Band 7 CT Specialist Radiographer

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Band 7 CT Radiographer to join our radiology department.The CT service is over four sites, King George and Queens for acute scanning and Barking Community Hospital and St George's well-being hub in Hornchurch, for elective only scanning in purpose built units.It is essential you are a good communicator and team player. You must be capable of working unassisted, within a team and taking the lead in organising the day to day running within the modality. You will be required to manage members of the team and ensure training and appraisals are completed.You will form part of a team in the Imaging Department responsible for the provision of a safe, efficient, high-quality service working in accordance with Imaging Department and Trust protocols. You will be expected to maintain and develop high standards of patient care amongst all users of imaging services.You will support the Imaging Department team in achieving the departmental and Trust objectives and will supervise and advise junior staff.You will be required to work flexibly, weekday/weekend and nights, and possibly participate in out of hour's rota, as we are a 7-day working department.All new staff appointed to posts at the Trust will be subject to a 6-month probationary period. This will give the individual an opportunity to become familiar with the culture and working environment of the Trust.

Main duties of the job

To lead the technical/radiographer staff, and to further develop an efficient CT service for BHRUT.

The post-holder will participate in the effective day to day running of the CT service, standardising protocols, managing the patient bookings, and waiting list and managing radiographers and radiology support worker throughout all areas.

Ensuring CT service is maintained with training of staff to perform in accordance with Trusts policy including comprehensive competency assessments.

In conjunction with CT Superintendent Radiographer, promote continuous improvements in service delivery and quality within all areas of the CT service, using modern methods to improve productivity, leading in the delivery of service and workforce transformation, and re-design.

The post-holder will manage the work of staff in the department and help develop culture in which members of staff are continuously improving the delivery of high-quality service. Ensuring the development and acceptance of challenging but realistic objectives for staff through leadership, motivation and systematic performance management achieved the required results.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.