King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Radiographer
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About the Role
The post holder will be a qualified radiographer, able to assess and treat their own workload of patients/clients and ensure provision of the highest standards of patient care. This includes the legal documentation on the EPIC system and Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS) associated with each completed patient episode.
- Work autonomously, consulting senior staff as and when necessary, and be accountable for their own professional actions
- Work as part of the wider multidisciplinary team
- Participate in the supervision and teaching of Radiographers, Assistant Practitioners, and Student Radiographers as appropriate
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure all staff recognize their responsibility to deliver services in a high-quality, courteous, patient-focused manner maintaining patient confidentiality at all times
- Act under the IR(ME)R Radiation Regulations and assess the clinical justification of referrals to ensure that the benefit to the patient outweighs the radiation risk associated with the examination
- Provide timely, efficient, and courteous provision of radiographic services to the agreed standards of the department, taking account of the patient/client's clinical, physical, and cultural needs
- Undertake additional modality training in Computed Tomography
- Perform out-of-hours duties as part of the departmental shift system, without supervision and acting as team leader where necessary
- Monitor and adjust work priorities in conjunction with other professionals to take into account changing demands on the diagnostic services due to emergencies or increased demand from A&E, particularly during out-of-hours duties
- Responsible for the safe use and maintenance of imaging equipment, reporting faults to senior staff or directly to the manufacturer
- Participate in the departmental rota, being flexible in responding to service needs
- Ensure all adverse incidents are reported in line with trust policies
- Participate in clinical audit to improve the quality of service and support the continual development of services in line with best, evidence-based practice
- Participate in multiple site rotation as and when necessary
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About the Trust
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy – 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions:
- Delivering high-quality patient care
- Being a great place to work
- Leading pioneering research, innovation, and education
- Building strong and successful partnerships
- Providing timely and efficient care
- Ensuring long-term financial sustainability
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Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive, and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities, and each other.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimizing their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste, and pollution wherever possible.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Harrison Land
- Job title: Lead Superintendent Radiographer
- Email address: harrison.land1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01689863629
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