Senior Specialist Radiographer - General X-Ray Service

Department of Health
Hospitals South
Hospitals Sth - CCCS&I

Applications must be submitted by Thursday 15 December, 2022 11:55 PM

Position details Applications close: Thursday 15 December, 2022 11:55 PM AEST
Award/Classification: Allied Health Professionals Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement/Allied Health Professional, Level 4 Employment Type: Full Time
Region: South
Location: Royal Hobart Hospital

The role:

Provide day-to-day management of the General X-Ray Service, ensuring the provision of safe and compassionate patient centred care, founded on excellence in practice, teaching and research, respect, and inclusive leadership.

As the Senior Specialist Radiographer for the General X-Ray Service, provide expert advice and foster staff development and continuous quality improvement of services.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

The Medical Imaging Department:

The Royal Hobart Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for Tasmania. The Medical Imaging Department provides all imaging modalities 24/7 through rostered shifts and on call services. General X-Ray services include imaging for inpatients, outpatients in main department and at 3 satellite sites, emergency department, theatres and ward mobiles including ICU and NICU. This position will also have oversight of the digital fluoroscopy service located in the main department.

Details of Appointment

Permanent, full time, shift-worker position, working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant

• Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Salary: $111,672 to $118,949 per annum + 10.5% superannuation + access to salary packaging

You'll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible.

In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:

• Professional Development Allowance of up to $724 per annum or the ability to accrue funds for up to five years.
• Post graduate qualification salary advancement where applicable.
• Please note that access to salaries beyond $115,819 is subject to qualifications and/or application to the personal upgrade scheme
• Salary range is in accordance with the Allied Health Professionals Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement 2019

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria: * Registered with the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable: * Minimum of five years postgraduate experience in Medical Imaging

• Previous clinical experience within a Medical Imaging service in a tertiary referral level hospital

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted: * Conviction checks in the following areas:

• Crimes of violence
• sex related offences
• serious drug offences
• crimes involving dishonesty
• Identification check
• Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Statement of Duties

Applicant Guide

How to Apply

Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen. This ensures important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

• Please note that our application process has changed. Refer to the attached Application Guide for information about the new application format.

Please note that we do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.

Please note:

• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

For more information

Julie Tate
Chief Radiographer
(03) 6166 8363
julie.tate@ths.tas.gov.au

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