Senior Radiographer for Mammography and General X-ray and CT Radiology inSutton inSutton PUBLISHED
TUE 5 NOV 2024
In this position, the senior radiographer will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality diagnostic imaging services while ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. Responsibilities include performing imaging examinations, ensuring proper patient identification, providing pre- and post-procedure advice, managing patient concerns, and accurately documenting patient data. Effective communication with patients and clinical colleagues is essential to facilitate a supportive and efficient imaging environment.
This post is essential to ensure the correct skill mix for Xray and mammography and CT procedures and staff training and support is in place. We need these post filled to ensure clinical shifts are met, junior staff are supported and seniority during all ext day shifts and sat working . The continuing increased activity in breast and CT This is to ensure targets are met and clinical urgent and follow up imaging can be met by skilled staff and the efficiency of the Xray / mammo/ CT service is able to continue. It is essential we have a full complement of staff to cover our service provision in Sutton to meet all the KPIs .
Previous applicants need not apply.
The post holder will have post registration experience, a BSc in Radiography or equivalent, be HCPC state registered and hold the Post Graduate Certificate of Competence in Mammography.The post holder will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team in the provision of an efficient and effective Diagnostic Imaging Service. She will liaise with the clinicians in charge of a patient, with ward and other departmental staff within the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will be required to work in the Rapid Diagnostic Assessment Centre (RDAC) ,the X-ray and CT department.
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For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
To provide a high quality diagnostic imaging service. To comply with accurate patient identification procedures. To perform imaging examinations within The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R) guidelines while adhering to local radiation protection guidelines. To give advice to patients and clinicians regarding the preparation required for specialised imaging examinations and to gain verbal/written consent from patients undergoing imaging examinations/intravenous contrast administration. To have a good knowledge of and be able to apply responsibly departmental wound management techniques for post interventional procedures and to give advice on aftercare. To accurately record/retrieve data on patients allergy status with particular reference to intravenous contrast. To communicate effectively and empathetically with patients and their escorts prior to, during and after an examination or interventional procedure. In particular to be sensitive to their fears/anxiety regarding an interventional procedure such as a biopsy and help the patient to overcome these so that the procedure may be performed.
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