Job overview

The role holder will be one of a growing number of Practice Educators working at PAHT. They will work closely with the ImageEast Network and be responsible for planning, organisation, delivery and assessment of the educational and training programmes across the CT services at PAHT. The role holder will be expected to be proactive in leading on CT educational matters, including performing training needs analyses across both sites and producing a training and education plan to respond to identified training needs. The role holder will also help set standards for practice in liaison with the CT Modality Lead, CT Clinical Specialist, and CT Superintendents.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will split their clinical responsibilities with their practice education role.

The role will predominately work to provide a CT radiography service as well as all aspects of training and education in CT. The role will be based across both services at the acute site at Princess Alexandra Hospital and the new CDC hub site at St. Margaret’s Hospital. This is a new role within the department so the responsibilities may change as the service develops. A primary focus for training will be the junior radiographers who rotate trough CT as part of their development. The post holder will also prioritise refresher training for senior radiographers in CT as well as advanced training for specialist scanning.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.