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Job overview

Manchester Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Principal MRI  Radiographer for the North Manchester General site

The successful candidate should have significant experience in leading and developing an MRI service, teaching and training more junior staff and in service management.

You will be expected to undertake both clinical work, and manage the service within North Manchester across 1 static MR scanner and 1 remote relocatable CDC scanner.   The successful candidate will be expected to deputise for the NMGH site lead on rotation when required.

Safety is of paramount importance and you will act as the MRI responsible person ensuring the highest safety standards at all times around the magnetic field.   The successful applicant will also take a lead within the department for the safe administration of all contrast and medicines to patients, in line with the PGDs in place, and ensure all other staff within the department are doing the same.

This is a full time post worked  

Informal visits/enquiries are recommended before applying for this post

Main duties of the job

Professional Leadership and Management

Act as lead radiographer for the MR imaging service at North Manchester General Hospital, seeking ways to develop the service. Provide expert support and leadership for the other senior radiographers and support staff working within the area.

Working collaboratively with the site lead, manage the day-to-day radiographic staffing levels within the departments, ensuring all areas have sufficient staff to provide the service. 

Work closely with the Division of imaging modality lead for MRI, and other MR modality leads in the trust to ensure a consistent approach to all aspects of the service across the division to ensure optimum efficiency and effective and supportive management at all times. 

In collaboration with the site leads, operations and waiting list managers, manage the demand and capacity for both OP and IP referrals. Ensure effective processes are in place to monitor the scheduling and prevention of cancellation of scans, initiating any action plans that will assist the service and meet corporate and government targets.

Lead on the training of all staff within MR, to ensure they are competent and supported in delivering a high-quality service. This includes managing the competency based clinical training program for all new MR radiographers, local induction for new starters, identifying training needs for existing staff, supporting regular CPD opportunities and ensuring mandatory training is completed annually.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.