Specialist Radiology Department Assistant

Job summary

Are you a caring, compassionate and committed person who believes the patient journey is central to health care delivery? If the answer is yes, we are looking for you.

In addition to the above skills you will need Grade C GCSE in English and Maths or the equivalent Level 2 in numeracy and literacy. An NVQ 2 in Care is desirable. Previous Radiology Department Assistant or Health Care Support Worker experience is essential for this role.

Specialist Radiology Department Assistants support Radiographers, Sonographers and Radiologists in providing frontline care to patients in a busy Imaging Department 7 days a week. They enable an efficient and caring environment. Successful applicants will need to demonstrate compassion, care, commitment, courage and effective communication and organisational skills. A good understanding of IT is essential.

As a specialist radiology department assistant you will receive additional training to allow you to work in more specialised imaging areas within radiology including nuclear medicine, interventional recovery and DEXA.

Main duties of the job

To carry out DEXA imaging investigations at Salisbury District Hospital in accordance with training, qualifications and departmental policy.

Assist in Nuclear Medicine, Interventional or Fluoroscopy examinations in line with Scope of Practice

Work as daily coordinator within the CT/MRI department

Maintain the highest quality of patient care and imaging.

Supply support for Health care Professionals throughout Radiology.

Supervise a team of band 3 radiology department assistant's.

Take lead on a speciality area within the department and be responsible for the communication of new changes in that area to the wider team.

Support the training and induction of new staff members into the team.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visitingwww.experiencesalisbury.co.uk