The University hospital of North Midlands (UHNM) is perfectly located next to the M6 which is within commuting distance from Centre’s such as Manchester and Birmingham, and surrounded by Staffordshire’s finest rural leisure and activities parks and the Peak District National Park.

UHNM is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We have strong links with Keele University and undergraduate and post graduate teaching is encouraged.

The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,700 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from the Royal Stoke University Hospital (RSUH) and the County Hospital at Stafford. Our mission to provide the very best health care includes recruiting the best people. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

An opportunity has become available, for a Band 6 Radiographer. There has never been a more exciting time to join our Team. Full time and Part time hours of working will be considered.

The Heart Centre at UHNM provides tertiary cardiology and cardiothoracic surgical services for over 2 million people across Staffordshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire and South Cheshire, as well as secondary care cardiology for the local population. Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgical provision within UHNM has recently undergone substantial expansion and you will be joining a strong, motivated team. The successful applicant will join the established and prominent consultant, nursing and technical team, and will have every opportunity to participate in continuing development and success of the service

The department currently has three brand new state of the art cardiac catheter labs (2 single plane and one Bi-plane) and we are in the process of undergoing replacement for our fourth single plane imaging intensifier.

In our coronary theatres we perform diagnostic coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention, a TAVI programme and a busy structural list including  percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale,  percutaneous aortic valve implantation and Mitral clipping.

We also carry out diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiology procedures, permanent pacemaker and implantable defibrillator implantation are all performed.

Other procedures conducted include alcoholic septal reduction for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, chronic total occlusions and biopsies.

The successful candidate will hold a Degree or Diploma in Radiography, previous cath lab experience is desirable but not essential.