Client: Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT Location: Warrington, United Kingdom Job Category: Other EU work permit required: Yes Job Reference:
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23.01.2025 Expiry Date:
09.03.2025 Job Description:
Job summary The CT/MRI service at Warrington and Halton Hospital has vacancies for friendly and enthusiastic radiographers. The successful candidates will have experience working within the NHS and have evidence of experience/interest in CT and MRI. If you have a caring nature, excellent communication skills and enjoy working in a busy but supportive environment then the Cross-Sectional Radiographer role at Warrington and Halton Hospitals is the job for you. We encourage self-development and fully support attendance at National and International Conferences to ensure we get the best outcomes for our patients. Main duties of the job On the Warrington site we have 3 Canon Prism CT scanners & 2 Siemens Sola MRI scanners. In April 2020 we installed the UK's first 640 slice Canon Aquilion One PRISM CT scanner and are a reference site for Canon. On the Halton site there are Philips CT & 3T MRI scanners in the Captain Sir Tom Moore Centre, next to these scanners we will be opening a community diagnostic centre in 2025, this will also have a Canon Prism CT scanner & a Siemens Sola MRI scanner. All our Band 6 CSI radiographers do CT Colonography, Cardiac CT Imaging and MRI breast imaging. We also provide a Cardiac MRI service and hope to expand the team as the service progresses. Our CT out of hours cover is a resident on-call system with lucrative payments and generous rest time attached. There are lots of opportunities for voluntary overtime. We care for our patients across three sites situated within close commuting distance from one another which provide a range of clinical experiences for our staff. The CSI team routinely work on both sites, which are connected by a free cross-site shuttle bus. We support new staff with our mentorship programme to support their transition to our Trust, ensuring that you will feel confident and competent in your role. We welcome applications from qualified radiographers regardless of experience and are happy to support staff through our training programme. About us Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019. Job responsibilities ****The full details of this role are available within the job description and person specification attached**** Person Specification PHYSICAL EFFORT Ability to lone work and transfer patients from chairs and beds onto the scanning tables. Experience Two years clinical experience in general radiography in NHS Varied clinical experience Desirable Clinical experience in CT and/or MRI Involvement in the training and supervision of professional staff Skills Knowledge and competencies Ability to work calmly and efficiently in a busy environment Ability to communicate well with different levels of staff and the public Ability to organise and prioritise workload Desirable Ability to challenge current practice Post graduate in CT or MRI Influencing and negotiating Physical skills Ability to work flexibly and autonomously Professional, mature and empathetic attitude Committed to providing a quality service Desirable Involvement in the wider professional arena MENTAL EFFORT Ability to work flexibly. Ability to work autonomously
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