Bank Radiographer

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 320,000 people. We have a CQC rating as good overall and we have some key areas of outstanding practice with an outstanding rating for being well led at every level. Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 5,900 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the north west side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have a CQC rating as good overall and we have some key areas of outstanding practice with an outstanding rating for being well led at every level. Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare. The Trust offer a range of flexible working patterns to enable our staff to balance their work and personal life. Whether you like hill walking or city life, Royal Bolton Hospital is nestled between the Pennines and Manchester City centre, so is well placed to suit all interests. The Trust has an international reputation as a leader in healthcare improvement and we have won many awards. Our staff are friendly and welcoming, demonstrating the Trust values, the Bolton VOICE, and reflecting our patient first approach. The Radiology Department seeks enthusiastic Radiographers, qualified or soon to qualify, who are keen to develop their careers within a supportive environment. We offer an extensive preceptorship programme for newly qualified radiographers which involves supporting your development in all essential areas, as well as one weeks placement in an area of your choice, for example, mammography, reporting or MR, in order for you to gain an insight into a different area of practice. We encourage you to begin in post as a Band 4 Assistant Practitioner until HCPC registration is demonstrated. After 2 years experience you will have the opportunity to undertake the Band 5 to 6 Progression Pathway and step into a Senior or Specialist Radiographer post. Our Trust and Team The Radiology service delivers a wide range of services, including MR and Nuclear Medicine. Our team includes a large number of advanced practitioners including GI and specialist reporting radiographers and we pride ourselves in being amongst the first departments to introduce radiographer-led arthrograms and radiographer-led hysterosalpingogram services. Many of our staff work alongside the local University, educating both undergraduate and postgraduate radiographers, as well as other health professionals, and some of our radiographers have presented at both national and international conferences. Your Role within our Team As the busiest ED in Greater Manchester, we offer a fast paced DR primary imaging service to a busy Emergency Department as well as to local GP’s, wards and out-patients. You will take part in a rota covering this service delivering care to our local population 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our Trust is also a major hub for women’s and children’s services with our neonatal intensive care unit being one of 3 centres of excellence in the region, and, as such, we have a large paediatric workload. We perform a high number of mobile examinations across our various wards, as well as fluoroscopy examinations in theatres, including trauma, pacing lab and urology. In addition to rotating through mobiles and theatre, you will also rotate through fluoroscopy and CT, as well going to work at our satellite primary imaging service in Bolton town centre. If you have been qualified for more than 12 months, you are invited to partake in the CT Out of Hours on-call rota, and for this, full training in CT and Interventional Radiology will be provided. What we can offer you As a busy and diverse team, we strive to provide a quality and efficient service with a drive for continuous development. Due to the increasing demands upon our service, we offer lots of opportunities relating to personal development and specialisation. We believe in supporting our radiographers to develop and offer a range of radiographer led services from radiographer led discharge to NG placement and arthrography. You will be supported, through appraisal, to set your own goals and work towards them, and all Radiographers are invited to complete competence in injection of contrast agents and develop their image interpretation skills through our preliminary clinical evaluation commenting system, for which every radiographer receives personal feedback. We offer an extensive weekly CPD programme and provide support for all radiographers to take part in post-graduate study where appropriate. To facilitate development, we offer secondment roles into other modalities for general radiographers to experience other modalities and to inform future career development. Our senior team holds a range of post graduate qualifications ranging from Post-graduate Certificates to Professional Doctorates, across many modalities, and they are here to support staff in their professional development. In addition, we support attendance at external study days and encourage active involvement in audit. Consideration will be given to applicants wishing to perform the duties of the role on a job share basis, part-time or a fixed night pattern. For further details / informal visits contact: Amanda Martin, Lead Radiographer, or Emma Dodd, Lead Practice Educator, on 01204 390390 ext 3697 or the departmental PA, Jill Brown on 01204 390921 to arrange a discussion/visit to the Department. The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment. We aim to be consciously inclusive and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed. We would particularly encourage candidates from a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background and candidates with health conditions or impairments. From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. 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