Jack Sturgess

• Delivering diagnostic imaging to a high standard, maintaining patient safety and professional practice.
• Managing operational issues as a senior radiographer on duty; resolved referral queries and departmental safety escalations.
• Proactively developing clinical competence in unfamiliar procedures and protocols, including port access and orthopaedic imaging.
• Addressing individual patient needs proactively, fostering a positive patient experience.
• Have begun familiarising myself with departmental health and safety policies and procedures, alongside the wider health and safety function.

Specific Operational Leadership Experience:

Managed day-to-day operations of CT and general imaging departments, including deputising during a three month period of senior management absence.

• Coordinated staffing and skill mix to ensure safe and effective departmental operation.
• Managed patient complaints, incidents and operational escalations.
• Addressed equipment downtime and service issues, ensuring continuity of imaging services.
• Reviewed departmental policies in preparation for a CQC visit.
• Contributed to clinical audit activity through data collection and presentation of findings, supporting departmental quality improvement.
• Streamlined inpatient and emergency imaging processes by implementing designated list coordinator system, enhancing ownership and coordination through collaboration with staff.

Senior Clinical Responsibilities

• Coordinated imaging across theatre, emergency, inpatient and outpatient services, prioritising examinations according to clinical urgency.
• Delivered imaging across CT, general radiography and theatre settings, adapting to varied clinical environments, protocols and service demands.
• Supported orthopaedic, major trauma, neurological and spinal surgery, urology, pain services, port insertions and ERCP.
• Collaborated with surgeons, anaesthetists, radiologists, nurses and wider multidisciplinary teams to support effective clinical decision-making.
• Supported the training and development of junior radiographers and students through practical guidance, supervision and knowledge sharing.
• Managed clinical situations, including justification queries, IPS queries and acute patient reactions, ensuring safe practice and accurate documentation.