General Imaging Practice Development Radiographer in London

An exciting senior radiographer position has arisen to support and lead further developments in relation to education, upskilling and people development within our busy radiography department. This post is responsible for overseeing the development of strategic people and pathway development within General Imaging areas including Plain Film Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Dexa, Fluoroscopy and interventional radiology areas working cross‐organisation across our sites at LGT and will work closely with operational teams and other practice & workforce development colleagues.

This role sits within the small but high impact AHP Workforce Development Team, where the successful person will provide outreach support and leadership for specific areas and teams within the radiography department. There will also be opportunity to work with other professions and services and a positive support network around this role exists.

The post is responsible for a wide variety of workstreams to scope, engage and develop the abilities of our registered and non‐registered Radiographers to ultimately ensure service users continue to receive safe and effective quality care.

The post would suit a highly experienced radiographer with expert knowledge in General Imaging with knowledge and abilities across education and workforce development who has a passion for improving pathways and taking responsibility for overseeing projects and programmes related to clinical, leadership, research and educational frameworks.

Reporting to the AHP Workforce and Education Lead the post holder will lead on the design, development and implementation of practice development improvements across the Radiography Department to provide the highest standards of patient safety and quality. The role will provide focused input across Plain Film and associated services and therefore will have broad knowledge of how these specific services operate.

The post holder will provide expertise and support to all Radiography teams across the trust, but specifically within the above modality and will engage clinical teams at every level in the scoping, design and implementation of new practice and/or models of care with a focus on workforce development, building capacity and positively transforming the ways of working within the department.

The post holder will lead others involved in workforce and education within the radiography department and where relevant will deputise for the AHP Workforce and Education Lead. They will work closely with the Practice Development Lead for AHPs to provide robust practice development initiatives with a focus on Radiographers and those undertaking X‐Ray investigations but may at times branch across other professions.

• Lead programmes of practice improvement across the Radiography Department that meet national standards and align to the Trust strategic, clinical strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Help develop education capabilities within the radiography department with a specific focus on their assigned modalities.
• Chair meetings related to radiography workforce and education and similar meetings with the formation of agendas, minutes, outcomes as appropriate.
• Set up, lead and monitor a governance system to ensure all relevant Radiographers and clinical support workers within the department and assigned modalities have equitable access to development opportunities across the four pillars of practice and that these are put into practice.
• Participate in and support, enable and empower the wider radiography team with participation in audit and other benchmarking activity.
• Influence and facilitate the integration and transformation of care and support the introduction of new ways of working.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary staff across the Trust, including senior practitioners, managers, health professionals and support staff.
• Positively search out opportunities for service improvement and pathway redesign ensuring that patient safety and quality is always at the heart of any improvement.
• Engage and develop effective working relationships with clinical divisional teams at every level in the scoping, redesign and implementation of proposed practice development including working with other AHP teams to improve the patient experience.
• Ensure that the training, technical and measurement elements of improvement are developed in parallel with the practice development itself and with relevant divisional leads.
• Source new information relating to the transformation agenda.
• Support senior managers and Clinicians in the areas of improvement, organisational development and spread and sustainability of effective practice.
• Provide timely and comprehensive information updates and reports to the AHP Workforce and Education Lead and to other key stakeholders.
• Assist in research work pertaining to the service improvement agenda and more specifically to spread and sustainability of improved practice such as through audits, using the results to improve practice of others.
• Keep up to date with research and developments regarding improvement science, change and transformation.
• Ensure all workforce development programmes of work undertaken by the radiography team are measured, managed and documented clearly and concisely and where necessary using clear project management approaches. This will include scoping, designing, implementing, evaluating, reporting and adjusting a project/programme against a specification of work or project plan.
• Ensure that programmes of work are communicated using any opportunities available, i.e. intranet, webinars, Trust communication and other regular meeting forums.
• Follow at all times and promote the highest standards of professional practice as laid down in the HCPC standards and the behavioural expectations and to ensure all staff in their sphere of responsibility also meet these standards.

• Improve representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
• Improve the experience of staff with disability.
• Improve the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
• Make equalities mainstream.