Support Radiographer
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Directorate: Resources
Grade: PO2
Salary: £39,951 - £42,840 (pro rata for part-time)
Contract Type: Part-time, Permanent
Working hours per week: 18
Weeks per year: 24.5
Application Deadline: 23/09/2024
Reference: 1411
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
About the role:
his role refers to the Post-Mortem Imaging Service to be provided by East London Forensic Centre. The Post-Mortem Imaging Service will provide Post-Mortem Computerised Tomography (PMCT) scanning with radiological reporting via a Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS) also utilising a Radiology Imaging System replacement Civica - The centre benefits from a GE revolution Ascend 64 slice CT scanner as well as an Ulrich CT Motion contrast injector.
The post-holder will be responsible for conducting CT Scans and supporting the day-to-day operation of the PMCT imaging service, working alongside the lead radiographer and deputising in their absence including annual leave, ensuring practice is adhering to the relevant legislation, regulations and policies.
The post-holder will contribute to the day-to-day running of the PMCT service in accordance with relevant legislations, regulations, and policies and reports into the Mortuary Service Operations Manager.
The post-holder will be routinely located in the CT scan control room to perform PMCT Examinations on the deceased.
To maintain consistency with the Council's quality and equality perspectives.
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Key Responsibilities:
Key Facts and Figures
- To ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the Post-Mortem Computerised Tomography scans.
- To work in a team together with anatomical pathology technologists, radiologists, pathologists, radiographers and other experts.
- To perform intravenous injections/cannulations of the deceased depending on the PMCT technique required. Training will be provided for this
- To conduct condition checks the deceased, updating the relevant databases.
- To assist mortuary staff with manual handling of the deceased.
- To be able to work flexibly to meet the requirements of the service by working out of usual office hours/being on-call.
- To be able to adapt to the unpredictable nature of the workload, including major incidents, disasters, pandemics.
Qualifications
Essential
- DCR/BSc in Radiography
- Current Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration, which must be maintained whilst in post
- 1 year post-qualification experience
- Trained in CT scanning with clinical experience (Including contrast enhanced and cardiac scanning)
- Forensic radiography Interest/knowledge/experience
- Eligibility to reside and work in the UK.
- Evidence of CPD (e.g., attendance at study days, conferences, courses etc.) related to the field
- Appropriate training and experience in post-mortem and forensic imaging
- Post-Graduate qualifications relevant to post (e.g., PGCert, PGDip, MSc in Forensic Radiography) or equivalent experience
- UK Driving License
- Current NHS Band 6
Essential
- Knowledge and Experience in CT (Incl. contrast enhanced CT)
- Evidence of independent working and leading a team
- Awareness of Post-Mortem Imaging
- Demonstrates the ability to produce a high standard of work
- Involvement with Q
- Evidence of willingness to expand knowledge and role
- Evidence of a commitment to reflecting on and learning from previous practice
- Awareness of changes within imaging practice (e.g., introduction of new techniques, AI etc.)
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and the relevance to practice
- Experience of audit
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures, standards and regulations related to the field
Desirable
- Understanding of how a PMCT service can be run
- Experience in a wide range of CT procedures
- Awareness of how the coronial system works in the UK
- Understand how a medical cause of death is formulated
- Knowledge of the process and language of death investigation
- Knowledge of health service management
- Understanding of the techniques involved in PMCT and the associated challenges ) (angiography, ventilation, biopsy, calcium scoring exposure manipulation etc
- Basic knowledge of the most common PMCT findings in non-suspicious, suspicious and traumatic deaths
- Ability to independently perform intravenous injections/cannulations and/or intubations
- Experience of work within a mortuary environment and/or care of the deceased
- Experience of education/lecturing
- Experience of research and scientific paper writing
- Previous publications in peer reviewed journals
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to prioritise/plan workload and meet performance targets
- Effective communication skills.
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Consistent and reliable
- Able to participate in possible on-call/out of hours work
- Able to step in at short notice to cover for sickness, etc.
- Able to obtain and evaluate information to aid decision making
- Able to lead and work closely with team members
- Commitment to CPD of self and others
- Ability to use IT systems relevant to work role
- Good time management skills
- Experience of student mentorship and staff supervision
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Professional attitude and approach
- Honest
- Enthusiastic
- Conscientious
- Punctual
- Approachable
- Confident
- Flexible and Resilient/Adaptable to change
- Committed to achieve high standards
- Treat everyone with dignity and respect
- Demonstrate attention to details
- Considerate of the diverse needs of individuals
- Able to deal with difficult and sensitive situations with tact, empathy, and diplomacy
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
- Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
- This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;
- Satisfactory DBS check; Enhanced DBS for adults
- Continued professional body registration; Health and Care Professions Council
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact the Mortuary Service Operations Manager Mr. Jahran Allen-Thompson at mortuary@walthamforest.gov.uk .
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
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