Reporting Radiographer - MSK, Chests and Abdomen plain film

Consideration will be given to applicants who have accreditation in one of the modules, MSK or Chest and Abdomen. Training will be provided for the module that is not presently held. Throughout this period, the contract will entail 0.6 whole-time equivalent (wte) Band 7 reporting and 0.4 wte senior clinical radiographer.

• The Reporting Radiographer will work within the established Radiographer reporting service with the Head of General Radiology to provide hot and cold reporting in general radiography and be responsible for his/her clinical work and professional development.
• The Reporting Radiographer will be located at a specific base site but will be required to report work from all Trust sites.
• The Reporting Radiographer will provide professional advice and expertise to all members of the radiography team and be recognised and accessible as an expert in their specified field. He/she will promote best practice and disseminate knowledge to the profession and the surrounding healthcare environment. The Reporting Radiographer will undertake reflective evaluation of his/her own practice and will partake in the supervision, teaching and professional advancement of radiographers, radiology assistants and student radiographers.
• The Reporting Radiographer will be expected to manage his/her own specialist workload effectively whilst maintaining associated records to allow for ongoing personal audit.
  
  Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust is currently seeking full-time Reporting Radiographers who will report plain-film examinations. The ideal candidate will have expertise in interpreting Musculoskeletal (MSK), Chest and Abdomen X-ray. To qualify for this role, the post holder must hold an accredited reporting qualification from the Society of Radiographers and have completed an initial audit before commencing independent reporting. Additionally, the post holder will be responsible for both hot and cold reporting in general radiography, as well as their own clinical work and professional development.
  
  NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community. Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide. Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees. We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen. Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues. We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.