Rotational Diagnostic RadiographerinCambridgeinCambridgePUBLISHED WED 6 NOV 2024
Responsibilities include performing diagnostic procedures, maintaining records, and supervising student radiographers. The department operates a 24-hour emergency service with varying shifts, including nights and weekends. The Trust offers progression opportunities and a welcome subsidy for new hires.
Additional benefits include flexible working arrangements, on-site facilities, travel subsidies, and support for a good work-life balance. Applications close on November 24, 2024, with interviews scheduled for the week of December 9, 2024.
We are looking for highly motivated and passionate Diagnostic Radiographers to join our X-ray Imaging team at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
As a world-renowned hospital, there are many opportunities to develop your career. CUH are proud to have a team of Radiographers with extended roles in MSK reporting, chest and abdominal reporting, Fluoroscopy, HSGs, and Lithotripsy.
After an induction period, you will work within the different areas of imaging, and have a developmental rotation where you have the opportunity to work in an area that can help develop your future career. Please note that you will not rotate through cross sectional Imaging.
CUH provide anX-ray service to satellite Hospitals in Saffron Walden and Ely. You will be based at CUH but may be required to work offsite at these locations when required.
We welcome current 3rd year undergraduates qualifying in 2025 to apply and posts will be held for successful candidates.
HCPC registration and BSc in Diagnostic Radiography is essential. If you are a current undergraduate you will need to apply for HCPC upon qualification.
To perform a range of diagnostic radiographic procedures, as required throughout the department, and maintain associated records.
To supervise, assist and train student radiographers and assistant staff in both the delivery of the service and their individual development needs.
About us
As well as state of the art innovative X-ray equipment, CUH is the first in the NHS to revolutionise to a fully integrated Electronic Patient Record (EPR)award winning service. This accolade puts us among an elite group of leading hospitals and medical centres across the world that uses EPR systems as a tool to support clinicians in providing high quality patient care.
The X-ray department provides a 24 hour emergency service and operates an out of hours shift system. Radiographers are contracted to work a variety of shifts including evenings, nights, weekends and Bank Holidays.
As a Trust we offer Link Grade progression towards a Band 6 Radiographer, on completion of the relevant experience and competencies.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for the fixed term post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers and Band 5 Orthoptists taking up substantive employment with the Trust.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipatedstart date of employment
The advert will close at midnight on 24 November 2024.
Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 9 December 2024.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
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