Job Description
**Clinical Specialist Radiographer Job Description** We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Specialist Radiographer to lead our Cath Lab Service, ensuring exceptional patient care and quality service delivery. **Job Summary** We require a Clinical Specialist Radiographer with a minimum of 6 years' experience in the chosen modality or a postgraduate qualification, to manage clinical and non-clinical situations, and lead a team of Radiographers in our Cath Lab Service. **Key Responsibilities** * Lead the Cath Lab Service, ensuring exceptional patient care and quality service delivery * Manage clinical and non-clinical situations, and lead a team of Radiographers * Develop and implement operational policies, protocols, and guidelines to ensure optimum utilisation of resources * Advise on equipment selection, purchase, replacement, or upgrading * Contribute to the preparation of plans of service, monitor, and report on their implementation * Implement and maintain accurate information systems for clinical data in accordance with hospital standards * Ensure the Head of Radiology and Radiology Operations Manager are provided with accurate records of equipment service, maintenance, malfunction, downtime, and performance * Maintain up-to-date knowledge of clinical, technical, and radiographic developments in relation to Cath Lab Service * Promote awareness of new developments and ensure best practices are implemented * Contribute to financial planning and ensure that appropriate budgetary control procedures are implemented * Support the Head of Radiology and Radiology Operations Manager in the implementation of initiatives aimed at on-going service development, improvement, and increase in volume * Provide professional support and advice to patients, radiographers, radiologists, medical staff, nurses, and other allied health professionals * Promote and maintain a safe environment for staff and patients * Assist in the development and implementation of risk management and health and safety strategies * Develop and maintain a training function as may be required in relation to qualified staff and/or trainees and students * Supervise and assess all training as required * Liaise with the Radiology Operations Manager on the rotation of staff through the department to ensure an adequate number of trained staff are available and can cover the rota * Liaise with the Head of Radiology & Radiology Operations Manager on human resource issues as appropriate **Quality Assurance** * Investigate and take appropriate action in accordance with hospital policy in relation to complaints, accidents, and incidents * Ensure that all hospital policies and relevant up-to-date information is understood and complied with by staff * Ensure all hospital policies on infection control and health and safety are understood by staff and complied with * Implement and maintain a quality assurance programme as set out by the Medical Physics Expert **Radiation Safety** * Ensure that the three principles of radiation protection, namely justification, optimisation (ALARA), and dose constraints/limits are adhered to * Be familiar with EU Council Directive Euratom Basic safety standards as set out in current Irish legislation for the protection of health workers and the general public against the dangers arising from Ionising Radiation (S. I. 30 of 2019) and the health protection of individuals against the dangers of ionising radiation in relation to medical exposure (S. I. 256 of 2018) **Person Specification** * BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography * CORU registered * Management course (desirable) but not mandatory * A minimum of 6 years' experience in the chosen modality or a postgraduate qualification * Demonstrate experience of working with a team of Radiographers * Job Specific Competencies and Knowledge: + Demonstrate ability to manage clinical and non-clinical situations + Have a proven ability to work under pressure + Have excellent interpersonal and communicative skills + Be able to deal with staff and management at all levels within the organisation + Have a high capacity for responsibility and individual initiative + Have an interest in quality initiation for the Radiographic service + Evidence of post-registration professional development