# Clinical Specialist Radiographer

**Company**: Barts Health NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £55,524 to £62,652 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Imaging Department at Whipps Cross Hospital, Barts Health have an exciting career development opportunity to become a Band 7 Radiographer in our team.

The Imaging Department supports one of the busiest A&Es in the country as well as a broad range of specialties with a CT Colon service, walk-in GP services, dedicated MRI pacemaker imaging service, Dental services and MDT-led Fluoroscopy services.

The new hospital planned for Whipps Cross will feature imaging as an essential provider for same day assessment and treatment of patients, with a 90% increase in CT and MRI scans.

Imaging services across Barts Health are transitioning to a new model of work, recruiting more staff, including Imaging Assistants, to drive the quality of care delivered by Radiography across all sites.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who is excited about providing high quality patient care within a close-knit and supportive team environment.

**Main duties of the job**

Working within a multi-disciplinary team the post-holder will contribute to the safe and effective running of the imaging department. They will be an expert in their field of clinical practice and will be able to perform a wide range of x-ray examinations to a high standard.

The post holder will be required to rotate through CT, IR and General X-ray and they will participate in the delivery of a 24/7, 365 service.

This is a leadership role and the post holder will offer supervision to band 5 and 6 radiographers, assistant practitioners, imaging assistants, students/apprentices and visitors to the imaging department, they will be required to deputise for the modality lead and role model professional behaviours.

The post holder will ensure patient flow in the trust by actively managing the flow of emergency and in-patients to ensure same day imaging.

The post holder will be key in ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care and experience.

**Benefits**

- Agenda for Change pay scheme

- Permanent contract

- Full-time, flexible working

**Person Specification**

- Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography, DCR(D) Diploma of the College of Radiographers, or equivalents; Health and Care Professions Council Registration; Evidence of career-long commitment to CPD

- Experience: Postgraduate study in a relevant area; Able to work unsupervised; Awareness of clinical governance issues in relation to patient care; Understanding of factors affecting service throughput and quality; Completion of preceptorship; Experience of on-call and out of hours roster; Leadership and mentoring experience

- Communication: Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills; Effective communication in a wide range of situations in writing, person or by telephone; Computer and keyboard skills; Keep all records up to date in a clear, accurate and concise manner on a day-to-day basis; Fluent in verbal and written English

## Skills

### Required
- Diagnostic Radiography
- Health and Care Professions Council Registration
- CT
- IR
- General X-ray
- Leadership
- Mentoring

### Nice to have
- CT and/or Interventional Radiography experience
- Previous experience as Band 7 radiographer
- Experience of training staff and students

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