Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Interventional Radiology Theatre Practitioner : RGN/ODP

The closing date is 09 July 2025

Job summary

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

The Interventional Department at the Countess of Chester are looking for an experienced nurse or odp to lead the IR nursing team, working along side the IR manager, Radiographers, Consultants and support staff.

Chester is the hub for the SMART centre (south mersey arterial treatment centre) and all complex vascular work is performed at Chester from the local area and from both the spoke sites at Arrowe Park and Warrington. We provide an on-call service to patients at Chester and the successful applicant is expected to fully participate in this service out of hours.

IR in Chester perform both vascular and non-vascular procedures ranging from arterial and venous intervention, embolisations, GI stenting, abscess drains, nephrostomies and image guided biopsies.

We have a Radiographer lead PICC team and also have an advanced radiographer practitioner who provides a nephrostomy exchange service, NG/NJ insertions, image guided lumbar punctures.The IR department has recently undergone full refurbishment and extension to include a new theatre with Canon imaging equipment and the space for a second theatre to be installed in the near future.

Main duties of the job

  1. You will be accountable as a clinical member to ensure you perform your role in a safe, competent manner within your designated area and provide specialist care to meet the needs of the pre/peri/post-operative patient.
  2. You will be responsible for maintaining effective communication throughout the areas of theatre services and between the medical, nursing, administrative and management staff to provide the best care to patients.
  3. You will be responsible for ensuring that patients and relatives are involved within their care to ensure that all their needs are met

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

  • The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
  • Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
  • Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Details

Date posted

01 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

210-2025-472

Job locations

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL


Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RN or ODP level 3 Qualification/ degree
  • Mentorship qualification and experience.
  • Mentorship experience and qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • A broad experience of Orthopaedic procedures - Elective and Trauma.
  • Possess a broad awareness of professional issues
  • Evidence of recent professional development/further study.

Desirable

  • Significant post registration experience in a rotational capacity or in other speciality areas
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RN or ODP level 3 Qualification/ degree
  • Mentorship qualification and experience.
  • Mentorship experience and qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • A broad experience of Orthopaedic procedures - Elective and Trauma.
  • Possess a broad awareness of professional issues
  • Evidence of recent professional development/further study.

Desirable

  • Significant post registration experience in a rotational capacity or in other speciality areas

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL


Employer's website

https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL


Employer's website

https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Superintendent Radiographer IR

Collette Markey

collette.markey@nhs.net

01244366722

Details

Date posted

01 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

210-2025-472

Job locations

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL


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