Job summary
- Main area
- Radiology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Will include various shifts and weekend work
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (OOHs as per rota, including weekends and nights)
- Job ref
- 359-RadiographerEvent
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals
- Town
- Tunbridge Wells
- Salary
- £29,970 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 15:00
Employer heading
Diagnostic Radiographer Recruitment Event
Band 5
Job overview
Join us at our Diagnostic Radiographer Recruitment Event!
- Date: 12th October 2024
- Location: Tunbridge Wells Hospital
- Time: 9.00am - 13.00pm
The radiography departments at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust are seeking talented, compassionate, and enthusiastic radiographers to join our teams. With the opening of the West Kent Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) and the Kent & Medway Orthopaedic Centre, along with internal promotions of radiographers into reporting and enhanced roles, we have various vacancies available across both sites of the Trust. These include both substantive and bank positions.
On the Day:
- You can meet the team and learn about our services and Trust.
- You'll be given the chance to take a guided tour of our facilities at Tunbridge Wells. (If you'd like to tour Maidstone Hospital instead, we can arrange a visit on a different date upon request.
- If you submit an application through this advertisement and are shortlisted, we will provide you with interview details for the same day. If you're simply exploring your options and want to learn more, we also welcome you to join us for an informal chat.
Main duties of the job
Opportunities for Current Students
If you are a 3rd-year student looking for your first job, you'll find the support and guidance you need to transition into an autonomous practitioner at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW). Our newly developed probation and preceptorship programme will enhance your knowledge and skills, enabling you to progress to a Band 6 radiographer within two years.
Return to Practice
Are you looking to return to practice? We can help you navigate the HCPC requirements and create a bespoke programme tailored to your needs.
Internationally Educated Radiographers
If you are internationally educated and looking to gain experience within the NHS, we are offering opportunities for a limited number of candidates to volunteer with us for a set period. This allows you to acquire valuable skills and knowledge in the acute sector, preparing you to apply for a position on our substantive team.
Experienced Radiographers
Are you already working in practice and thinking about a change? Tour our department and discover how MTW can enhance your skills.
Apply today and see where a career with MTW can take you!
Working for our organisation
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England. We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Interview Date: 12th October 2024
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
- CPD portfolio evidence
Desirable criteria
- IV cannulation course.
- Desire to progress
Experience / Knowledge
Essential criteria
- To have recent clinical experience in an NHS hospital, or equivalent (either as a student or qualified radiographer).
- A sound knowledge of departmental/other hospital protocols and practices
- Ability to receive and analyse sensitive/ contentious, complex, information and respond in a rapid and appropriate fashion
- Decision making skills
- Ability to rapidly assess patient personality and respond appropriately
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working out of hours during training or when qualified.
- Local knowledge within the Trust
- Ability to liaise with staff internal and external to the department to aid high quality service delivery.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to deliver good general radiographic skills and patient care
- Basic computer skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sophie Driscoll
- Job title
- Practice Educator Radiographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01892 634973
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