Senior Diagnostic Radiographer

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Opportunities have arisen for Senior Radiographers, Band 6 to work within the Medical Imaging Department on the Ipswich Hospital Site within East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust. We have a permanent post and also a fixed term post available. We are part of a large district general hospital and you will be expected to rotate through all areas including the Emergency Department, CT scan, Fluoroscopy, all the plain film imaging modalities as well as opportunities for the right candidates to train within Vascular & Intervention and Cardiac modalities.

We operate extended day working across a 7 day week and you will be expected to undertake overnight duties including undertaking emergency CT scans, covering weekends/bank holidays on a rostered basis.

You will be required to support the managers and area Leads with delivery of an efficient and effective service within the current challenging healthcare environment.

Previous/current NHS Experience Is Essential For This Role. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

Uphold trust values and behaviours leading by example.

Undertake diagnostic imaging procedures according to agreed protocols.

Support senior staff, radiologists and area leads to ensure effective and efficient organisation of the workload across the service.

Develop and maintain good, effective channels of communication within the multi-disciplinary team.

Supervises junior radiographic, and support staff including undergraduates on clinical placement.

Adherence to Radiation Protection legislation/governance and report breaches using the DATIX incident reporting system, including notifying senior staff/RPS as appropriate.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring whats widely regarded as the worlds best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

• Essential NHS experience for the role. Internal ESNEFT applicants may be considered on a secondment basis.
• Ability to undertake diagnostic imaging procedures across the listed modalities and to support the workflow in a busy Medical Imaging Department.

• Mid-Senior level

• Contract

• Health Care Provider