Superintendent Radiographer MRINHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated MRI Superintendent Radiographer (Diagnostic) to join the imaging leadership team at The Royal Marsden.This is is an influential role combining clinical and professional leadership of MRI services across Chelsea site to support MRI education, workforce development and clinical supervision.As the MRI Lead Radiographer, you will provide senior clinical and professional leadership for MRI in Chelsea . You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of clinical practice, patient safety and service quality, while leading service development, standardisation and continuous improvement across the Trust.

You will work closely with Radiologists, Radiographers, Physicists, Practice Educators and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure services are safe, effective, responsive and aligned with professional standards and the requirements of QSI. The role also includes responsibility for acting as the MRI responsible safety person and the lead for relevant QSI, CQC visits. You will support the development, implementation of the MRI training programme , ensuring that workforce and service development priorities are aligned with evidence, professional standards and the future needs of the service.

This role requires the ability and willingness to work across all Royal Marsden sites, including Chelsea, Sutton and Cavendish Square when required

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide Superintendent level clinical and professional leadership for the MRI service at the Chelsea site, leading service development within the specialist area and providing highly specialist clinical and technical advice.

The post holder will be responsible for the operational management of staff and will lead in the delivery of MRI services at the Chelsea site and collaborate closely with the Lead Radiographers at the Sutton and Cavendish Square sites to ensure a standardised service.

The post holder will work with imaging leads and the wider multidisciplinary team to develop, standardise and improve services across sites, with responsibility for identifying service needs, evaluating options and leading implementation of agreed changes. The post holder will provide expert advice beyond the immediate radiology team, contribute to strategic planning and service priorities, and provide senior specialist cover and professional leadership across imaging areas when required.

This post is hands on as well as administrative and will demand patient contact as well as supervisory skills. Patient presentation will include the unconscious, uncooperative, incapacitated, incompetent, distressed, disorientated, and those with physical and mental disabilities.

Job description

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification

To assess the clinical justification of MRI referrals in line with both national regulations (eg. MHRA Guidelines) and local protocols. To liaise with referral source where clarification is required regarding selection of the most clinically appropriate imaging examination. To act as a point of advice for imaging referrers from within and outside the Trust. To act as a point of advice for patient enquiries regarding their referral. To act as point of contact for users of the service dealing with colleagues, patients, carers and relatives in a helpful, reassuring and friendly manner. To book appointments evaluating clinical information to determine appropriateness of request, degree of urgency, length of time required and which scanner is most appropriate. To manage the day to day workload in line with clinical priorities. To promote the Royal Marsden as a centre of excellence in cancer imaging by disseminating image protocols and providing advice to other imaging institutions. To perform a range of diagnostic MRI procedures to the agreed department standard on a range of MRI systems, managing patient priority as appropriate. To ensure correct identification of patients. To match the clinical indications presented by the referrer to a departmental protocol where appropriate. To constantly monitor scanning protocols and where necessary, modify in conjunction with the other site Lead MRI Radiographers and physics team. To choose the appropriate field strength and adapt scan parameters to acquire the optimum diagnostic study for each patient presentation in view of clinical indications, imaging findings or patient condition.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.