Diagnostic Radiographer

As a Diagnostic Radiographer you are a vital part of many patient pathways and key to ensuring patients receive compassionate care while supporting a timely diagnosis. Whether you are providing highly skilled image acquisition or undertaking advanced clinical tasks it is a role that makes a difference.

As a newly qualified radiographer you can be assured you will be supported and developed in your role. All newly qualified radiographers complete a preceptorship programme and are supported by the senior team, mentors and practice educators.

The significant growth in capacity provided by the CDCs will also bring many opportunities for further training and development of your skills, so when we have supported you to transition from student to confident qualified Radiographer we want you to find the next stage of your career with us too.

So, if you want to start your career with us, we want to meet you.

As well as the James Paget University Hospital (JPUH) there will be vacancies at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) and Norfolk Norwich University Trust. All NHS Trusts are based within the Norfolk and Waveney ICS.

Interviews will be held via MS teams and there will be a representative from each Trust on the panel.

Consideration can be given to employ candidates into a B4 Assistant Practitioner role pending HCPC registration being provided, When you accept a job here, you will be supported within your specialist team by enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff, with a strong ethos of supervision and supporting staff well being. You will receive specific training to help you achieve your competencies for the role, alongside Trust mandatory training and in-house courses. We value individuals and encourage you to get the most out of your personal development and career, which in turn supports the hospital in delivering high quality health care.

We need highly motivated newly registered Radiographers that are keen to develop and be part of the future imaging workforce.

The Norfolk and Waveney (N&W) Integrated Care System (ICS) will see a rapid expansion of Imaging capacity in 2024 and 2025 due to our development of Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC). The three acute N&W hospital sites (JPUH, QEH NNUH) provide patient diagnostic services for over 1.5 million people in the county of Norfolk and beyond. The CDCs are due to open at all 3 sites across 2024 and 2025. Dedicated to outpatient pathways they will house state of the art MRI, CT, Ultrasound and projection radiology equipment., The James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust became the first Foundation Trust in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Trust is a high performing organisation that prides itself in putting patients first. We continually strive to improve clinical outcomes and patient experience to meet the needs of our patients and local population and our hospital is firmly rooted in the local community. We have a talented and loyal workforce, with a commitment to embrace and deliver improvement and change.

You will rotate through the acute hospital into all General Modality areas including the Emergency department, in-patients, outpatients, theatres and mobiles, as well as the dedicated outpatient CDC setting that is near to the main hospital site. You will be contributing to a 24/7 roster with enhancements for duties worked out of hours that boost your salary. Shifts consist of long and short days over a 7 day period, including bank holidays, nights and weekends.