Radiographer Trainee

We are seeking a motivated Trainee Reporting Radiographer to join our team as you begin your journey toward becoming a fully qualified Reporting Radiographer. In this role, you will develop the skills needed to contribute to our Reporting Service and work towards ensuring that imaging examinations are accurately reported within the required time frames.

1. Image Interpretation: Learn to undertake image interpretation within your training scope, aiming to provide detailed reports under supervision upon qualification. This includes learning to assist referring clinicians in determining diagnoses where applicable.
2. Keep an accurate reflective portfolio to demonstrate learning and seeking advice and or feedback when necessary
3. Workload Management: Develop skills in organizing and managing your workload in areas of delegated responsibility. Learn to maximize efficiency using available resources and manage patient priority effectively.
4. Optimal time management to pass the University modules
5. Conducting Examinations: Practice conducting diagnostic imaging examinations across a range of modalities. Focus on producing high-quality images while following departmental protocols and maintaining safe practice within your training scope.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

Current Grading

Essential Criteria

1. Band 6 or above with significant years of experience

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

1. Degree at 2.2 or above or Professional Diploma in Radiography or its equivalent in a relevant discipline
2. If English is not your first language you require an IELTS overall score of 6.0 with no element below 5.5 for most standard undergraduate and postgraduate courses. There are some exceptions and if the IELTS requirement differs it will be specified on the course page.

Experience

Essential Criteria

1. Relevant post qualification experience as a senior radiographer in multiple modalities as demonstrated by portfolio

Desirable Criteria

1. Experience of teaching and supervision in radiology

Knowledge

Essential Criteria

1. Knowledge of standards and responsibilities expected of a reporting radiographer according to local reporting radiographer policy and procedure.

Desirable Criteria

1. Knowledge of service redesign / modernisation techniques

Skills

Essential Criteria

1. Knowledge of service redesign / modernisation techniques
2. Ability to work under pressure and as a team member
3. Ability to develop and deliver teaching programmes to MDT

Desirable Criteria

1. Management and supervisory skills

Your Application

Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing Date

In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.