Acting up General Lead Radiographer (Fixed Term until February 2027)

Job overview

Job overview (Fixed Term until February 2027)

To work at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a

General Lead Radiographer (Core Services) working at both Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospitals.

The post holder will be responsible for the daily operational function of the plain film service on both sites, ensuring all areas are adequately staffed.

They will be a role model for the radiographic staff providing clinical leadership, promoting the development and maintenance of high quality standards in addition to managerial responsibilities within the modality.

Deputise in the absence of Radiology Operations Manager and or Head of Radiology.

To constantly monitor the effectiveness of the departmental protocols and procedures; if necessary using audit outcomes or research from internal or external sources to initiate new protocols and procedures

The post holder will have a special interest in general radiography and advance practice and have or be willing to work towards a post graduate qualification as required.

The Plain Film Service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with core hours between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday. The service is staffed by means of a shift system. The post holder will be expected to support this service and participate in the shift system. There may be opportunity for occasional additional working hours outside of this, as required or to provide emergency staffing cover for the out of hours service.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities and key result areas to include:

• Vision, Strategy and Business development

To contribute to service redesign of radiology in conjunction with directorate objectives.

Contribute to the development of the radiology department providing leadership within its strategic work plan as part of the radiology management structure.

Support the radiology management team in the procurement and installation of new equipment.

To ensure all Radiographers have met the departmental Standards of Competencies and have a record of their training and proficiency in all necessary protocols and procedures.

To assist all staff with their own programme of Continuous Professional Development in relation to plain film imaging.

Review departmental protocols in line with relevant evidence based practice and update as required.

Lead and advice staff on the planning process to meet Radiology and service targets

To work closely with the senior team to accommodate all requirements for effective delivery and ensure compliance with National Diagnostic targets.

To be the Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) for plain film and dental imaging.

To evaluate capacity and demand, lead on Datix and incidence investigation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

"Applicants should ideally be suitably qualified and experienced Band 7 radiographers, or above, with demonstrable experience in radiation protection."

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.