Trainee Advanced Practitioner, Reporting Radiographer

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated radiographer to join the advanced practitioner team as a trainee in plain film reporting. Your key focus will be to start with chest & abdomen reporting and progressing in the future to MSK reporting.

Desirable criteria

Substantial post-qualification experience in a general radiology department, ideally at a Band 6 level essential

Experience in CT & Intervention desirable.

Demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development  (CPD).

Evidence of leadership, service improvement and teaching skills.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• To carry out full range of imaging examinations pertinent to specialist area to a consistently high standard, ensuring compliance with imaging protocols.
• To study / train to be an autonomous clinical reporter of plain film within scope of practice.
• To study / train to provide an autonomous expert opinion to the referring clinicians.
• Be willing to participate in any study (including self-study) required to maintain competence and to expand current practice.
• Provider of clinical knowledge and skills within the area of speciality i.e. plain film radiography
• To teach and supervise radiographers, students, apprentices.
• To liaise with other staff and to be responsible for the day-to-day organisation of associated speciality area in accordance with Trust/departmental protocols and provide management guidance during the absence of the Lead Radiographer.
• Once qualified, assume responsibility for reporting own workload and access associated patient pathways.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To attend the identified post graduate course(s) to enable qualifications to provide the plain film service with high quality clinical reports for inpatient, outpatient and GP services, working towards qualification in both MSK and chest/abdomen reporting.
• To perform examinations and imaging, in line with governmental and departmental protocols, working both alone and within radiology and multidisciplinary teams. Liaising with medical, nursing and other staff as appropriate.
• Be responsible for the operational supervision and management of allocated area, assessing and managing workflow to utilise available resources to deliver prompt efficient and effective service.
• To participate in request validation, vetting and justification in accordance with departmental protocols
• To check patient identification and documentation and ensure the appropriate radiographic/imaging examinations are carried out in accordance with departmental protocols and clinical requests.
• Manage all “designated” procedures to assess patient's needs, adapting and modifying imaging techniques according to the patient's condition.  Attending to patients' welfare and safety at all times.
• To train to evaluate resultant images for quality, instigating remedial actions as appropriate and alert clinicians of any abnormality as appropriate.
• To be accountable for own professional actions and to act as a role model within the department, setting and maintaining high standards of professionalism and patient care and encouraging the development of a strong and flexible multi-disciplinary team
• Regularly helping to develop and draft changes to Plain film protocols, ensuring best practice through evidence-based information.
• To participate in the departmental Quality Assurance programme to ensure the efficient operation of the highly technical equipment, and to ensure compliance with best practice especially with reference to minimising radiation exposures.
• To be familiar with, understand and apply the principles of Radiation Safety, both nationally and locally regulated or protocol led.
• To give theoretical instruction, practical guidance, and supervision to less experienced staff, Apprentices, Student Radiographers and trainees, both Radiographic and Medical.
• To assist with departmental induction of newly appointed staff
• To participate in the 'Out of Hours' and 'On call' rosters, in line with the departmental agreement, to support full-service delivery.
• To support 7 day working service delivery.
• To support booking/reception staff when responding to queries generated by patients or staff regarding requests for specific modality examinations.
• To facilitate communication between the department and all service users, patients, relatives, staff and external users, including any adherence to Trust policies, including participation in annual appraisal/review systems.
• Communicate with patients and professional colleagues in situations that may be traumatic due to pressures of work or where the patient’s condition may be a barrier to comprehension and compliance, e.g. Claustrophobia, learning difficulties or injury traumatised.
• To assist in the implementation of all manual and electronic information systems ensuring consistently accurate data collection and recording, in support of standard data collection, performance activity, audit and Capacity and demand analysis. Recording patient dosimetry in compliance with local requirements for dose reference levels.
• To attend specialist MDT meetings and Radiologist audit meetings, contributing to peer review and specialist service redesign/modernisation planning.
• To actively pursue individual CPD maintain specialist awareness of imaging development and promote wider education/CPD by holding tutorials with Radiographic staff.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.