Senior Radiographer in London

Location: Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, Kensington SW5 0TU

Permanent / Contract: Permanent

Salary range: up to £57,751 per annum (dependent on experience and qualifications)

Full time/part time: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (3 long days as part of a rolling roster).

Additional Information: The department is open at weekends with shifts allocated on an overtime basis.

An exciting career opportunity awaits you at the Cromwell Hospital in our newly established imaging department, housing the latest technology which offers an attractive professional working environment and professional development.

At Bupa, you can be the Radiographer you want to be. With the autonomy to use your skills and strong benefits to support you, patient care can be your top priority. Building a career in radiography has never been easier, with good hours, allowing you to live a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

Joining Bupa, you will benefit from access to our state-of-the-art Clinical Training Facility, a centre for connected learning, care and careers. This forms part of Bupa Campus, a vibrant new learning initiative which brings us together in virtual and physical spaces across the Bupa globe.

About The Cromwell Hospital: The Cromwell Hospital is a major international private hospital in West London receiving both UK and international patients. We are committed to providing the highest quality healthcare outpatient and inpatient service care. The hospital has 180 beds and 4 suites, theatres, medical and surgical wards, cardiac centre, CDU, level 2 and 3 full intensive care facilities, paediatrics, diagnostic services, physiotherapy, a dedicated day surgery unit, and a new cath lab.

Our new modern Radiography department is equipped with the latest state-of-the-art technology to include:

• One fluoroscopy suite, which can also be utilised as an additional X-Ray room
• One Cone Beam CT scanner
• One Bone Density scanner with advanced body composition analysis capabilities
• Four theatre image intensifiers

You will help us make health happen by:

• Reporting to the Superintendent Radiographer, you will provide high standards of service to our patients.
• The department is extremely busy therefore you will be organised, proactive, and able to work well under pressure in a complex environment, having adaptability and sensitivity to work within a diverse environment.
• You will have significant post qualification experience as an MRI Radiographer (evident on your CV).

Some of the duties include:

• Deputising for the Superintendent Radiographer as appropriate.
• Working flexible hours when required to accommodate changing workload patterns in MRI.
• Being primarily based at the Cromwell Hospital, but must also be flexible to work at the Basinghall Clinic only when necessary.
• Developing and maintaining staff rotas to ensure appropriate staff coverage on the respective scanner.
• Supervising the professional standards and operational management of the rotating staff and their training in the respective scanner, ensuring a consistent level of service is maintained.
• Performing high quality examinations as required by referring Physicians, in line with departmental policies and procedures whilst ensuring that all patients being investigated receive a high standard of care.
• Ensuring patient confidentiality is not breached.
• Reporting all incidents.
• Being familiar with and observing the Local Rules pertaining to radiation protection (IRMER 2017) and the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 for the protection of persons against ionising radiation arising from any work activity.
• Being familiar with the Safety Guidelines - MHRA Guidelines.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• BSc or DCR in Radiography (essential)
• Substantial MRI experience (essential)
• It would be desirable to be competent to operate Philips and/or Siemens MRI systems.
• Demonstrable experience in Contrast MRI (essential)
• Cannulation
• Ability to work under pressure and direct and achieve results.

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Payment of Professional Registration fees
• Access to Bupa Campus and our Clinical Training Facility to support your clinical career development
• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
• Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
• Various other benefits and online discounts
• Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
• Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony

Why Bupa? We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That is why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We will make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format please email: careers@bupa.com

At Bupa we strive to ensure all our customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.