Clinical Specialist Radiographer CT - Band 8a
4 days ago
Lincoln
Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Lincoln County Hospital Town Lincoln Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/10/2026 23:59 We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH. We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision. Our Group values guide everything we do. They are: • Compassionate - We care about people - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for., • Collaborative - We work together as a team - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment., • Innovative - We strive to improve - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment. If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team. We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients. Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people. Our Group Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Caring and building a healthier future for all” – stating their ambition for our Trust and the wider group to be among the best. We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live. Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’. This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years. We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. So,what is in it for you? • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual. Types of flexibility could include: • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week., • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week., • Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts., • Staggered hours – having different start and finish times., • Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability, • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government, • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum., • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost. In addition, there ismore. • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment., • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests., • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research, • Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary., • Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery. Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Please be advised that the start date for the successful candidate is subject to deferment. The exact timing will be confirmed at offer stage. This is a senior clinical post, with four key elements to the role - Specialist level clinical practice, Professional/Clinical leadership, Education, training and development & Practice and service development, research and evaluation. They will provide expert practice in their field of imaging, including image reporting working closely with the Lead Consultant Radiographer, lead CT Radiologist, Head of Service and CT modality. They will exercise a high degree of professional and personal autonomy as clinical specialist advanced practitioner, demonstrating advanced clinical competence, complex decision making and a MSc level knowledge base across the four pillars of advanced practice. They will act as a CT subject-matter expert within an agreed scope of practice and governance framework. The post contributes specialist expertise and service leadership at senior advanced practitioner level (clinical specialist). Accountability for strategic professional leadership, organisation-wide consultancy and consultant-level impact remains with the Lead Consultant Diagnostic Radiographer and relevant medical, operational and professional leads. Progression to consultant practitioner level would require a separately defined role demonstrating sustained impact across pathway, organisational and system boundaries. The CSS will be the point of contact within radiology to support training and service delivery. There will be an expectation to maintain/deliver CT reporting sessions minimum 4 PA's per week 2-4PA's clinical scanning and min 2 PAs of non-clinical time for outcomes to be reviewed, second opinions to be provided and additional imaging to be requested and appointed should it be required. This role is primarily a very senior radiographer clinical post with specialist skills, knowledge and leadership. This role will undertake operational leadership of specific pathways and clinical management tasks as well as assessing and treating a specialist workload of patients. This role is responsible for managing staff, resources and activity and provides specialist advice as required. This role will be expected to assess, analyse and interpret complex situations including clinical, staff and operational issues. In unpredictable situations this role is responsible for making decisions to ensure continued service provision, in collaboration with the Radiology and CT Operational Leads and Lead Consultant Radiographer. This role will provide expert advice, tuition, governance of the CT service (in line with national guidelines) and service improvement in the specific specialist field of practice. This is an opportunity to: Shape the future direction of CT services Influence clinical standards and pathway development Lead and develop an advanced practice workforce Contribute to research, innovation and education within a teaching hospital Work with experienced clinical, operational and multidisciplinary colleagues Improve outcomes and experience for patients across Lincolnshire We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where colleagues feel valued, supported and able to develop. We welcome applications from candidates who share our commitment to compassionate, collaborative and innovative care. Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service. Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Responsible for the development and publication of CT clinical policies, protocols, guidelines, SOPs and PGDs. Provide line management for designated CT advanced practitioners in accordance with the approved organisational structure, including appraisal, objective setting, wellbeing support, capability and performance processes, and contribution to job planning. Clinical supervision and professional assurance arrangements will be agreed separately where these functions are undertaken by another suitably qualified practitioner. To take a lead clinical role in the CT department, including safety, research/audit etc. A recognised team member who has specialised knowledge of all areas of the relevant modality and is working towards (enrolled) or has achieved a MSc in a relevant area Attendance or speaking on conferences/ study days/ workshops. Be experienced and confident in using highly complex and expensive diagnostic equipment combining safe operating limits and image quality with patient care. Participate in regular CPD, keeping documentary evidence of attainments. Communicate advances in techniques and applications to all relevant personnel. Provide & develop relevant education and training to radiographic and non-radiographic staff both internally and external to the trust Work to promote and develop the relevant service at both a local and a national level. Ensure that all relevant medical, radiographic and nursing personnel are informed of advances in techniques and applications so that they have an up-to-date knowledge of developments in this speciality. As appropriate, become involved with HEI’s/ education and training of CT, radiography and multidisciplinary professions. Act as a role model to all other staff, promoting advanced practice and providing specialist assistance to advanced practitioners. Professional lead for trainee advanced practitioners Ensure involvement in AHP networks for clinical leadership Provide clinical support for the operational performance meeting where required. • HCPC registration, • Master’s Degree (or working towards) or equivalent level qualification, • PgD CT reporting, • Have an up-to-date professional development portfolio, • Qualification in clinical audit Teaching qualification, • Managerial or leadership training, • Significant experience at Band 7 level or above demonstrating experience of working in the field / area of CT/CT reporting, • Significant experience of independent reporting in the relevant clinical area with evidence of a high standard, • Flexible and innovative approach to the delivery of new models of care, • Experience of delivering service change within an NHS setting, • Well-developed and practised IT skills., • Experience of education/lecturing, • Experience of provision of complex upward escalation, • Able to contribute in a technological environment, • Experience of managing performance issues, • Established links with higher education institutes., • Evidence of published research., • Experience of setting up/leading new patient services., • Established links with peer review bodies, professional bodies., • Good interpersonal skills, • Able to work alone or as part of a team, • Ability to write complex reports with knowledge and understanding of a wide range of pathologies, • Demonstration of good organisational skills and an ability to communicate complex information to patients or senior consultant colleagues at a level suited to the listener, • Ability to work to a high standard, both technically and in patient care., • Ability to plan prioritise workloads, • Ability to identify training needs of self and others, • Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries internally and externally, • Ability to work on own initiative, • Teaching Qualification or experience., • Experience in development and publication of protocols/guidelines/PGDs etc, • Able to identify training needs of self and other Self-motivated Approachable Effective time management Adaptable to a changing environment Ability to command national respect, • Travel to other sites within Trust 7 day week working if required, • Extensive experience of undertaking audit Project management experience Research expertise Experience of writing for publication ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution ... Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date. We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you. You are: • A Veteran, • A Military Reserve, • Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces All new employees will be subject to a charge for the DBS check that is required for the post. The Disclosure & Barring Service application form (formerly CRB) will be provided by ULTH and the fee will be deducted from your salary over a 3 month period. Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. Please note, for applicants with previous NHS service: If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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