Interventional and Fluoroscopy Radiographer

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond – come and take your place with us.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 radiographer to join the Interventional Radiology team at Salford Care Organisation.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, patient focused, progressive Radiographer, to join our Interventional Radiology team. Candidates must be good team players and able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, and communication skills.

You would join our core Interventional Radiology team and would help to train and mentor rotational radiographers passing into the area. As an expert in their field, they would help support the Interventional Radiology team in complex cases.

We would be interested to hear from candidates with previous experience or those at a lower band who wish to expand their skills and partake in our band 5 to 6 progression scheme.

Salford Royal is an organisation that aims to be the safest in the NHS through providing safe, clean, and personal care to every patient, every time.

Main duties of the job

The Interventional department at Salford is an exciting, expanding place to work, with excellent opportunities to increase skills.

To help support the lead and clinical specialist radiographers , you would be expected to assist in taking a leading role and assist in daily running of the service. The role would provide some management experience and help to expand skills.

The department provides a 24/7 acute service for IAT. You would be expected to partake in the service, including partaking on our on call system. All radiographers are expected to support 24/7 working 365 days per year. This pioneering service will give an opportunity, to help make a difference.

Salford Royal has started work on a new trauma unit, which includes a hybrid theatre. As a Radiographer this offers an opportunity to perform the latest imaging techniques, within a new trauma hybrid theatre.

The department is progressive and opportunities for CPD are available. Advanced practice is new to the department and there could be opportunities to learn skills that could help you apply for positions in the future.

Working for our organisation

The Diagnostics and Pharmacy Group is part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA), one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place of science, innovation and transformational thinking, the Diagnostic and Pharmacy Group unites Radiology, Pathology and Pharmacy services across the NCA to create a cooperative group committed to delivering safe, consistent, and high-quality care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.