Senior Radiographer , Queensland Health

About the role

The purpose of this role is to deliver a senior level imaging service with a focus on MRI within the Department of Medical Imaging Redcliffe Hospital. This position will be required to participate in an “on call” service and/or a shift roster providing seven days per week, 24-hour service coverage.

Daily, this role will work directly with radiographer, radiographer / sonographers, nursing, clinical assistant, medical and administration staff within Medical Imaging.  This role reports directly to the Team Leader and professionally reports to the Director of Medical Imaging Services.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

Respect

▪ Communicate effectively by providing professional advice both verbal and or written that balances the needs of all

stakeholders including the patient, with the utmost of respect to all people, at all times.

▪ An ability to build and maintain interpersonal relationships in a friendly and accepting way to improve and provide

a high standard medical imaging service.

▪ Demonstrates a level of diplomacy and tact to manage conflict and balance the interest of all involved to achieve a

common outcome.

Teamwork

▪ Work cooperatively and collaborate effectively within the multidisciplinary team for the effective provision of patient

care.

▪ Participate as an effective team member that balances the interests and values of all stakeholders to deliver

healthcare goals.

▪ Develop clinical practice, knowledge and expertise through active learning of one's self whilst encouraging and

supporting others within the team. This can be achieved through involvement in education, training and other

professional development activities such as mentoring and feedback.

Compassion

▪ Demonstrate the ability to provide a patient focussed service that genuinely cares about the patient, and their

entire healthcare journey.

▪ Demonstrates and remains confident and safe in the face of uncertainty. Effectively handles risk and deals

comfortably with most challenges but promptly seeks support or professional guidance from team leaders when

required.

▪ Demonstrates self-awareness to ensure that all feedback and reflection on all aspects of performance are valued

as professional development activities and maintains a positive attitude despite adversity.

High Performance

▪ Demonstrates a senior level of knowledge within MRI and is persistent in accomplishing goals despite setbacks or

challenges.

▪ Cultivates innovation to deliver care through a high-quality medical imaging service, which includes routine and

tertiary examinations in the department, trauma, theatre and ward settings.

▪ Demonstration of an action orientated individual that drives results and education that supports the department's

and Metro North's vision and purpose to exceed the expectations of our patients and stakeholders.

▪ Demonstrates the ability to prioritise workload, seizes the opportunity to improve service delivery, steps up to the

challenges and learns from them.

Integrity

▪ Demonstrates the application of high level and evidence-based decision making which takes into consideration

accountability for everything within one's own scope, jurisdiction and control.

▪ Manages high level complexity within scope to ensure work output and decisions are ethical and invariably of a

high standard.

▪ Demonstrates that consideration is given to evaluate the pros and cons, risks and benefits of decisions and

solution options in a timely and professional manner.

▪ Acts with a clear sense on ownership and provides honest and courteous feedback for all trainees, whist

continuing to maintain all quality and safety standards.

Job ad reference number: RD572405
Close date: Monday, 1st July 2024

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.