Job summary
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join
a large organisation working as part of a professional encouraging team?
This role is ideal for an independent, proactive radiographer committed
to exceptional patient care. You will perform MRI examinations,
process and manipulate MRI data, and assist the MRI Lead Radiographer in
managing the scanner. In their absence, you will deputise to ensure service
continuity and uphold departmental standards.
Do you want to be part of a great organisation
which has great additional benefits? Look no further!
Our Band 6 Radiographer will be working within our
Primary Health Care team at Stanford Hall, Loughborough.
This is a full time role of 37.5 hours per week,Working 11:0019:00, Monday
to Friday (including a 30-minute break), you will play a key role in delivering
high-quality imaging services and supporting the departments extended
operations. Job share will be considered.
Benefits:
- Paid holiday entitlement
- Free parking
- Access to gym, running track, swimming pool and racket sports
- An NHS Pension
- An inclusive working environment
Main duties of the job
Principles of
Military Medical Rehabilitation is a complex process demanding a
multi-disciplinary team (MDT) approach. The process varies from the provision
of physiotherapy and exercise therapy at Primary Care level to the more
specialised intermediate clinical activity at the Regional Rehabilitation Units
(RRU) with secondary and tertiary care provided at the Royal Centre of Defence
Medicine (RCDM) and Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Stanford
Hall.
DMRC provides
medical rehabilitation for patients with complex needs who may have sustained
multiple injuries; this includes neurological injury and complex trauma. In
addition, the Centres of Spinal and Upper Quadrant, Lower Limb and Specialist
Rehabilitation provide the consultant led multidisciplinary management at
secondary care level.
The Band 6
Radiographers role is to be part of the multidisciplinary team providing an
MRI service in support of DMRCs stated aims and objectives, ensuring the
delivery is professional and patient centred. They will also be an effective
member of the Diagnostic Imaging team, providing a high standard of
radiographic service to radiologists and patients and will provide full support
to the Imaging services Manager and the MRI Lead Radiographer.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force, regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing high quality and timely MRI examinations following protocols and
guidance to enable best diagnosis and treatment. Prioritise and assess
workflow, always reacting to the needs and safety of patients.
- Performing unsupervised examinations relevant to appropriate level of training and
experience. Process and manipulate MRI data
- Maintaining the highest possible clinical and professional standards
and to interpret and abide by relevant national guidelines and standards
- To be responsible for prioritising,
organising and planning own clinical workload making short term adjustments to
plans on a daily basis as required.
- Assisting the MRI Lead Radiographer in the day to day running of the MRI scanner,
maintaining high standards at all times and deputise in their absence.
Please see the Job description and Person specification for full details.
Selection Process
The sift will be completed within 10 days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
At application stage you will be assessed again the following:
CV:
- Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
- Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.
- To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
At interview you will be assessed again the following:
- NHS
Core - NHSC1 Communication
- NHS
Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS
Core NHSC3 Health Safety & Security
- NHS
Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS
Core - NHSC5 Quality
- NHS
Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Further Information
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are
undertaken. Requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking
into account business needs.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk.
The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.
The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
For details on our complaints procedure, please see attached Important Information document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing high quality and timely MRI examinations following protocols and
guidance to enable best diagnosis and treatment. Prioritise and assess
workflow, always reacting to the needs and safety of patients.
- Performing unsupervised examinations relevant to appropriate level of training and
experience. Process and manipulate MRI data
- Maintaining the highest possible clinical and professional standards
and to interpret and abide by relevant national guidelines and standards
- To be responsible for prioritising,
organising and planning own clinical workload making short term adjustments to
plans on a daily basis as required.
- Assisting the MRI Lead Radiographer in the day to day running of the MRI scanner,
maintaining high standards at all times and deputise in their absence.
Please see the Job description and Person specification for full details.
Selection Process
The sift will be completed within 10 days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
At application stage you will be assessed again the following:
CV:
- Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
- Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.
- To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
At interview you will be assessed again the following:
- NHS
Core - NHSC1 Communication
- NHS
Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS
Core NHSC3 Health Safety & Security
- NHS
Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS
Core - NHSC5 Quality
- NHS
Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Further Information
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are
undertaken. Requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking
into account business needs.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk.
The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.
The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
For details on our complaints procedure, please see attached Important Information document.
Person Specification
Registrations
Essential
- Health and Care Professions Council registered (HCPC).
Experience
Essential
- Proven specialised experience in MRI.
- Flexibility approach to working and ability to cover an extended day until 1900hs.
Provide your CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question-you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in radiography.
- Health and Care Professions Council registered (HCPC).
Behaviour Statement
Essential
- Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
- Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.
Person Specification
Registrations
Essential
- Health and Care Professions Council registered (HCPC).
Experience
Essential
- Proven specialised experience in MRI.
- Flexibility approach to working and ability to cover an extended day until 1900hs.
Provide your CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question-you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in radiography.
- Health and Care Professions Council registered (HCPC).
Behaviour Statement
Essential
- Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
- Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
