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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Communications and Relationship skills - (Factor 1)

• To communicate in a concise and appropriate manner, highly complex information regarding examinations to clinicians and multidisciplinary teams, regarding diagnosis and/or treatment of patients.
• To promote good working relationships both between all staff within the Imaging Department and across multi-disciplinary teams

2. Analytical and Judgemental skills - (Factor 3)

• To be aware of limitations of experience and seek additional advice if required
• To assist in the evaluation of new equipment if requested by senior staff
• To be able to utilise MRI�� knowledge to undertake timely and accurate decisions in patient care

3. Planning and Organisational skills - (Factor 4)

• To prioritise and co-ordinate workload and resources in own area of work ensuring efficient and effective patient management.
• To work autonomously and effectively to ensure a safe and efficient service for patients.

4. Patient/ Client Care - (Factor 6)

• To observe and care for patients under investigation, liaising with clerical staff, porters, nurses and medical staff as appropriate in the best interests of the patient and any escorts.
• To ensure safe patient care and welfare whilst under the care of the Trust.
• To adhere to the Trust’s Patient First values.

5. Policy and Service Development Implementation - (Factor 7)

• As the Radiology service expands the post holder is expected to maintain a flexible approach to work patterns in order to meet the changing needs of the department and to contribute to this expansion.
• To contribute to the creation of policies and procedural development using clinical knowledge

6. Financial and Physical Development (inc. equipment, stock etc) - (Factor 8)

• To contribute to financial initiatives through the careful use of all resources.

7. Human Resources (inc. developing and delivering training) - (Factor 9)

• To assist in the supervision and training of students, ��junior staff, other hospital or medical staff or outside parties if so required
• To undertake the role of mentor and appraiser to junior staff.

8. Information Resources - (Factor 10)

• To receive and document patients as appropriate to maintain full patient registration for updating the departmental record system, and comply with protocols for patient record details.
• To adhere to trust information governance policies.
• To be able to maintain accurate records through the use of departmental RIS.

9. Research and Development - (Factor 11)

• To attend and contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings e.g. radiology audit, clinical governance, team meetings, safety huddle.
• To maintain an up-to-date CPD profile as per HCPC requirements.

10. Professional (not included in any of the above factors)

• Maintain own professional standards and registrations.
• To maintain own safety and that of colleagues, patients and visitors by adhering to departmental safety policies.
• To support the superintendent radiographer by undertaking a supervisory role in their working area of the department.
• To maintain up to date mandatory training records.

11. Clinical (not included in any of the above factors)

• To perform MRI scans in accordance with present protocols.
• To become and remain proficient in the use of all equipment used.
• To participate in the current shift pattern of the department including 12 hr days and weekend working.
• To ensure that all equipment is safe and fit for purpose and to highlight equipment faults to a senior member of staff which should be reported in a timely manner and in line with departmental fault reporting policies.
• Maintain a clean and tidy work environment.
• To maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of all equipment used within the department, and use all equipment in the correct manner ensuring your safety and wellbeing.
• Adherence to Trust infection control policies and procedures

GENERIC DUTIES FOR ALL STAFF

Trust’s Vision and Values

• All staff are expected to support the Trust’s vision of “We Care”. We Care about:

• Our staff and patients - treating everyone with kindness and respect
• Quality - giving our patients the best possible care
• Safety – making our patients as safe as we possibly can
• The Future – building a sustainable organisation which thrives within a strong local health economy
• Serving local people – giving West Sussex residents a comprehensive local service which they can rely on
• Improvement – always seeking to make our services better
• Being stronger together – working across the Trust and with others to support patients at every stage of their care
• Staff are expected to demonstrate appropriate behaviours and attitudes that contribute to an organisational culture where patients are at the heart of everything we do. This means being

• Kind
• Friendly
• Respectful
• Professional
• Compassionate
• A Team

Patient First

• Patient First is our Trust-wide approach to improving the quality of care for patients and to build and embed a culture where staff can be confident that their views matter and will be heard.
• The aim is to empower all staff to lead change, raise issues, concerns, identify and implement areas for improvement within the workplace and find solutions collectively as part of a team.
• Staff will be equipped with skills to identify improvement opportunities and supported to see those through
• It encourages all staff to be innovative and drive forward quality improvement and positive changes in their areas.�� .
• The philosophy behind this is centred on:
• Standardisation, system redesign and the improvement of patient pathways to eliminate error and waste and improve quality
• The patient being at the heart of every element of change
• Embedding cultural change across the organisation, where everyone is passionate about delivering exceptional quality every time and “where better never stops”.
• Continuous improvement of our services through small steps of change
• Constantly testing the patient pathway to see how we can develop
• Encouraging frontline staff to lead the redesign processes
• Equal voices for all
• Engagement of staff is a big factor in job performance.��
• Good engagement leads to improved quality, mortality and safety measures

Patient and Public Involvement

• The Trust has a statutory duty to ensure that patients, clients and members of the public are consulted and involved in decisions about local health service developments. You should be mindful of this and do what you can, as appropriate to your role and level of responsibility, to meet this duty.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

• The Trust is committed to building a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities it serves, enabling it to deliver the best possible health care services to those communities.
• The Trust believes equality and diversity are fundamental to the delivery of good quality care and has a number of active minority groups which include:
• Celebrating Cultures Network
• LGBT Network (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender)
• Disability Network

Confidentiality

• All data held, it’s management and procedures must conform to the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR).����GDPR replaces the Data Protection Act It applies to ‘personal data’ which means any information relating to an identifiable person e.g patients and staff who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier.�� All employees must act in accordance with the regulation with regard to all information accessible to them in the course of their work.�� Further information can be found in the Trust’s Code of Confidentiality and in the Information Governance Policy and Management Framework.
• Employees must ensure confidentiality at all times and must not without prior permission disclose any information regarding patients or staff obtained during the course of employment, except to authorised bodies or individuals acting in an official capacity. Failure to adhere to this instruction will be regarded as serious misconduct and may lead to disciplinary action.

Data quality

• Ensure that accurate data is entered into all data collection systems, manual or electronic.
• Report non-compliance with the Data Quality Policy, erroneous production of data and any factors affecting the production of valid data to the Data Quality Manager.

Trust Policies and Procedures including Control of Infection

• To be familiar with and to comply with the Trust's policies and procedures, which are available via line managers in each department and on the Trust intranet. Failure to adhere to this instruction will be regarded as serious misconduct and may lead to disciplinary action.
• Be aware of and adhere to the Trust’s infection control policy. Infection control is everyone's business and it is important that all members of clinical and non clinical staff observe good infection control practice at all times. Failure to adhere to this instruction will be regarded as serious misconduct and may lead to disciplinary action.

Safeguarding Children

• Employees of the Trust have a responsibility at all times to ensure the well being and safety of children under the care of the organisation and to comply with the Trust’s policies and procedures in this.

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