Senior II Radiographer MRI in London

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Job Summary

• Salary: £44,000 plus, depending on experience
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Location: Rotation between all three sites: 24 Portland Place (W1B 1LU), 55 Moorgate (EC2R 6BH) and 33 Grosvenor Place (SW1X 7HY)
• Contract: Permanent, full time

What are we looking for?

Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Senior II Radiographer to join our Imaging Team within the MRI modality with a competitive salary range on offer, starting from £44,000, depending on experience. This is a full time, permanent role with the following shift patterns across 3 London sites on rotational basis: Monday-Friday (3-4 shifts a week). Long Shifts, Short Shifts, or Weekend shifts are available as overtime.

What makes us different?

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, ‘Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve’, assures our unwavering commitment to professional development. Cleveland Clinic London’s Imaging Department is dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care through the integration of cutting-edge technology and innovative treatments. Our team combines physician leadership with state of the art imaging equipment, aiming to lead globally in radiological services. By joining the Imaging team, you’ll be part of a dynamic environment that embraces technological advancements and prioritises compassionate patient care.

What will your duties include?

• Monitors, evaluates and reports status of the departmental operations.
• Acts as a liaison internally and externally.
• Professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of own practice, working within national legislation, departmental and hospital wide policy, Code of Conduct and professional guidelines ensuring delivery of imaging services emulates "best practices".
• Maintains a work environment that fosters quality care delivery, accountability and employee satisfaction.
• Assist with ongoing development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including assisting the modality leads in development of policies, procedures protocols, guidelines and audits.
• Provides direct patient care in specialty areas.
• Flexible approach to working hours, prepared to participate fully in shifts, extended working days and on–call working rotation and schedules as may be required.
• Undertake relevant training and competency assessments, strictly adhering to agreed protocols and procedures.
• To supply medicines using Patient Group Directions, without compromising patient safety.
• Adheres to appropriate Health & Safety guidelines and regulations.
• Ensures Care Quality Commission regulations related to Imaging are adhered to.
• Undertake basic patient observations, recognise a deteriorating patient, and manage immediately and appropriately.
• Use good radiographic techniques and modify as clinically appropriate.
• Have the technical ability to manipulate a range of equipment, whilst maintaining patient comfort and adequately communicate with patients and colleagues to ensure the safe movement of patients into imaging position.
• Use appropriate touch techniques to locate external bony landmarks.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Rotation across our out-patient facilities will be required.

MRI Specific Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring that all persons are safe to enter the controlled area, that all unauthorised persons are supervised at all times, and that all MRI policies, procedures and risk assessments are adhered to at all times.
• As a category (a) Authorised person take full responsibility for the presence of unauthorised persons for the duration of their presence in the controlled area, supervise all non-category (a) persons entering the controlled area, and control the equipment entering the Inner Controlled Area on a day-to-day basis.
• Vigilantly reduce the serious and potentially fatal risk from projectiles by checking and supervising all objects entering the Controlled Area and by checking all non-authorised persons garments before allowing entry to the Controlled Area.
• Minimise the risk of potential burns from the radio-frequency field by the application of appropriate techniques, advising and monitoring ‘high risk’ patients, providing specialist advice to clinicians and reporting all adverse incidents using the Hospital Adverse Incident Reporting System.
• Responsible for effectively and diligently screening and supervising all patients prior to scanning by verifying the Patient Screening Questionnaire responses, authorising certain implants as safe / not safe to scan as per written protocols, reviewing case notes to research surgical implants, and research MRI compatibility of various implants with the MR safety database / manufacturer’s instructions.
• Advise radiologists on the technical capabilities of the scanners and suggest appropriate protocols and sequences to best demonstrate common pathologies.
• To have a robust knowledge of all potential MRI emergencies and how to manage each emergency whilst ensuring MRI safety is not compromised, utilising safe moving and handling techniques and ensuring only MRI compatible equipment is taken into the Controlled Area.

What we need from you?

• BSc(Hons) Radiography, DCR(D) Diploma of the College of Radiographers or equivalent required.
• Current valid Healthcare Professional Council (HCPC) registration required.
• Trained to cannulate and administer contrast agents required.
• Understanding of radiographic equipment in the context of how images are produced for both ionising and non-ionising radiation imaging methods and how images are appropriately shared and/or stored required.
• Relevant, extensive experience within MRI required.
• Must be able to demonstrate competency in IT required.

What can we offer you?

As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest profits back into our organisation. This means we can offer tailored support and development for caregivers, alongside benefits such as:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we’ll contribute 10%
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support
• Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed
• Access to discounts on food, retail, and more

Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare. With over 100 years of history, our “Patients First” philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email. Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check: This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

“Let’s deliver World Class care together!”

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity. CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.