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For your NHS career, think UHS

As one of one of England's largest acute teaching trusts, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) can help you to achieve your career aspirations, whatever your discipline.

We're one of only a few trusts in the UK that have the ability to care for people before their birth through to the end of life, providing almost every specialism they could need along the way, 24/7. We employ more than 11,500 staff delivering services to over 1.9 million people within our specialist care groups, children’s hospital, and major trauma centre.

Because UHS is essentially a micro city, we can offer almost every job imaginable. Some require a medical background, such as nurses, allied health professionals (AHPs) and healthcare scientists, but there are also plumbers, electricians, porters, secretaries and catering experts, as well as finance, communications, HR and informatics specialists.

Whatever role you're interested in, we can offer fantastic training and development giving you the best possible opportunities to achieve the career you want.

Our values guide the work we do every day, they are: 

Patients first
Patients and families will be at the heart of what we do and their experience within the hospital, and their perception of the Trust will be our measure of success.

Working together
Our clinical teams will provide services to patients and are crucial to our success. We have launched a leadership strategy that ensures our clinical management teams are engaged in the day-to-day management and governance of the Trust.

Always improving 
Our reputation is research and development and our approach to education and training will continue to incorporate new ideas, technologies greater efficiencies in the service we provide.

Our careers website

If you'd like to find out more about UHS, the benefits we offer our employees, or if you are thinking of moving to the Hampshire area and would like some guidance, head to

https://careers.uhs.nhs.uk/Why-UHS/About-the-Trust/COVID-19-UPDATE.aspx

for more information. 

Contact

Address
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 6YD
Contact Number
023 8120 6525

Find out more

Jobs Website
Vacancy status: Open
Ref: 188-CL221124 Vacancy ID: 6803752

Diagnostic General Radiographer

Accepting applications until: 29-Nov-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 29-Nov-2024 23:59

Key details

Location

Gwefan
Southampton General Hospital
Cyfeiriad
Tremona Rd,
Tref
Southampton
Cod post
SO16 6YD
Major / Minor Region
Hampshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract
Permanent
Oriau
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week

Salary

Gradd
Band 5

Specialty

Prif leoliad
Radiology
Dyddiad y cyfweliad
10/12/2024

Trosolwg o'r swydd

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
 
Please see below for a detailed job description for the role.

Advert

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, reliable, highly motivated diagnostic radiographers to join our large, friendly team at UHS. This vacancy is for HCPC registered radiographers, and summer 2025 graduate radiographers looking to develop. Proposed start date for this vacancy is for Summer 2025.
 
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
 
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
 
 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
 
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
 
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
 
Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service.

Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

As a department we offer a 14 week preceptorship programme to ensure that all new members of staff are supported and supervised until all the required competencies are achieved. We also offer a Band 5-6 transition programme upon application and successful appointment. The aim of this preceptorship is to help band 5 radiographers develop their skills and demonstrate their ability to work as a band 6 allowing them to move to the next pay band if successful.
 
What you’ll do:
The successful candidate will rotate through all areas of the department as outlined above. Adopting a patient centred approach; you will be part of the team providing imaging for all patient groups. Ability to participate in the full shift roster which covers the provision of 24 hour diagnostic Radiography services 365 days per year is essential.
 
What we’re looking for:
Patient focused, proactive and ideally with NHS experience. We welcome applicants who hold a BSc or equivalent in Diagnostic Radiography, are Health and Care Professions Council registered and eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Applications are welcomed from current 3rd year BSc Diagnostic Radiography students.
 
Our specialist areas include Trauma and Orthopaedic Radiography, General and Neurology inpatient and Outpatient Radiography, Fluoroscopy, Theatres, and Interventional Radiology. Our busy Interventional Unit carries out a wide range of vascular, non-vascular and interventional oncology procedures and is the regional cancer centre and major vascular hub.
 
The Trust’s Managed Equipment Service contract ensures a planned and guaranteed equipment replacement programme with managed maintenance and repair; this ensures we always work with the latest up to date technology.
Across the departments you will be working in, there are:
· Xograph Triathlon T3 Precision DR rooms
· Planmeca Promax dental imaging rooms
· Siemens Artis Zee Multi-purpose fluoroscopy rooms
· Siemens Interventional Radiology Labs (Axiom Artis, Artis Zee)
· Siemens Artis Pheno Hybrid Theatre
· Large fleet of image intensifiers (Cios Flow, Cios Select, Ziehm Solo, Ziehm Vision R and 3D)
· Large fleet of DR mobiles
 
At UHS we have a large friendly team of radiographers with wide range of experience working across the following departments:
 
Main X-ray:
This area provides general, fluoroscopy and mobile radiography for adult in-patients and out-patients. There are 5 DR X-ray rooms, 2 state of the art digital fluoroscopy rooms, and a fleet of DR mobiles. There is also a Xograph DR Dental Imaging room.
 
Emergency X-ray:
This area provides adult and paediatric trauma radiography for the Emergency Department and Major Trauma Centre plus emergency and general theatre imaging. There are 3 DR x-ray rooms, DR mobiles and a fleet of up-to-date image intensifiers undertaking a wide variety of complex imaging procedures.
 
Interventional Radiology:
Our interventional Unit carries out a wide range of complex vascular, non-vascular and oncology procedures in 2 Siemens interventional labs in additional to a Hybrid Lab. The unit is the cancer centre and major vascular hub within the region.
 
Royal South Hants X-ray:
This satellite unit, near the city centre, provides imaging for adult outpatient clinics and GP referrals and has 4 DR x-ray rooms.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Trust Values

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Patients First
  • Always Improving
  • Working Together

Skills and competencies

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Communication
  • Microsoft Office skills
  • Leadership
  • People management
  • Attention to detail

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Appropriate BSc Radiography degree or qualification to be achieved in the next nine months
  • HCPC Registration or pending
  • Experience of working in a department using IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR 2017 regulations in clinical practice
  • Team player who can also work independently.
  • Able to work within protocols
  • Sound knowledge of all areas of Governance including H&S, COSHH, Manual Handling
  • Experience of teaching, mentoring, and supporting colleagues training and development.
  • Effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including responding appropriately to distressed patients and staff and distressing circumstances e.g. suspected physical abuse, major trauma, cancer and death.
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Application form expresses a strong, specific reason for wanting to work at UHS
  • Knowledge of other departments works practice with which radiology has a significant interface.
  • Relevant clinical courses
  • Quality assurance supervision and practice
  • Experience of working in/student placements in an NHS Radiology department

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Enw
Emily Heddon
Teitl y swydd
Lead Superintendent Radiographer
Cyfeiriad ebost
[email protected]
Rhif ffôn
02381201249
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