Job summary
Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced Radiographer to join our leadership team as a Lead CT Radiographer.

This is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring or established leader to support the delivery of a high-quality CT service across the Trust. Working closely with the CT Modality Manager, you will contribute to the management and development of CT services while providing leadership and support to our dynamic team of radiographers.

The successful candidate will be based primarily at King's Mill Hospital but will be required to lead and support CT services across all Sherwood Forest Hospitals sites, including our state-of-the-art Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) CT service at Mansfield Community Hospital. The service benefits from recent investment, including the installation of a new GE Revolution Ascend CT scanner, providing an excellent environment for both staff and patients.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are committed to supporting staff development and delivering outstanding patient care. This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking CT service during a period of exciting growth and investment, helping to shape the future of diagnostic imaging across the Trust.

If you are an experienced CT Radiographer looking to take the next step in your leadership career, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Specialist expertise, underpinned by theory and practical experience acquired through diploma/ degree/post graduate study
• Up to date knowledge and awareness of professional issues

Qualifications
Essential

• DCR or BSc (Hons Radiography)
• Evidence of further study
• Leadership Experience supported by courses

Desirable

• Management qualification

Training
Essential

• Broad training in general radiography to include A&E, orthopaedic and theatre work
• This may be supplemented by short courses + CPD

Desirable

• IT skills
• Teaching qualification

Experience
Essential

• Supervisory experience
• Teaching skills
• Significant experience of working at a Band 6 level. This may be supplemented by short courses + CPD.

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.
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.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.