Radiographer inDerby inDerby PUBLISHED 18 AUG 2024

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive Plain Film Radiographer with good organisational skills to join our Diagnostic Imaging Team at University Hospital of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB).

Located right in the center of the UK we are ideally placed within easy driving distance of Birmingham, Nottingham and Leicester with good public transport routes. We are also very close to the Peak District.

Whether you are newly qualified or have experience, we will have something to offer you.

We are seeking a Radiographer to be based at our Florence Nightingale Community Hospital and Royal Derby Hospital. This role will support our Community Diagnostic Centre developments which are currently undergoing a significant expansion of imaging services.

As part of this role there will the requirement to support a 7 day service. There will also be the occasional need to work in our other Imaging departments should the service need require. This includes Ilkeston Community Hospital, Long Eaton Health Centre and St Oswalds Health Centre.

This role provides for a wide range of plain film imaging across the Derbyshire Community and also opportunities to work at a large acute centre.

You must be suitably qualified as an HCPC State Registered Diagnostic Radiographer with a BSc (Hons) Degree in Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent. You will be able to display excellent interpersonal skills with a caring patient centred and flexible approach to work. The work will be based at FNCH and RDH and will assist in covering our 7 day service at this site.

We have DR equipment which has recently been replaced and we are also installing a new dedicated Chest X-Ray rooms at Florence Nightingale and Ilkeston Community Hospitals.

As a progressive teaching department for Radiographers we have established links with universities and actively encourage CPD and role extension, with support available to pursue academic courses and develop your career within a supportive and friendly environment.

We are a QSI accredited department.

They may be requirement for you to move between our UHDB sites, dependant on service need.


Closing date of applications: 27 August 2024



Interview date: 10 September 2024


As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.


In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Roger Guilford Job title: Superintendent Radiographer Email address: Telephone number: