Diagnostic Radiographer Degree Apprenticeship
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridgeshire, CB2 0QQ
Closes in 9 days (Friday 11 October)
Posted on 27 September 2024
Summary
We are delighted to offer a Diagnostic Radiographer Degree Apprenticeship (Level 6) in our Imaging Department. If successful at interview, you will start as a Band 3 Radiology Assistant & carry out radiographic examinations under the supervision & guidance of a qualified Diagnostic Radiographer for the duration of this 3 year apprenticeship.
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Training course
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Diagnostic radiographer (level 6)
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Hours
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Includes shift work and some weekends TBC.
37 hours a week
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Possible start date
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Monday 16 December
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and
work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Key duties and responsibilities:
- As a Diagnostic Radiography Degree Apprentices (Level 6) you will work under the supervision and guidance of a qualified Diagnostic Radiographer for the duration of you 3 year apprenticeship
- You will carry out radiographic examinations in line with local departmental protocols, as well assist in the imaging department as requested by qualified Diagnostic Radiographers
- This will include working with multi-disciplinary teams to care of and support individuals to achieve diagnostic imaging in a range of tasks
- You will work closely with the Diagnostic Radiographers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to image patients in order to diagnose, treat or improve management of patient conditions in order to facilitate discharge from hospital
- Apprentices will be working towards completing a Diagnostic Radiographer degree with an affiliated HEI
- More information can be found in the Applicant Information Pack on the Cambridge University Hospitals website: https://bit.ly/3ZHfoqp
Where you’ll work
Addenbrookes Hospital
Hills Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0QQ
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or
other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Your training course
Diagnostic radiographer (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
Identify the limits of own practice and when to seek advice or refer to another professional or service.
Recognise the need to manage own workload and resources safely and effectively, including managing the emotional burden that comes with working in a pressured environment.
Keep own skills and knowledge up to date.
Maintain high standards of personal and professional conduct.
Engage in safeguarding processes where necessary.
Promote and protect the service user’s interests at all times.
Respect and uphold the rights, dignity, values, and autonomy of service users, including own role in the assessment, diagnostic, treatment and/or therapeutic process.
Recognise that relationships with service users, carers and others should be based on mutual respect and trust, and maintain high standards of care in all circumstances.
Obtain valid consent, which is voluntary and informed, has due regard to capacity, is proportionate to the circumstances and is appropriately documented.
Exercise a duty of care.
Apply legislation, policies and guidance relevant to own profession and scope of practice.
Recognise the power imbalance which comes with being a health care professional, and ensure it is not for personal gain.
Practise in accordance with current legislation governing the use of ionising and non-ionising radiation for medical and other purposes.
Identify own anxiety and stress and recognise the potential impact on own practice.
Develop and adopt clear strategies for physical and mental self-care and self-awareness, to maintain a high standard of professional effectiveness and a safe working environment.
Recognise that they are personally responsible for, and must be able to, justify their decisions and actions.
Use own skills, knowledge and experience, and the information available, to make informed decisions and/or take action where necessary.
Make reasoned decisions to initiate, continue, modify or cease treatment or the use of techniques or procedures, and record the decisions and reasoning appropriately.
Make and receive appropriate referrals, where necessary.
Exercise personal initiative.
Demonstrate a logical and systematic approach to problem solving.
Use research, reasoning and problem-solving skills when determining appropriate actions.
Respond appropriately to the needs of all different groups and individuals in practice, recognising this can be affected by difference of any kind including, but not limited to, protected characteristics, intersectional experiences and cultural differences.
Recognise the potential impact of own values, beliefs and personal biases, which may be unconscious, on practice and take personal action to ensure all service users and carers are treated appropriately with respect and dignity.
Make and support reasonable adjustments in own and others’ practice.
Actively challenge barriers to inclusion, supporting the implementation of change wherever possible.
Adhere to the professional duty of confidentiality.
Respond in a timely manner to situations where it is necessary to share information to safeguard service users, carers and/or the wider public and recognise situations where it is necessary to share information to safeguard service users, carers and/or the wider public.
Use effective and appropriate verbal and non-verbal skills to communicate with service users, carers, colleagues and others
Communicate in English to the required standard for the profession
Work with service users and / or own carers to facilitate the service user’s preferred role in decision-making, and provide service users and carers with the information they may need where appropriate
Modify own means of communication to address the individual communication needs and preferences of service users and carers, and remove any barriers to communication where possible
Use information, communication and digital technologies appropriate to own practice
Formulate and provide information and support for service users about their treatment and / or imaging process and procedures, with regular reappraisal of their information needs as appropriate
Advise other healthcare professionals about the relevance and application of imaging modalities to the service user’s needs
Provide appropriate information and support for service users throughout their diagnostic imaging examinations
Keep full, clear and accurate records in accordance with applicable legislation, protocols and guidelines
Manage records and all other information in accordance with applicable legislation, protocols and guidelines
Use digital record keeping tools, where required
Work in partnership with service users, carers, colleagues and others
Contribute effectively to work undertaken as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Identify anxiety and stress in service users, carers and colleagues, adapting own practice and providing support where appropriate
Identify own leadership qualities, behaviours and approaches, taking into account the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion
Demonstrate leadership behaviours appropriate to own practice
Act as a role model for others
Promote and engage in the learning of others
Demonstrate awareness of the need to empower service users to participate in the decision-making processes related to their profession
Demonstrate awareness of the need to encourage, support and mentor staff at all practitioner levels
Demonstrate awareness of roles and responsibilities where work is delegated and how this applies in practice
Interpret and act upon information from other healthcare professionals and service users, in order to maximise health gain whilst minimising risks to the service user (such as from radiation dose)
Engage in evidence-based practice
Gather and use feedback and information, including qualitative and quantitative data, to evaluate the responses of service users to own care
Monitor and systematically evaluate the quality of practice, and maintain an effective quality management and quality assurance process working towards continual improvement
Participate in quality management, including quality control, quality assurance, clinical governance and the use of appropriate outcome measures
Evaluate care plans or intervention plans using recognised and appropriate outcome measures, in conjunction with the service user where possible, and revise the plans as necessary
Demonstrate awareness of the principles and applications of scientific enquiry, including the evaluation of treatment efficacy and the research process
Demonstrate awareness of the philosophy and the development of the profession of diagnostic radiography to inform understanding of current practice
Apply the principles of ionising radiation production, interaction with matter, beam modification, administration of radionuclides and radiation protection
Distinguish between normal and abnormal appearances on images
Recognise and respond to adverse or abnormal reactions to medications used in relation to their profession
Demonstrate awareness of the current developments and trends in the science and practice of diagnostic radiography
Demonstrate awareness of the principles of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deep learning technology, and its application to practice
Change own practice as needed to take account of new developments, technologies and changing contexts
Gather appropriate information
Analyse and critically evaluate the information collected
Select and use appropriate assessment techniques and equipment
Undertake and record a thorough, sensitive, and detailed assessment
Undertake or arrange investigations as appropriate
Conduct appropriate assessment or monitoring procedures, treatment, therapy or other actions safely and effectively
Critically evaluate research and other evidence to inform own practice
Engage service users in research as appropriate
Formulate specific and appropriate management plans including the setting of timescales
Assess, monitor and care for the service user across the pathway of care relevant to their profession
Undertake and record a thorough, sensitive and detailed clinical assessment, selecting and using appropriate techniques and equipment
Use physical, graphical, verbal and electronic methods to collect and analyse information from a range of relevant sources including service user’s clinical history, diagnostic images and reports, pathological tests and results, dose recording and treatment verification systems
Interrogate and process data and information gathered accurately in order to conduct the procedures most appropriate to the service user’s needs
Appraise image information for clinical manifestations and technical accuracy, and take further action as required
Manage complex and unpredictable situations including the ability to adapt planned procedures
Operate diagnostic imaging equipment safely and accurately
Check that equipment is functioning accurately and within the specifications, and to take appropriate action in the case of faulty functioning and operation
Select and explain the rationale for radiographic techniques and immobilisation procedures appropriate to the service user’s physical and disease management requirements
Position and immobilise service users correctly for safe and accurate procedures
Authorise and plan appropriate diagnostic imaging examinations
Calculate radiation doses and exposures and record and understand the significance of radiation dose
Perform a broad range of standard imaging techniques, including examinations requiring contrast agents for relevant modalities across a variety of diagnostic or screening care pathways
Assist with a range of more complex diagnostic imaging techniques and interventional procedures providing radiographic support to the service user and other members of the multidisciplinary team
Provide appropriate care for the range of service users and their carers before, during and after imaging examinations, minimally invasive interventional procedures and contrast agent examinations
Perform a range of imaging examinations where the service user’s individual characteristics require examinations to be carried out using nonstandard techniques
Perform a range of techniques using mobile imaging equipment outside of a dedicated imaging room
Manage and assist with imaging techniques performed on anaesthetised or unconscious individuals
Adjust ionising radiation exposures and image recording parameters to achieve required image quality at optimal dose for children and adults
Perform a range of imaging techniques and interventions on children
Use to best effect the processing and related technology supporting imaging systems
Manage and assist with fluoroscopic diagnostic and interventional procedures, including those that are complex and involve the use of contrast agents
Perform a broad range of computed tomographic (CT) examinations, including standard head CT examinations, and assist with CT examinations of the spine, chest and abdomen in acute trauma, and to contribute effectively to other CT studies
Perform standard magnetic resonance imaging procedures
Assist with ultrasound imaging procedures
Assist with imaging procedures involving the use of radionuclides including PET tracers and particle emitters
Critically analyse clinical images for technical quality and suggest improvement if required
Distinguish disease trauma and urgent and unexpected findings as they manifest on diagnostic images and take direct and timely action to assist the referrer
Demonstrate awareness of relevant health and safety legislation and comply with all local operational procedures and policies
Work safely, including being able to select appropriate hazard control and risk management, reduction or elimination techniques in a safe manner and in accordance with health and safety legislation
Select appropriate personal protective equipment and use it correctly
Establish safe environments for practice, which appropriately manages risk
Apply appropriate moving and handling techniques
Ensure the physical safety of all individuals in the imaging/ therapeutic work environment, especially with regard to radiation safety and high-strength magnetic fields
Use basic life support techniques and deal with clinical emergencies
Empower and enable individuals (including service users and colleagues) to play a part in managing own health
Engage in occupational health, including being aware of immunisation requirements
Your training plan
- You will study a Level 6 Diagnostic Radiography Degree Apprenticeship
- You will receive on the job training & academic weeks at an affiliated University
- This includes on the job mentorship & structured progression for the apprentice (e-portfolio)
- University sessions set for practical components
Flexible learning approach – online lectures / interactions to aid flexible learning
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade Grade 4/C or above)
- Maths (grade Grade 4/C or above)
- Maths / English (grade Level 2)
- Science (or Science based) and/or Maths (grade Level 3)
- Science or Healthcare pathway (grade DDM)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can
adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Time management
- Enthusiastic
- Positive work ethic
- Keen to learn
- Understand confidentiality
- Motivation
- Punctuality
About this company
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
* development opportunities
* on-site leisure facilities
* shopping concourse
* reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel
* free Park & Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road & Trumpington sites
* subsidised on site parking costs for eligible staff
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition.
This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme.
You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Apprentices will be required to complete a BSC (Hons) as a Diagnostic Radiographer approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Upon registering with the HCPC via the Apprenticeship route, you are guaranteed a job as a Band 5 Diagnostic Radiographer at Cambridge University Hospitals
- Come and join us and be supported to earn as you learn whilst undertaking a nationally recognised qualification with a starting apprenticeship salary of £24,071
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hannah Taylor
hannah.taylor89@nhs.net
The reference code for this apprenticeship is
VAC1000279447.
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Closes in 9 days (Friday 11 October)
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