Radiology Sister

Job summary

Radiology Nursing Sister, band 7 up to 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Radiology Sister to join our clinical team within Radiology at the Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital.

This post is suitable for Nurses with a minimum of 3 years post registration experience and well-developed nursing skills within an acute hospital. You will be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with a caring patient centred and flexible approach to work.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is predominately concerned with ensuring the delivery of high standard patient centred care. It combines clinical expertise, leadership and educational/research skills with managerial and professional responsibilities.

The post holder will have overall accountability for the day to day management of the registered nurses within out department to provide high quality care. It is expected that the post holder will undertake clinical duties as well as producing rotas and general staff management whilst looking at ways to develop the Interventional service and develop professional practice within the role.

The post holder will work alongside the other Band 7s in the department with the support from the Trust Lead Radiographer and Matron.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job description

Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Important Information

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: [email protected]

Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email [email protected] or complete the online form on the Unlock website

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

• A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working Scheme
• Excellent opportunities for development
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme
• Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

• Person Specification
• Qualifications
• Essential
• Registered Nurse with active registration
• Teaching qualification e.g NST 307 or equivalent
• ILS or equivalent

Desirable

• Managament qualification
• Evidence of post registration development
• Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent
• Experience

Essential

• Post registration experience
• Well-developed recent nursing within an acute hospital
• Audit and research
• Clinical supervision

Desirable

• Scrub nurse duties
• Care of sedated patient
• Knowledge

Essential

• Continuing professional development with portfolio
• Infection control
• NMC code of professional conduct
• Equality legislation and best practice (bands 5 & above)
• Ability to change practice using evidence based research
• Knowledge of quality issues

Desirable

• Radiology procedures
• Patient group directives
• Equality impact assessment (for all involved in policy/service development)
• Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Leadership skills
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care

Desirable

• Problem solving skills
• IT skills
• Clinical skills in cannulation. venepuncture, IV drug administration
• Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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