Radiology Staff Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Radiology Department as a Staff Nurse on a part time basis.

The Radiology team provided a wide range of radiological services including interventional procedures to Health community, providing inpatient, outpatient and GP services to a broad spectrum of client/patient groups.

The role will ensure effective nursing input and participation wherever appropriate within Radiology. This involves delivery of patient care daily. Such delivery of care will be given whilst working within a wide range of radiology procedures and professional guidelines. The post requires a degree of flexibility to respond to the changing needs within the departments. Radiology is a 24/7 service and out of hours working may be required.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure a good standard of nursing care is delivered to patients using the service.
• Have some responsibility for ordering, storing and safe use of drugs within the department, as per trust policies.
• Have some responsibility for ordering and control of nursing stock items required to ensure the smooth running of the department. This will include domestic supplies and medical and surgical sundries.
• Carry out daily checks on emergency equipment.
• Liaise with other professional bodies and support staff on nursing issues and their application within the department.
• Communicate with patients requiring treatment / examinations required for their wellbeing and deal with anxious relatives.
• Maintain good communication and liaison with other professionals within the departments and with other departments, to assist in the effective running of radiology.
• Contribute to policy and practice changes arising from audits, complaints.
• Participate in radiology pre op clinics.
• Participate in any out of hours working as required.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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