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The Freeman Hospital’s Cardiothoracic Centre is a regional and national centre of excellence for lung and heart care, providing diagnostics and intervention/surgery for adults and children under one roof.

Due to expansion of services within the Cardiothoracic Centre, we are seeking to appoint a part-time Band 6 Radiographer with a specialist interest in cardiac radiography to join our team.

The cardio X-ray team provides a quality service to clinicians and patients in a variety of settings, rotating through 2 plain film rooms, 6 cardiac catheter laboratories, a dedicated screening room within the Institute of Transplantation, 5 cardiothoracic theatres and our purpose-built Day Treatment Centre. We have recently installed 2 high spec Siemens Artis Icono systems to join our current Artis Q and Artis Q Zen biplane systems.

• Interview Date Thursday, 13 June 2024
• 22 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• Undertaking a range of specialist cardiac cath lab procedures in line with department operational procedures and policies.
• Working as part of a specialist multidisciplinary team committed to providing efficient and effective high-quality care and participating in the 24/7 on-call PPCI service.
• Practice and promote good radiation safety, observing local rules, participating in the equipment QA programmes and using ALARA principle to produce high quality diagnostic imaging with the lowest achievable dose.
• Develop clinical skills and participate in CPD activities and the education of others.
• Organising the workflow in and out of the cardio x-ray department, delivering a safe and efficient diagnostic imaging service to inpatient wards, GPs and a variety of outpatient clinics.  

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.