Radiology Clinical Tutor

Are you interested in developing the next generation of Radiographers?In this 12-month fixed-term role you would be working alongside the radiology management team, placement education facilitators, and representatives from the University to provide a robust and valuable clinical education programme for a range of learners including undergraduate Diagnostic Radiographers and apprentices.The role requires a dynamic and flexible person who has excellent clinical skills and a desire to pass skills and knowledge on in a manner that is accessible and suitable. You would be responsible for teaching and assessment, creating rotas for students that provide a range of experience, and ensuring students achieve and maintain a high level of clinical knowledge.The radiology department plays a crucial role in the accurate and timely diagnosis of cancer patients, and our mission is to empower staff to use their best practice, and evidence-based research, to provide the best possible
patient-centred care they can. Instilling these values into learners will lead to a future workforce that is committed to delivering exceptional patient care, and a desire to continually improve their knowledge throughout their careers., The post holder will be responsible for undergraduate students from the University of Cumbria across three years of the degree course. The student rotation includes placement at another hospital and so close liaison with the clinical tutor there is fundamental to the success of the rotation. As well as undergraduate students you will be instrumental in coordinating clinical experience for the apprentice APs and apprentice Radiographers within the department, as well as working with the trust team to facilitate work experience placements, and elective placements.Within the role you will be creating and managing rotas for the students, ensuring the educational burden on each department is sustainable and that the students receive a diverse, equitable, experience across multiple modalities. Accurate record keeping is essential, as well as having excellent communication skills to be able to liaise between the department and the university. Within this role you will also be responsible for
providing pastoral care to the students.The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic dynamic individual with a commitment to supporting students, visitors and staff. There will be an expectation for you to have some flexibility to attend relevant meetings e.g. at the University of Cumbria, clinical tutor's forum, to support recruitment and occasional extended day working., department that is very proud to be involved in education and research, including giving staff at all levels opportunities to develop. We have supported staff members to obtain advanced degrees including MSc's and PgCerts as well as NHS Leadership Academy qualifications and the in-house Christie Care Certificate. We also have ongoing apprenticeships for both BSc Diagnostic Radiographers and foundation level degree Assistant Practitioners.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, and the diagnostic radiography department completes over 60,000 investigations each year. We are a vibrant, diverse, and hard-working team who prioritise patient care and high-quality imaging. We cover a range of imaging modalities including CT, MR, X-Ray, Ultrasound and Interventional radiology which allows to do routine scans, clinical trials, acute diagnostic imaging, and procedures such as biopsies, stent insertions and therapeutic treatments in conjunction with our nuclear medicine department.As well as advanced practice radiographers we have developed the scope of practice for all of our Radiographers to include assessing CT Thorax scans (performed with IV contrast) to look for pulmonary emboli and in plain film imaging Radiographers have also been trained to assess chest x-rays for NG tube position - removing those which are incorrect sited and preventing a 'never event' from occurring.We are a