Clinical Specialist Radiographer | Barts Health NHS Trust

The Imaging Department at The Royal London & Mile End Hospitals have an exciting development opportunity to become a Clinical Specialist Radiographer in our team. Royal London Hospital is home to the London Air Ambulance. It's one of the capital’s leading trauma & stroke centres and houses one of the largest children’s hospitals in the UK.

As a major teaching hospital, we pride ourselves on our commitment to career and professional development including mentorship, radiographer reporting, radiographer led line insertions in Interventional Radiology, sonographer training and sonographer ACP. Imaging services across Barts Health are transitioning to a new model of work, recruiting more staff to drive the quality of care delivered by Radiographers across all sites. Our vision is to support staff to work to the top of their licence, nurturing skills through training and mentorship to realise a workforce that provides outstanding care for our patients now and in the future.

The post holder will have a pivotal role in supporting the service to meet its priorities, diagnostic and cancer performance standards and strategic development of the service. The post holder will be an experienced radiographer who has highly developed clinical & leadership skills. Successful candidates will be given the opportunity to specialise in either MRI or IR as well as rotate through the key modalities of X-ray and CT.

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 x-ray, CT and either IR or MRI 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. The post holder at all times will demonstrate a high level of professionalism and act in accordance with the HCPC standards of proficiency. Furthermore, they are expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterized by trust, mutual respect and open, honest communication.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

Internal recruitment will be completed prior to progressing external applications. As such, there may be a delay in inviting external candidates to interview while internal appointments are finalised. If you have not had any response within 3 weeks of the advert closing, please do get in touch via the recruiting manager.