Job summary
Job Title: MRI Radiology Department Assistant
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (will include weekend work)
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £23,615 per annum (weekend extra pay when worked)
Closing Date: 17th February 2025
Interview Date: 5th March 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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The patient care assistant will be directly responsible for the safe completion of delegated duties and assisted patient care. To provide support and assistance to patients and staff as required. To assist the radiographers, radiologists and nurses with the examination and care of radiology patients. To assist with clerical procedures and image processing as required. To participate in training to further develop the role.
Main duties of the job
- The Radiology Department Assistant will be directly responsible for the safe completion of delegated duties and assisted patient care. To provide support and assistance to patients and staff as required. To assist the radiographers, radiologists and nurses with the examination and care ofradiology patients. To assist with clerical procedures and image processing as required. To participate in training to further develop the role.
Carry out patient care to maintain the safety of the patient, under the supervision of a trained registered practitioner:
- Anticipate the needs of the patient to ensure comfort, safety and dignity at all times.
- Assist patients in preparation for, and whilst undergoing, routine and specialised radiographic examinations.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To check patient identification and documentation in accordance with departmental protocols and clinical requests
- Establish and maintain a good communication channel to support patient confidence.
- Assist radiologists and radiographers in performing examinations, attending to the patients welfare at all times
- Process images as required.
- Escort patients to other departments as appropriate
- Be friendly and helpful towards staff, patients, their relatives and friends in all clinical areas and on the telephone.
- Receive patients, relatives and colleagues into the department and direct to the appropriate area.
- Ensure patients property is kept in line with Trust Policy
- Ensure the patients environment and all equipment is kept clean and stored safely.
- To use computerised systems to assist the radiographer and to optimise patient throughput.
**For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached**
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To check patient identification and documentation in accordance with departmental protocols and clinical requests
- Establish and maintain a good communication channel to support patient confidence.
- Assist radiologists and radiographers in performing examinations, attending to the patients welfare at all times
- Process images as required.
- Escort patients to other departments as appropriate
- Be friendly and helpful towards staff, patients, their relatives and friends in all clinical areas and on the telephone.
- Receive patients, relatives and colleagues into the department and direct to the appropriate area.
- Ensure patients property is kept in line with Trust Policy
- Ensure the patients environment and all equipment is kept clean and stored safely.
- To use computerised systems to assist the radiographer and to optimise patient throughput.
**For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached**
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with the public
Qualifications and Professional Training
Essential
- Good standard of general education including Math's and English language (GCSE or equivalent)
Desirable
- NVQ level 2 in Customer Service
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- To be able to assist patients to move using appropriate aids on a frequent basis
- To be able to transport patients using wheelchair/trolley or frequently throughout a normal shift and will require moderate effort.
- Frequently be able to deal with patients and relatives during distressing situations.
- To be able to apply normal care and attention throughout the shift
- To deal with competing demands for attention.
Desirable
- Inhouse or external certificate of cannulation experience
Person Qualities
Essential
- Good Communication Skills
- Ability to form work as part of a team.
- Ability to remain calm under a range of circumstances.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with the public
Qualifications and Professional Training
Essential
- Good standard of general education including Math's and English language (GCSE or equivalent)
Desirable
- NVQ level 2 in Customer Service
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- To be able to assist patients to move using appropriate aids on a frequent basis
- To be able to transport patients using wheelchair/trolley or frequently throughout a normal shift and will require moderate effort.
- Frequently be able to deal with patients and relatives during distressing situations.
- To be able to apply normal care and attention throughout the shift
- To deal with competing demands for attention.
Desirable
- Inhouse or external certificate of cannulation experience
Person Qualities
Essential
- Good Communication Skills
- Ability to form work as part of a team.
- Ability to remain calm under a range of circumstances.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
