Job Summary
Band 6 - £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Contract Type: 3 X Permanent
We are recruiting for CT Radiographer who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place". This is a truly exciting time to join our team as we work in the newly developed Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) that delivers first-class diagnostic care to our community. The new centre has created the ability to deliver joined up diagnostic care, and with increased capacity this ensures our patients have faster access to treatment, earlier diagnosis, and improved outcomes. By becoming part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work in innovative ways and play a central role in how we improve patient pathways, delivering the right test, at the right time, in the right place. We are looking for experienced CT Radiographers to come and work in our forward-thinking department. Our normal practice would be to develop staff internally however an exciting opportunity has arisen for external candidates to apply.

Main Duties of the Job
To conduct a wide range of CT scans upon a range of patient types, both as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multi-professional team, in a manner that meets professional, departmental and legal standards and requirements. Participate in the out of hours on call rota. Radiographers practice will involve lone working in particular specialties and at particular times. Patient presentation will include the unconscious, uncooperative, incapacitated, incompetent, disorientated and those with physical and mental disabilities. A wide variety of patients will be encountered and will include those exhibiting anti-social behaviour including both un-convicted and legally convicted e.g. prisoners. Other influencing factors include the skills needed to provide patients or relatives with empathy and emotional support for the bereaved, terminally ill, injured, traumatised or those altered by substance use/abuse. We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services. We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

About Us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust serves a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users. Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an on-site day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire the Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. The isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem of the south coast off England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The Island offers an amazing coast line with beautiful countryside, year round events, festivals and award winning attractions. Our 2024-2029 'Working Together, Improving Together' strategy sets out our objectives for the next 5 years, setting the framework for our collaboration to deliver our vision of working together to deliver excellence in care for our patients and communities.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Diploma of College of Radiographers or BSc equivalent
• State Registration with the Health & Care Profession Council

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of Clinical Governance within the NHS
• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
• Experience in CT/MR
• Experience in student supervision
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Post qualification experience in CT (Desirable)

Physical Skills

• Able to wear radiation protective clothing (5mm equivalence) and monitoring devices
• Be able to operate VDU equipment in both image acquisition and data management
• Be able to operate manual handling aids, as provided by the department including patient slide boards, sheets, hoists and trolleys
• Be able to operate and move full range of radiographic equipment Including over-couch tubes, mobile Image Intensifiers with monitors and mobile x-ray machines (motorised and non-motorised)
• Attend annual update and complete e-learning modules, as required in relation to manual handling (Desirable)

Aptitudes

• Must be able to demonstrate good technical knowledge and continue to development it

Abilities

• Must be able to work to short deadlines and have a flexible approach to workload

Communication Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good presentation skills
• Effective advocate for patients
• Evidence of leadership skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Apply through our website). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Apply through our website).

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).