Job description

Job responsibilities

• Deputy to the Superintendent Radiographer within the CT and MRI department.
• Take on the Superintendent duties in times of absence, sickness or annual leave.
• Be able to work in a job share role, maintaining high levels of communication and professionalism.
• Maintain a confidential and discreet approach where required.
• Organise the day-to-day workload to accommodate clinical priorities, negotiating changes to the planned work rota where required.
• Manage all aspects of staff absences including sickness plus granting, recording or refusing annual leave.
• Hold Return to Work Interviews and complete the relevant online form with staff following periods of sickness absence.
• Make decisions regarding staff levels, skill mix, annual leave requests, shift swaps and WLI allocation, updating Health Roster as necessary.
• Manage bank and agency staff, assign duties where required and ensure up to date competencies.
• Liaise with locum agencies for booking of their staff and update our staff rota and capacity & demand records.
• Add PP and WLI payments to Health Roster and finalise end of month.
• Schedule the annual appraisals of all CT and MRI staff members and appraise staff to ensure on-going competencies.
• Provide and monitor training for new staff, including completion of local induction and additional relevant competencies.
• Record and schedule mandatory training dates for CT & MRI staff.
• Maintain and keep up to date records of all Staff Competencies.
• Undertake IV Cannulation and IV therapy assessments for new and existing staff.
• Investigate and respond to LERN forms from both our staff and those from other hospital wards and departments.
• Schedule, attend and chair staff meetings.
• Be willing to have difficult conversations with staff when required around sensitive subjects, such as poor performance, timekeeping, appearance, not being able to have leave when desired.
• Be willing to talk to patients who raise complaints and help de-escalate and resolve difficult situations.
• Create and update SOPs, policies, PGDs and other departmental protocols.
• Report faults to manufacturers and schedule breakdown fixes and routine maintenance visits, updating our records including capacity impacts.
• Ensure departmental audits are undertaken and updated on the Radiology Audit Schedule, such as compliance audit, document acknowledgement, extravasaton
• Shortlist and interview prospective radiographers and RDAs into our team.
• Work with the team at Poole with the aim of service improvement and amalgamation of systems.
• Attend the monthly Quality and Risk Forum with a report from CT & MRI.
• Attend meetings with the UHD Extravasation Group (3-4 times per year)

Job responsibilities

• Deputy to the Superintendent Radiographer within the CT and MRI department.
• Take on the Superintendent duties in times of absence, sickness or annual leave.
• Be able to work in a job share role, maintaining high levels of communication and professionalism.
• Maintain a confidential and discreet approach where required.
• Organise the day-to-day workload to accommodate clinical priorities, negotiating changes to the planned work rota where required.
• Manage all aspects of staff absences including sickness plus granting, recording or refusing annual leave.
• Hold Return to Work Interviews and complete the relevant online form with staff following periods of sickness absence.
• Make decisions regarding staff levels, skill mix, annual leave requests, shift swaps and WLI allocation, updating Health Roster as necessary.
• Manage bank and agency staff, assign duties where required and ensure up to date competencies.
• Liaise with locum agencies for booking of their staff and update our staff rota and capacity & demand records.
• Add PP and WLI payments to Health Roster and finalise end of month.
• Schedule the annual appraisals of all CT and MRI staff members and appraise staff to ensure on-going competencies.
• Provide and monitor training for new staff, including completion of local induction and additional relevant competencies.
• Record and schedule mandatory training dates for CT & MRI staff.
• Maintain and keep up to date records of all Staff Competencies.
• Undertake IV Cannulation and IV therapy assessments for new and existing staff.
• Investigate and respond to LERN forms from both our staff and those from other hospital wards and departments.
• Schedule, attend and chair staff meetings.
• Be willing to have difficult conversations with staff when required around sensitive subjects, such as poor performance, timekeeping, appearance, not being able to have leave when desired.
• Be willing to talk to patients who raise complaints and help de-escalate and resolve difficult situations.
• Create and update SOPs, policies, PGDs and other departmental protocols.
• Report faults to manufacturers and schedule breakdown fixes and routine maintenance visits, updating our records including capacity impacts.
• Ensure departmental audits are undertaken and updated on the Radiology Audit Schedule, such as compliance audit, document acknowledgement, extravasaton
• Shortlist and interview prospective radiographers and RDAs into our team.
• Work with the team at Poole with the aim of service improvement and amalgamation of systems.
• Attend the monthly Quality and Risk Forum with a report from CT & MRI.
• Attend meetings with the UHD Extravasation Group (3-4 times per year)

Person Specification

Experience / Qualifications

Essential

• Extensive post graduate radiography experience, with significant dedicated experience in CT and/or MR
• Post graduate qualification in CT or MRI or equivalent clinical experience in CT and/or MRI scanning
• Experience of leading a team and supervision of less qualified radiographers or students
• State registration with Health Professions Council

Desirable

• Management qualification
• Experience of sickness absence management , holding appraisals, recruitment & selection and conflict resolution

Interpersonal Skills

Essential

• Ability to plan, prioritise, analyse and solve problems.
• Flexible approach to work deadlines and workload.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Leadership skills.

Desirable

• Ability to influence others and to lead by example even when the initiative or task may be personally undesirable.
• Confidence to deal with crisis situations and resume responsibility for seeking optimal outcomes.

Experience / Qualifications

Essential

• Extensive post graduate radiography experience, with significant dedicated experience in CT and/or MR
• Post graduate qualification in CT or MRI or equivalent clinical experience in CT and/or MRI scanning
• Experience of leading a team and supervision of less qualified radiographers or students
• State registration with Health Professions Council

Desirable

• Management qualification
• Experience of sickness absence management , holding appraisals, recruitment & selection and conflict resolution

Interpersonal Skills

Essential

• Ability to plan, prioritise, analyse and solve problems.
• Flexible approach to work deadlines and workload.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Leadership skills.

Desirable

• Ability to influence others and to lead by example even when the initiative or task may be personally undesirable.
• Confidence to deal with crisis situations and resume responsibility for seeking optimal outcomes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Bournemouth

BH7 7DW

Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)