Senior Radiographer, WRH

Job summary

Radiographer Band 6

Base Site TBD at interview.

Join us at Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Worcester Royal Hospital is a PFI hospital, the largest of 3 sites providing specialist services for Worcestershire including stroke, cardiac stenting and oncology. The Alexandra Hospital, Redditch serves a population of over 200,000 with over 300 beds supporting elective surgery especially in orthopaedics. This is an exciting time to join the team as services expand with a new ED opened at the beginning of 2024 and we develop our teams in CT, Cardiac and Interventional

We offer a comprehensive range of services in all areas of general radiography and also NM, CT, MRI, Interventional, cardiac and dexa. Our CT scanners across the county have all been recently replaced with state of the art technology. We are a forward-looking department committed to training and role development. We have advanced practice fluoroscopy radiographers and a large team of reporting radiographers led by a Consultant radiographer

We are looking for an enthusiastic motivated radiographer with a flexible approach to delivering radiography services keen to develop their skills.

We have a fully shifted 7day rota & out of hours on-call

We are unable to provide sponsorship at this time

For further enquiries/informal visits please contact: Tracy Robson Lead Radiographer

Main duties of the job

To work as a radiographer to a high professional standard providing assistance and guidance to junior staff in order to maintain these standards.

Ensure high quality patient care maintaining patient flow and supporting the day to day running of the department whilst maintaining a clean and safe working environment.

Working in accordance with ionising radiation regulations and in line with other departmental policies and protocols.

Excellent communication skills that foster good working relationships both within and external to the department.

Have a flexible approach towards hours of work.

Job responsibilities

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.