Job summary
Barts Heart Centre Radiography department is currently looking to recruit full time Diagnostic Radiographers, who have an interest in pursuing a career in cardiovascular imaging, to join our friendly, hard-working, ambitious and highly skilled team. The department boasts a wealth of state-of-the-art equipment, with ten Cardiac Catheter Labs, three dedicated Cardiac MRI scanners, a dedicated Cardiac CT scanner and a hybrid theatre, with plans for future expansion.
This is an opportunity to become an expert in the heart and its circulation, and to develop specialist knowledge and skills whilst working in Europe's biggest cardiovascular centre. As a part of this fast paced and exciting role, you would be working as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team offering life-changing and often life-saving treatment to patients from around London and beyond, as well as taking part in ground breaking research and live broadcasting of cases for educational meetings and congresses.
As a Band 5 Radiographer you would be based in the Cardiac Cath Labs, providing imaging for a wide range of coronary intervention, structural heart intervention, electrophysiology, and pacing procedures. Full training will be provided, so no prior specialist cardiac experience is required. We actively encourage applications from 3rd year Diagnostic Radiography students who are keen to start their careers in a world renowned specialist Cardiac centre.
Main duties of the job
The aim of this role is to provide high quality, effective Imaging services within Cardiology including Cath Lab Angiography (electrophysiology, pacing, structural, and coronary intervention), Cardiac CT, and Cardiac MRI (rotation weighted according to service requirements). The post holder will work closely with Radiographers, students and clinical staff of all grades in providing safe, prompt and effective imaging.
Patients may be unconscious, un-cooperative, incapacitated, incompetent or with physical or mental disabilities. Some may exhibit anti-social or threatening behaviour. It is necessary to provide empathy and emotional support to the bereaved, terminally ill injured and traumatised.
The service operates 24 hours a day 365 days per year.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Please do speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess a referral or request form, and justify it under radiographic regulations and locally agreed protocols.
- Prioritise patients to ensure optimum efficiency and service quality.
- Ensure that the protocol used for an examination is suitably matched to the clinical indications for the procedure.
- Liaise with referring clinicians to clarify or discuss requests for complex radiographic procedures.
- Act as a point of advice for referrers, other clinical staff, patients and their relatives.
- Ensure that patients, relatives and staff are appropriately informed and reassured of any discussions relating to patient procedures.
- Assess the physical, mental and communication abilities and needs of individual patients and respond appropriately.
- Answer all questions and concerns of the patients, providing them with appropriate responses, putting the patients condition into the context of the diagnostic procedure.
- Document that patients have consented to procedures and to issue and ensure they understand any instructions they need to follow.
- Enter accurate patient examination data into Imaging Information Systems i.e. RIS and PACS.
- Accurately position patients for the appropriate examinations, taking into account their abilities, needs and limitations.
- Appropriately adapt standard techniques to ensure that radiographic procedures are undertaken appropriately for patients with limited capabilities.
- Undertake radiological procedures (i.e. multi-faceted, multiple trauma), utilising skills, knowledge and experience, setting exposure parameters.
- Participate in patient monitoring or administration of oxygen.
- Visually be able to discriminate subtle differences between images to ensure there are no artefacts.
- Assess outcomes following procedures, and ensure that any necessary additional procedures are undertaken within a single patient attendance where possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess a referral or request form, and justify it under radiographic regulations and locally agreed protocols.
- Prioritise patients to ensure optimum efficiency and service quality.
- Ensure that the protocol used for an examination is suitably matched to the clinical indications for the procedure.
- Liaise with referring clinicians to clarify or discuss requests for complex radiographic procedures.
- Act as a point of advice for referrers, other clinical staff, patients and their relatives.
- Ensure that patients, relatives and staff are appropriately informed and reassured of any discussions relating to patient procedures.
- Assess the physical, mental and communication abilities and needs of individual patients and respond appropriately.
- Answer all questions and concerns of the patients, providing them with appropriate responses, putting the patients condition into the context of the diagnostic procedure.
- Document that patients have consented to procedures and to issue and ensure they understand any instructions they need to follow.
- Enter accurate patient examination data into Imaging Information Systems i.e. RIS and PACS.
- Accurately position patients for the appropriate examinations, taking into account their abilities, needs and limitations.
- Appropriately adapt standard techniques to ensure that radiographic procedures are undertaken appropriately for patients with limited capabilities.
- Undertake radiological procedures (i.e. multi-faceted, multiple trauma), utilising skills, knowledge and experience, setting exposure parameters.
- Participate in patient monitoring or administration of oxygen.
- Visually be able to discriminate subtle differences between images to ensure there are no artefacts.
- Assess outcomes following procedures, and ensure that any necessary additional procedures are undertaken within a single patient attendance where possible.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or Diploma in Diagnostic Radiography
- HCPC State Registration
Experience
Essential
- Range of radiographic experience gained as a student or in first post
Desirable
- Experience of working with students
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate awareness of advocacy for patients
- Evidence of ability to assess the needs of the patient
- Demonstrates professional approach, in demeanor, appearance and time keeping
- Ability to critically analyse Radiographic images
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to wear radiation protective clothing at 0.35Pb equivalent for periods of up to 4 hours
- Ability to safely use a wide range of manual handling equipment as provided by the Trust
- Good understanding of Legislation relating to Health & Safety and Radiation Protection.
- Evidence of understanding or participation in QA Programme
- Evidence of participation in teamwork, both uni- and multi- professional
- Passed fit through an occupational health assessment to perform full duties of the role
- Willingness to undertake teaching and assessment of students
Desirable
- Previous experience of emergency duties (possibly as a student)
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development.
- Evidence that knowledge of general radiographic techniques is up to date
Other
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of professional development, maintains updated Portfolio Reflective in practice
- Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others
- Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
- Communicates with patients and carers in an empathetic manner
- Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care
- Required to work 08.00-18.00 weekdays, with a rota'd day off and participate in evening/weekend shifts when appropriately trained.
- Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats Communicates with patients and carers in an empathetic manner Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care Required to work 08.00-18.00 weekdays, with a rota'd day off and participate in evening/weekend shifts when appropriately trained. Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or Diploma in Diagnostic Radiography
- HCPC State Registration
Experience
Essential
- Range of radiographic experience gained as a student or in first post
Desirable
- Experience of working with students
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate awareness of advocacy for patients
- Evidence of ability to assess the needs of the patient
- Demonstrates professional approach, in demeanor, appearance and time keeping
- Ability to critically analyse Radiographic images
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to wear radiation protective clothing at 0.35Pb equivalent for periods of up to 4 hours
- Ability to safely use a wide range of manual handling equipment as provided by the Trust
- Good understanding of Legislation relating to Health & Safety and Radiation Protection.
- Evidence of understanding or participation in QA Programme
- Evidence of participation in teamwork, both uni- and multi- professional
- Passed fit through an occupational health assessment to perform full duties of the role
- Willingness to undertake teaching and assessment of students
Desirable
- Previous experience of emergency duties (possibly as a student)
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development.
- Evidence that knowledge of general radiographic techniques is up to date
Other
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of professional development, maintains updated Portfolio Reflective in practice
- Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others
- Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
- Communicates with patients and carers in an empathetic manner
- Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care
- Required to work 08.00-18.00 weekdays, with a rota'd day off and participate in evening/weekend shifts when appropriately trained.
- Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats Communicates with patients and carers in an empathetic manner Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care Required to work 08.00-18.00 weekdays, with a rota'd day off and participate in evening/weekend shifts when appropriately trained. Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
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.
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.
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).
