Senior MRI Radiographer

MRI services at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust serve and support communities across the Kent region. We are a team of over thirty-five senior MRI Radiographers and eight Advanced Practitioner MRI Radiographers to support all four MRI departments across the East Kent Hospitals. Our hardworking and progressive MRI team work across four base sites including satellite sites. This includes the newly formed Community Diagnostic Centre at Buckland, which supports the NHS England vision of reforming diagnostic services provided to the local community. As a large acute Trust, we provide key services within the patient pathway, working hard as a team to continually deliver efficient and patient-centered services. We are a professionally diverse team with different experiences and challenges and recognise that both professional and pastoral care for our teams is a priority., Our service support open access from General Practice across East Kent catchment area, consultant referral form EKHUFT outpatient clinics, inpatient referrals from EKHUFT wards and Emergency departments, also support external referral for specialised imaging support for patients with MRI conditional implants.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior MRI Radiographer to work in a team of MRI Radiographers.

The MRI department at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundations Trust provides a wide range of high-quality imaging for the community and the wider population in East Kent. Our static MRI services based at The William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury, The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital at Margate and CDC service at Buckland Hospital, Dover.

A fleet of mobile MRI scanners operates across the main hospital sites and satellite sites including the Community Centre at Estuary View. The MRI service is continuing to develop and expand to support our community.

The department has state of the art imaging equipment with a highly skilled and motivated group of MRI Radiographers and Advanced Practitioners. We offer career progression within clinical and in to management roles within Radiology

Our satellite hospital sites in Buckland, Dover and Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone provide a variety of Outpatient, diagnostic and Minor Injury services, alongside a range of services throughout the local area., We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.