Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Reporting Radiographer Radiology, CTW

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Job summary

An exciting and excellent opportunity has arisen for a qualified Reporting Radiographer to join the Radiology team at Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust

The post has been developed to support the current reporting team and Lead the X-ray service at The Alexandra Hospital. We have a team of 10 reporting Radiographers, led by a Consultant Radiographer.

The team currently manage over 75 % of the plain film reporting which includes running a daily hot reporting service to the 2 Emergency Departments and 4 Minor Injury Units.

Our Consultant Radiographer is an international lecturer in plain film reporting and regular visiting lecturer at several universities. Reporting radiographers in the trust are supported with on-going training and expanding scope of practice, as part of this we expect reporters to work towards qualification in reporting all body parts.

We are a forward-looking department committed to training and role development with a 4 tier system. We want to develop advanced practice within the department and would therefore expect the post holder to participate in teaching and audit.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be based at one of our main hospital sites, however will be required to travel around the trust offering teaching and support when necessary.

The appointment, if full-time, will have a minimum of 7 dedicated reporting sessions each week. We are working towards 7-day reporting and we do offer home reporting. There will be a flexible approach to meeting the reporting requirements over a 7-day period.

The successful candidate will be required to support in both a reporting and clinical capacity and will be required to support our out of hours duties as part of the Radiology departments key service provision. There is an expectation that the appointed candidate will support other services within Radiology (according to knowledge and skills) and as a Senior staff member will be required to support the leadership team as and when required.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people
Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
Best use of resources
Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Date posted

12 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9365-25-0405

Job locations

The Alexandra Hospital

Woodrow Drive

Redditch

Worcestershire

B98 7UB

Worcestershire Royal Hospital

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

WR51DD

Kidderminster General Hospital

Bewdley Road

Kidderminster

Worcestershire

DY116RJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a band 7 Radiographer at Worcestershire Acute Hospital Trust (WAHT), there is an expectation that you will use your experience and knowledge to support both the staff and service users where appropriate. This also includes any modality leads, site leads and senior managers.

As such you will be expected to:

Maintain clinical skills and service provision within designated specialities.

Support the department in delivering continuous high quality clinical care.

Demonstrate a high level of expertise within relevant modalities/area, providing training, advice, education and support to staff.

Be responsible for ensuring the effective management and leadership of required services which will include organising workload, staffing and appropriate stock control within these areas.

Ensure operational standards are met to maintain effective and progressive service delivery.

Demonstrate effective communication with all staff including site/modality leads.

Ensure, in line with site leads, staffing levels are managed appropriately maintaining a safe, efficient and responsive service within your specific area.

Support and where appropriate, lead in the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within a specific service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.

Contribute towards service development and undertake clinical audit activity within specialist services as required.

Where appropriate, support in the delivery of complex imaging techniques using advanced technologies, recording or reporting on the outcomes.

Act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to care of patients within your appropriate speciality(s).