My name is Ben Pinnington I'm the superintendent radiographer here at Guy's Hospital.
I've been a radiographer at Guy's and St Thomas' since I qualified as a band 5 in 2005.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises two of London's oldest and best-known teaching hospitals
both hospitals are a stone's throw from the river Thames.
The hospitals have a long history dating back almost 900 years and have been at the forefront
of medical progress and innovation since they were founded.
Both hospitals are built on these traditions and continue to have a reputation for excellence and innovation.
Our sites are located in stunning central London locations, giving you every opportunity
for both social and professional rewards. Guy's hospital is based by London Bridge station over
the road from the tallest building in the UK, the Shard.
St Thomas' is based by London Waterloo station and is over the river from the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.
Radiology is part of the clinical imaging and medical physics directorate and has multiple
departments on both hospital sites including the Evelina London children's hospital and Guy's Cancer centre
the directorate has many state-of-the-art imaging systems
and we deliver in excess of 400, 000 examinations per year.
The impressive array of high-tech equipment includes 14 x-ray rooms, five fluoroscopy suites
14 image intensifiers, one o-arm which is a 3D imaging system in the paediatric theatre,
seven DR mobile x-ray machines, 10 CR mobile x-ray machines, eight CT scanners, three interventional radiology
suites, one hybrid theatre, one paediatric cardiac cath lab, one brand new XLR paediatric cath lab,
many comfortable and high spec reporting stations for reporting radiographers,
there is also a large MRI ultrasound nuclear medicine and PET departments throughout the trust.
Although we do have some really impressive imaging equipment our greatest asset is our
highly skilled patient-focused and friendly team of radiographers.
We take real pride in training up newly qualified band 5 radiographers with a robust and intricate training plan.
Working at GSTT allows for lots of routes for career progression we have many radiographers
who have started as band 5 radiographer and progressed to rotational band 6, band 7 radiographers,
as well as moving into ultrasound, MRI and research. We have a large experienced team
of internally trained reporting radiographers in plain-film mammography and CT colonography
Hello my name is Thomas Penfound I'm a band five radiographer at Guy's and St Thomas' and as part
of my normal work rotation I work in the emergency department, theatres, general x-ray, fluoroscopy and
both neonatal and intensive care units.As a band 5 radiographer you rotate across all of our hospital
sites which are St Thomas' hospital, Guy's hospital, Evelina London's children's hospital
and the Guy's Cancer Centre. The radiology service is delivered on a 24 hour basis which requires
working out of hours shifts, you work at 37.5 hours per week. When working on a shift week you work
three 12 and a half hour shifts per week this really helps maintain a good work-life balance
and it's on a rolling rotar pattern so you always know the shifts you'll be asked to work well in advance.
Additionally if you choose to volunteer to cover any additional shifts you get paid extra.
We have a set of values at GSTT that are reflected in how everyone works together.
The values are put patients first, take pride in what we do, respect others, strive to be the best, and act with integrity.
Hi my name is Vanessa I'm one of the band 5 radiographers I only started in July so I've been here 6 months.
Working here gives you so much experience, so starting as a new
graduate you get so much experience in so many departments. I've worked in the neonatal unit in
theatres, in fluoroscopy, you get so much experience
and from the experienced radiographers, they're all very supportive, very helpful
um and they're all willing to teach you what you don't know. Working in this time with Covid I was
very nervous and anxious in the beginning, however everyone prepares you for it so all the
experienced staff, our managers they all prepare you for it they get you mask trained and fit tested
for when you get up there and you never go there alone, so now that I've had more experience
and I feel more confident when I go up there. It's still nerve-wracking because you never
really know what to expect when you get up to the wards and you have Covid patients but as
long as you have your PPE on and if you follow everything that you've been taught previously
it's a lot better and everyone is here to help and everyone is here to take care of each other.
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