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To contribute to service improvements and re-design in line with national and local service strategies, National Service Frameworks, NICE guidance, and emerging relevant NHS policies.

Deputise for the superintendent and deputy superintendent radiographers in operational management when required and to undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as directed by the Non ionising radiation and ionising radiation operational leads.

To undertake flexible working hours including nights and demonstrate working practices as required for the efficient running of both the CT & MRI service. This will involve managing the radiographic team out of hours when required to do so.

To contribute to a professional, high quality, effective, flexible, and efficient radiology service implementing best practice, local and national guidelines and policies.

Clinical

• To independently undertake a wide range of CT & MRI procedures, ensuring high professional standards of technical competence and patient care are maintained at all times.
• Able to work in an advanced practitioner capacity, with a high degree of autonomy to provide clinical support and advice to other radiographic practitioners.

Communication and relationship skills

• To communicate information concerning their specialist imaging modality areas to patients/clients, relatives, and other professionals.
• To appropriately manage situations where the communication topic is extremely delicate, sensitive, or controversial (for example: with work colleagues, service users, relatives, etc).

Analytical and Judgemental skills

• Must possess skills for accurately assessing a range of complex, acute and other patient conditions so as to tailor diagnostic scanning protocols which take into account the optimization of the diagnostic images gained.
• Must handle complicated situations made up of several components, which may be conflicting or where some information is unavailable.

Planning and organisational skills 

• The post holder is responsible for organising the daily workload.
• Must ensure appropriate skill mix and training support for those staff performing CT/MRI duties; juggling case mix and urgency of workload ensuring the department provides a timely service.

Responsibility – patient/client care

• Provides a specialist and tailored CT & MRI service which contributes to diagnosis, care or treatment. Is expected to work closely with consultants, referrers, and other key health professionals to induce multidisciplinary teamwork on safe and effective care for patients with complex needs.

Please refer to Job Description for further details

We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.  

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system.  Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.   This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Upon commencing  employment  with  the  Trust,  all  employees  (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are  subject  to  a probationary period lasting  a  period  of  six  months  with  an  option  to extend  for  a  further  six  months  to  a total of  12 months.