Wythenshawe hospital is looking for full time enthusiastic radiographer to work in MR scanning. You should have proven basic MRI imaging skills and the ability to work flexibly over 7 days in 12 hour shifts. Interest in scanning Children and Young People is required as there will be a rotational requirement with the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

If you have a proven aptitude for MRI and would like the opportunity to expand your clinical scanning skills, then we can offer the successful candidate exposure to high level, complex scanning techniques.

Main duties of the job

Training will be provided in advanced aspects of MR scanning. Successful applicants will form part of the MR scanning team and will be expected to follow direction from the senior MR radiographers responsible for the daily scanning workload at both Wythenshawe Hospital and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

Wythenshawe use a Siemens Sola 1.5T wide bore scanner, with an additional scanner being installed early 2025. Royal Manchester Children's Hospital uses a Siemens Avanto 1.5T scanner.

Wythenshawe undertake a wide range of examinations, including vascular, gynaecological, GU, gastro, neurological and muscular skeletal. Training will be given for more complex or department specific scans. You will also gain experience in breast biopsy, paediatric GA scanning, pacemaker scanning and complex vascular scanning techniques.

RMCH undertake scans under both GA and sedation, along with providing scanning capacity for all urgent emergency care patients and in-patients. Collaborative work with a multi-disciplinary team, including health play specialists is required.

MFT is committed to staff development and currently we are support a radiographer reporting of MR musculoskeletal examinations.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• HCPC registered
• BSc or DCR
• Continuous CPD

Desirable

• MR relevant course

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 1years experience within MRI
• Minimum of 1 years post registration experience
• MDT working

Desirable

• Evidence of advanced MR scanning techniques
• Evidence of experience with children and young people
• evidence of performing CYP GA scans

Personal attributes

Essential

• caring and compassionate
• excellent communication

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wythenshawe Hospital

Southmoor Road

Manchester

M23 9LT

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