An exciting opportunity has arisen for applicants who meet the core job specification and who would like to be part of our hardworking, dynamic team of radiographers working in the Diagnostic Imaging departments in our four hospitals (East Surrey, Crawley, Horsham and Caterham Dene) as an apprentice radiographer.

You may have recently finished your A levels or are considering a career change to become a radiographer without the worry of university fees.

At Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust, we believe in investing in our staff and understand that ensuring staff satisfaction is key to delivering a high-quality patient experience and outstanding quality care. We will encourage staff with career progression opportunities, such as, attending external study days, in-house opportunities and Red dot courses once qualified.

Applicants are expected to work flexibly across all 4 sites.

There is an on-call commitment and expectation of shift work/ 7 day working once qualified and follow a student rota whilst training.

Band 3 for first two years, Band 4 for third year of apprenticeship.

Applications are welcomed from highly motivated individuals who are keen to be part of a successful, continually developing organisation. The successful candidate will be fully supported through our induction process with a dedicated mentor to ensure your progress is on-track. The post-holder should meet either Exeter or Sheffield Hallam’s diagnostic radiography apprenticeship entry requirements and be available to start the course in March 2025.

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight

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