Cross-Sectional Imaging Practice Development Radiographer

Job responsibilities

See attached JD and PS

Key Roles & Performance Areas:

This post is responsible for overseeing the development of strategic people and pathway development within Cross Sectional Imaging areas including CT and MRI imaging areas across our sites at LGT.

To lead programmes of practice improvement across the Radiography Department that meet national standards and align to the Trust strategic; clinical strategy and regulatory requirements

• To help develop education capabilities within the radiography department with a specific focus on their assigned modalities
• To chair meetings related to radiography workforce and education and similar meetings with the formation of agendas, minutes, outcomes as appropriate.

To setup, lead and monitor a governance system of ensuring all relevant Radiographers and clinical support workers within the department and assigned modalities have equitable access to development opportunities across the four pillars of practice and that these are put into practice.

To participate in and support, enable and empower the wider radiography team with participation in audit and other benchmarking activity.

Influence and facilitate the integration and transformation of care and support the introduction of new ways of working

To develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary staff across the Trust, including senior practitioners, managers, health professionals and supportstaff.

To positively search out opportunities for service improvement and pathway redesign ensuring that patient safety and quality is always at the heart of anyimprovement

To engage and develop effective working relationships with clinical divisional teams at every level in the scoping, redesign and implementation of proposed practice development including working with other AHP teams to improve the patient experience.

To ensure that the training, technical and measurement elementsof improvement are developedinparallel with the practicedevelopment itself and with relevant divisional leads

• Source new information relating to the transformation agenda.

Support senior managers and Clinicians in the areas of improvement, organisational development and spread and sustainability of effective practice.

• Provide timely and comprehensive information updates andreports to the AHP Workforce and Education Lead and to other key stakeholders.

To assist in research work pertaining to the service improvement agenda and more specifically to spread and sustainability of improvedpractice such as through audits, using the results to improve practice of others

To keep up to date with research and developments regarding improvement science, change andtransformation.

To ensure all workforce development programmes of work undertaken by the radiography team are measured, managed anddocumented clearly andconcisely and where necessary using clear project management approaches. This will include scoping, designing, implementing, evaluating, reporting and adjusting a project/programme against a specification of work or project plan.

To ensure that programmes of work are communicated using any opportunities available, i.e. Intranet, Webinars, Trust communication and other regular meetingforums.

• To follow at all times and promote the highest standards of professional practice as laid down in the HCPC standards and the behavioral expectations and to ensure all staff in their sphere of responsibility also meet these standards
• To work with Profession and modality Leads in upskilling Support workers (e.g through identification of training offerings) and review of skill mix to ensure we maximise efficiency and effectiveness of this workforce.
• To maintain expert clinical competence in their own area of practice which should be relevant to their role and modality they are supporting.

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• oHCPC Registered Allied Health Professional - Radiographer
• oBSc in Diagnostic Radiography (or equivalent healthcare qualification)
• oRecognised relevant teaching/assessing qualification
• oMaster's degree or equivalent experience.
• oEvidence of continuing professional development.
• oModality specific qualification or advanced training showing a high level of competence in the specific modality related to the role - CT & MRI

Desirable

• Prince 2 or Project Management Qualification
• Quality Improvement (QI) Qualification
• Member of SoR
• SoR Educator Accreditation

Experience

Essential

• oConsiderable experience or more in a senior role in a radiology acute health care environment oHigh clinical competence in Radiography services, with a specialism in one or more modalities where the role will be operating in e.g. CT/MRI
• oDemonstrable ability to plan and organise a range of Project/change management/practice development/QI matters which are highly complex and contentious often requiring formulating and adjusting plans as required.
• oExtensive facilitation, training and negotiation experience
• oDemonstrable evidence of design and implementation of service improvement /practice development at local, divisional and organisational level
• oResearch and Audit.

Desirable

• Evidence of cross organisation working
• Service/practice development with partners

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• oDemonstrates up to date knowledge and understanding of the NHS environment and current professional AHP/Radiography practice
• oReflective approach to practice and able to make judgements involving a range of complex situations requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of various options
• oAble to present highly complex, sensitive and contentious information to a range of stakeholders
• oReport writing and presentation of complex information and data related to workforce development
• oTheoretical knowledge and experience in change/project management/practice development.
• oTheoretical knowledge underpinning organisational development, change management and project management
• oPresentation skills
• oAbilities, Knowledge and Skills in the modality allocated to the role
• oAbilities to use matrix management and to empower and enable others to lead and support development initiatives

Desirable

• Experience in spreading improved practice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).