Clinical Lead Radiographer, ED X-Ray
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 August 2025 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV2 2DX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9218-25-0817 |
Summary
To undertake imaging tasks, in line with governmental and departmental protocols, working both alone and with multidisciplinary teams, within specialised area. To check patient identification and documentation, and ensure the appropriate radiographic examinations are carried out in accordance with departmental protocols and clinical requests. Develop, monitor, and maintain standards of care in accordance with Trust policies, guidelines, protocols and professional regulations. Operating equipment, then assessing patient's needs adapt and modify radiographic techniques according to the patient's condition. Attending to patients' welfare at all times. To evaluate the resultant images for diagnostic quality and alert clinicians of any abnormality when appropriate. Organise facilities for carrying out routine and specialist investigations. Lead and supervise radiographic and support staff in the preparation of those sessions. To arrange, plan and participate in the departmental Quality Assurance programme to ensure the efficient operation of the highly technical equipment, and to ensure compliance with best practice by minimising radiation exposures as evaluated by dose reference levels. To assist department managers with planning maintenance schedules, initiate and monitor external engineers to breakdowns, to support prompt service resumption. To maintain stock management, both control and purchasing as defined in delegated financial approval, staffing, stock, non-stock and petty cash expenditure. To participate in the provision of an 'Out of Hours' service, to support full 7-day service delivery as part of contracted hours. To be familiar with, understand and apply the principles of Radiation Safety, both nationally and locally regulated or protocol led, defining, and arranging safe systems of work. Arrange and define local reporting systems compliant with legislation for CAE reporting, incorporating accidental/erroneous exposures compliant with IRMER, including the resultant action planning to better manage systems. To provide expert training in specialist equipment and give theoretical instruction, practical guidance, and supervision to less experienced staff, Student Radiographers, Assistant Practitioners, and trainees. Schedule, liaise and undertake work assessments as required for trainee staff and accreditation programme candidates. To assist with the practical experience of newly inducted staff, educate and promote adherence to Trust Working Policies for all staff groups within the department. To timely manage the 'Out of Hours' and 'On call' rosters, in line with the departmental agreement, negotiating additional cover to meet demands for additional radiographic provision. To manage staff annual leave, toil and training to maintain a core staffing resource. Be responsible for the operational supervision and management of an appropriate area, assessing and managing workflow to utilise available resources, in liaison with other staff in the department, and in the hospital. In the absence of other senior staff to supervise other areas ensuring those areas are working to agreed standards. Collaborative working with management teams to develop/modernise service delivery, analysing service provision, service needs and development needs to support the Trust ability to meet capacity and demand pressures, through safe structured, planned schemes. For further details of the role please see the attached job description.