Apprenticeship Radiographer Radiology, WRH

Job description

Job responsibilities

To ensure standards strived for meet those set by the Directorate regarding quality and protocols.

To maintain knowledge of technical and clinical developments.

To work under the supervision of a qualified radiographer within area of work ensuring high standards of patient examinations are achieved.

To ensure that an efficient throughput of patient examinations is achieved.

To ensure that patients are cared for in the department especially in their own area of work. To communicate to patients and others any delays likely to affect them

Checking patients details prior to examination as per SOR pause and check standards and ensuring that such details are present and correct on the request form/computer. Requests must be justified as per departmental protocol and as per statutory regulations; Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R).

Ensuring that, on completion of examination, the patient is informed how they will get their results and that they may leave and arrangements are made for transport if necessary. Ensure images are archived appropriately for reporting.

Ensuring that radiation safety measures are being observed within the limits of the procedure being carried out and that his/her own standard of Radiation Protection is in accordance with the Ionising Radiation Regulations, IR(ME)R17 and any other relevant legislation.

Ensuring that all images are properly identified with patients name, side examined, date of examination. To enter information of the examination into the Radiology Computer System.

To assist radiographers, assistants and other appropriate personnel to perform their duties as and when required and support with any problems that may arise.

To maintain and ensure others maintain a safe, clean and tidy environment and to ensure the safety of patients and others, taking appropriate action as required.

Have a flexible attitude towards the hours of work and participate in work and duties as required relevant to the directorate.

To ensure that they work to radiology policy and procedures within the Directorate of Radiology and the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Vision and Values:

The Trust aims to provide local services for local people. It has developed its vision to reflect this commitment.

To continue to be the major provider of acute/specialist services for the people of Worcestershire (and wider) with a strong reputation for providing outstanding, high quality, reliable, accessible and integrated healthcare for local people

Driving this commitment are the Trust-wide signature behaviours:

Do what we say we will do

Do Delays, every day

We listen, we learn, we lead

Work together, celebrate together

Standard Clauses:

The purpose of this post should remain constant, but the duties and responsibilities may vary over time within the overall role and level of the post. The post holder may from time to time be asked to undertake other reasonable duties. Any such changes will be made in discussion with the post holder in the light of service needs.

Competence

The post holder is responsible for limiting his / her actions to those which s/he feels competent to undertake. If the post holder has any doubts as to his or her competence during the course of his / her duties then s/he should immediately speak to their line manager or supervisor.

Codes of conduct

All employees of the Trust who are required to be registered with a professional body, to enable them to practise within their profession, are required to comply with their code of conduct and requirements of their professional registration. Those staff that are not required to be registered with a professional body are required to comply with the Trusts codes of conduct.

Confidentiality

The post holder must maintain confidentiality, security and integrity of information relating to patients, staff and other Health Service business.

Records Management

All employees of the Trust are legally responsible for all records that they gather, create or use as part of their work within the Trust (including patient, financial, personnel and administrative), whether paper or computer based. All such records are considered public records and all employees have a legal duty of confidence to service users. Employees should consult their manager if they have any doubt as to the correct management of records with which they work.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Flexible attitude to departmental duties
• Good interpersonal skills
• High professional standards
• Able to remain calm under pressure
• Able to foster good working relationships
• Aware of own strengths and weaknesses
• Motivated
• Conscious of appropriate image and self-presentation to represent the department
• Ability to identify personal development needs.
• Responds well to change and innovation.
• Flexible attitude with respect to hours of work

Desirable

• Committed to quality improvement

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

• To assist in maintaining own and others Health Safety and security. Establish and maintain communication with others on routine, daily and operational matters.
• Contribute to own personal development
• Computer literacy
• Able to organise self and others, to take initiative

Desirable

• To understand and have a working knowledge of IR(ME)R

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 6 months experience working in a radiology department

Qualifications

Essential

• University requirement for entry Evidence of CPD

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)