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Rotational Radiographer, Medical Imaging Department Band 5 (Ref: 157699)
Full Time – 37.5 hours per week
Salary Range £30,229 - £37,664 per annum + 1On-Call
plus Distant Islands Allowance of £2,256 per annum
2Relocation Assistance of up to £8000 available
1(An on call commitment is expected – AFC(Scotland) terms and rates)
2(Terms & Conditions apply)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 band 5 Radiographers to join our highly motivated and friendly Medical Imaging team.
Are you enthusiastic about living in an island community and being a member of a small but friendly and supportive team? Are you willing to learn and gain experience? We welcome applications from both newly qualified and experienced radiographers. Our existing staff are highly experienced and can offer the right level of support and training to suit the successful candidate.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate evidence of working/work experience as a radiographer or student radiographer in an NHS Hospital. Applicants must also demonstrate an understanding of our unique location and the challenges and opportunities this may present.
The Medical Imaging Department currently has a team of 16 staff, including 9 Radiographers, 3 (4) Sonographers, 1 assistant practitioner and bank 2 admin staff.
Our equipment includes two general DR rooms, two DR mobiles, a Fuji Xair Digital system, DR OPT/CEPH unit, a 128 slice GE Revolution Evo CT scanner and two GE ultrasound rooms. We are also currently in the process of setting up the UKs most northerly MRI service.
We have a local PACS and are fully integrated with the Scottish national PACS.
The department is within the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick; an island general/acute hospital serving Shetlands 22,000 residents plus the offshore oil industry and maritime population. The hospital provides acute/elective general surgical and general medical inpatient and outpatient services in addition to consultant led A&E. More specialist services are provided by visiting consultants and tele-medicine services. There is no resident Radiologist but we have reporting ultrasonographers and reporting radiographers. We work closely with local clinicians providing the usual in/out patient, GP and acute 24-hour service cover with Radiologist support provided remotely.
Shetland is a wonderful place to live and work. Offering low pollution, low crime, excellent schools, great leisure facilities, unique wildlife and amazing scenery, whilst still only a short flight away from the UK mainland. To find out more about living and working in Shetland go to www.shetland.org
For an informal discussion, please contact Lucy Wilson, Head of Medical Imaging on 01595 743039, email lucy.wilson@nhs.scot or Stacey Sehnert Leask, CT Lead/Reporting Radiographer on 01595 743000 ext 3158, email Stacey.leask1@nhs.scot or Bethany Hunter, X-Ray Lead/Reporting Radiographer on 01595 743000 ext 3158, email Bethany.hunter@nhs.scot
Closing date: 30/08/2023
Interview date: 14/09/2023
If you require assistance or encounter any technical issues with your application, please e-mail support at https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home including the vacancy reference number and “NHS Shetland” in the subject line.
Preferred candidates will be required to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update prior to a formal offer of employment being made.
In promoting equal opportunities, we welcome applications from all sections of the community.