Fariha azhar

I am a female enthusiastic and compassionate Diagnostic Radiographer with a great passion with over 5years post graduation experience willing to contribute my wealth of experience in a reputable organization like yours. I have read your person specification and am delighted they align with my current skills, experience and personal qualities. Working in a NHS Trust Hospital will be a mutually beneficial opportunity for me as I am a very diligent,
enthusiastic,passionate and hardworking lady as well as a lover of knowledge and always willing to learn more and improve my skills and experiences and to UK Trust Hospitals, I will work hard to bring exceptional patient satisfaction which will improve your reputation and bring noticeable improvement in service delivery.
I graduated as one of the best Radiographers in my set acquiring Diploma in Radiography, Since graduation, I have been practicing and exploring almost every aspect on Diagnostic Radiography. I have worked with both floor mounted and ceiling mounted x-ray machines, Mobile x-ray and have worked in ward, theatre, ICU, SCBU, Accident and Emergency. I have worked with conventional  and Digital machines.

I am required by protocol to write a preliminary report after every examination, this has helped me master the appearance of various pathologies both in cross sectional images( tomosynthesis) and in 2D images.

I have over 5 years post graduation experience, I have worked in 3 busy hospitals since graduation and have encountered a varied caseload of patients including Accident patients, Screening patients, symptomatic patients, mentally deranged, critically ill,
orthopedic patients, illiterate and literate and have developed my skills and experiences while delivery optimal images required for diagnosis while working with them.  At my previous roles, I became very Resilient and Tough because some days, I can attend to as many as 20 mammo patients alone. While on call, I attend to patients from different units like A&E, theatre, ICU, ward, SCBU using both both conventional x-ray machine and CT alone.
I was required to travel to various sites to carry out health screening for clients using x-ray, Mammo and ultrasound machines. I sometimes carry out unconventional manipulation of machines and maneuver of patients to achieve optimal images necessary for diagnosis.

I rotate weekly to every unit depending on where my rota falls and work with Junior Radiographers, interns and health assistant staff every day directing, mentoring and teaching them in order to achieve the desired goals of the day. I am assigned Intern radiographers to teach and mentor and mine have always come out the best amongst their colleagues because I am a kind and compassionate teacher driven with the desire for excellence.

I am a proficient user of CR and DR systems and use of PACS to transmit and store images.
I attend CPDs, seminars and workshops organized by Radiology department to keep me abreast of trends in my profession and am always willing to learn and develop my skills.
I participate in departmental quality assurance procedures ensuring that Radiation monitoring and personal protective devices are properly handled in good shape and are safe for use. I ensure all equipment faults are promptly reported as soon as possible and I strive to abide by laid down departmental guidelines on infection control as well as maintain proper hygiene both personally and for my equipment and I strictly abide by departmental policies always.
I am well knowledged in radiation protection regulations for medical exposure and employ it at every examination, collimating properly and use of ALARA principle; use of radiation shield( lead apron, gonadal shield, face shield), avoiding unnecessary repeat, limiting scan to only area of interest. I ensure observation of codes of practice always, practice health and safety regulation, confidentiality of patient records including data protection act and HCPC standard of conduct and proficiency in order to remain on the register.
I am well versed in using computer and IT systems. This knowledge makes it easier for me to use PACS for sending and receiving images. I am also proficient in Microsoft office packages (word, excel, PowerPoint). I conduct seminars in clinical audit, departmental presentations and write and document reports of events.

My Main Strengths are
- I see each patient as an individual and operate with understanding and empathy to provide a service of the high quality care, with sensitivity and compassion.
- Ability to provide the very highest standard of care to the cohort of patients who are my sole responsibilities.
- Ability to physically position the full range of patient’s presentations accurately, taking into account the patient’s limitations and adopting standard techniques where necessary to acquire high quality diagnostic images with minimal repeats in the fastest time possible while observing radiation protection protocols.
- Extensive experience of dealing with people in a variety of different scenarios.
- Ability to recognize and provide spot image diagnosis and communicate them to colleagues or referring physician.
- Ability to work for long periods of time both as part of a team or alone and unsupervised.
- Ability to communicate the procedures clearly and compassionately to patient and patient relatives and ensure they understand the instructions while guiding them where necessary and answering questions with cheerfulness in order to achieve the best diagnostic images.
- Ability to analyze situations and adapt to new techniques by using my own initiative, professional judgment and skills to attending to each patient needs.
- Ability to ensure patient safety at all times throughout the procedure by positioning the patient carefully, accurately collimating the beam to only the area of interest and administering the required dose radiation required to produce optimal diagnostic images as well as avoiding unnecessary repeat
scans.
- Ability to operate a patient centered care, treating each patient with optimal peculiarity.
- Ability to plan daily and delegate tasks within my multidisciplinary team( Radiographers, interns and health care staff) to ease task and complete work on time.
I can work efficiently under pressure and in attending to patients with different levels of anxiety, I adopt a relaxed style of communication and ask patients exploratory questions to make them feel more relaxed and comfortable with a smiling face, while I find the best solution to their problems. I see challenges as a way of acquiring new experience and improving my skills which has made me versatile and exposed to different situations.
I am an excellent team member and I can confidently take the part of a leader or subordinate to achieve a desired goal. I prioritize my workload by ranking referrals in a way that more severe or emergency cases are treated first. I also take into consideration the wait times of other patients to ensure fairness and equity. I also have considerable experience in seeking ways to improve patient outcomes and in my previous and current roles, I take part in meetings and working group discussions to help the organization grow and maintain its best status.
Personal qualities: I am compassionate, kind, empathetic and a good listener. I am calm and approachable, always keeping a cheerful face and happy smile. I have great communication skills which helps me interact with patients, patients relatives, colleagues and other staff.
I am applying to this role due to several reasons, mainly because I believe this role is a perfect match for my own skills, qualities and experience.
I’m fully persuaded that after going through my resume you will want to schedule an interview and when given the opportunity to work within this role, you will be fascinated by my strong work ethics and professional standard. Thank you

Professional Radiograher with 7 year of experience in Radiology skilled in general x-ray's, ultrasound.

Diploma in medical imaging