Candidates must embody the Trust's PRIDE values—People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity, and Excellence—and will need to work flexibly across various shifts, including nights and weekends. Both full-time and part-time positions are available. The role offers an opportunity for professional growth, especially with the upcoming opening of a Community Diagnostic Centre planned for early 2025, which will provide further training opportunities and increase capacity for imaging services.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career in the General Radiography Department at the Norfolk & Norwich University NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH). The Radiology Department is accredited by QSI (Quality Standards in Imaging).
In line with the Trust's PRIDE values, we are seeking highly motivated candidates to join our dynamic friendly team. Applicants will contribute and work within the team to deliver high quality imaging to all service users, ensuring clinical safety and facilitating a high standard of patient care. The post requires a flexible and enthusiastic Radiographer prepared to be part of a team providing 24/7 care to patients, coordinating workflow, staff and patients each day. In addition, successful candidates will be required to take on responsibilities which include undertaking appraisals, incident investigation, audits, health and safety duties, mentoring new staff and students, governance responsibilities and other tasks.
The Radiology Department has 9 general DR rooms, with 3 in a busy and exciting ED unit. We also support a varied and busy theatre program (27 theatres), screening for urology, general, orthopaedic, spinal, pain and paediatric lists, undertaking many varied procedures.
The Radiology Department has 9 general DR rooms, with 3 in a busy and exciting ED unit. We also support a varied and busy theatre program (27 theatres), screening for urology, general, orthopaedic, spinal, pain and paediatric lists, undertaking many varied procedures.
A new paediatric Theatre complex opened in January 2024, and the Norfolk and Norwich Orthopaedic Centre (NANOC) opened in July 2024. Recruitment into this post will enable us to support further screening lists in theatres. In addition to these exciting developments, the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is under construction, currently planned to open in early 2025, to provide a significant growth in capacity for General Radiography, MRI, CT and Ultrasound. Not only will the CDC increase our capacity, but it will open up further training opportunities.
We also undertake dental imaging, support the Fluoroscopy Department and have a team of Reporting Radiographers (musculoskeletal, chest and abdomen), as well as a team of DXA Radiographers and Advanced Practitioners.
Cromer Hospital also forms part of the Trust and is situated on the beautiful North Norfolk coast. The Cromer Radiology department has a further 2 DR rooms supporting a busy MIU, GP's and clinics together with a procedure room with its own image intensifier, for Pain lists.
About us
To provide a professional, high quality and responsive departmental service, to patients, in a safe clinical environment. The post holder will practice without the direct supervision of a clinician.
To participate in training and supervising of imaging staff, students, assistants and medical staff.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence.
Hours of work: Full Time and part time hours are available. Shifts are a mixture of long and short days. You will be required to work flexibly - weekday / weekend and out of hours duties (including nights) within the NNUH Trust including Cromer District Hospital and the CDC (Community Diagnostic Centre). We operate a 7 day working week which includes rostering at nights, weekends and Bank Holidays. We offer flexible working opportunities as well.
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