Job summary
We are recruiting for a Cardiac Catheter Lab Radiographer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Are you a dynamic, enthusiastic, experienced, Cardiac Catheter Lab Radiographer looking for the opportunity to be part of a friendly, hard-working, ambitious and highly skilled team of Specialist Radiographers within Cardiac Cath labs?

Do you possess the professional and personal skills needed to be part a strong and dedicated team?

Are you interested in becoming an integral key member of our Radiology team working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues with a focus on the patient experience and the development of the professional group within our Cath lab setting?

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job
As a registered radiographer you will work within a busy Cath lab environment and will become an integral part of the team, ensuring all patients receive the highest standards of care in accordance with recognized protocols.

You will need to possess excellent; organizational, leadership, communication and inter-personal skills, be able to promote a learning environment.

About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Qualifications
Essential

• Degree in Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent and evidence of registration with professional body
• Willingness to undertake training as appropriate.

Desirable

• ILS
• Knowledge of appropriate general cardiac conditions and their management
• Demonstrate radiographic skills within the cardiac cath lab
• Computer literacy
• General Radiography Experience.

Previous Experience
Essential

• Good clinical skills.
• Ability to put into practice new skills learnt
• Good Interpersonal skills
• Able to relate and communicate with staff of all levels and from different professions

Desirable

• Post qualification experience
• Relevant degree level studies
• Leadership and motivational skills Awareness and understanding of current health issues, in particular, demonstrating a understanding of cardiology services within the cath lab

Skills
Essential

• Good organisation and time management skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Problem solving: ability to adapt and respond positively to unexpected issues
• Evidence of good communication skills

Desirable

• Leadership and motivational skills
• Able to deal with management issues in the absence of a senior radiographer.
• Able to think laterally to identify innovative solutions to problems

Knowledge
Essential

• Good working knowledge of IRR19/IRMER 2019
• Willing to gain specialist knowledge appropriate for the role

Desirable

• Knowledge of appropriate general cardiac conditions and their management
• Awareness and understanding of current health issues, in particular, demonstrating a understanding of cardiology services within the cath lab

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.