Specialist Cardiac Radiographer | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Specialist Cardiac Radiographer | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

We are recruiting for a Specialist Cardiac Radiographer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The successful applicant will be responsible for recruitment of staff, be responsible for team members appraisal’s and line management of Cardiac Radiographer team within the catheter lab on a day to day basis.

The post holder will take the lead role within the Cardiac Catheter Lab and its organisation, particularly Equipment, Radiation Protection, supplies and procurement.

They will be responsible for organisation of staff on a daily basis, annual leave and sick leave in line with trust policy.

The post is clinical as well as administrative and will demand substantial patient contact as well as supervisory and teaching skills.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:

Include,Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

The post holder will be responsible for the Radiography team within the Cardiac Cath Lab.

The post holder will help to ensure the service is safe, efficient and cost effective alongside other specialisation leads.

Expected to work in the Cardiac Catheter Lab, Radiology (plain X-Ray, Theatre, Mobiles and Vascular), and participate in the on call rota.

To work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team within the departments.

To be expected to have specialist knowledge of cardiology, radiology and its working practices. This includes being responsible for the training and development of junior team members and work with and support colleagues of the management team with driving the service forward.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

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