of manual dexterity is required
• Ability to commute between sites
  
  

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

• Job Description (PDF, 209.6KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 136.5KB)
• functional requirement (PDF, 456.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)
  
  

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Prince Gyimah Job title Principal Radiographer for General Imaging Email address prince.gyimah@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number 0161 276 3394 Additional information

Aylin Horton-Salih aylin.horton-salih@mft.nhs.uk

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