Apprentice Radiology Support Worker

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London Living Wage employer

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an apprentice to support the CT and Radiology departments as a radiographic support worker, assisting radiologists and radiographers and helping to maintain smooth patient flows.

This role combines on‑the‑job duties with the Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Diagnostic Imaging Pathway Level 3 apprenticeship, with entry requirements and a 6‑month probation.

Qualifications

• Be 16 years old or over (18+ for clinical vacancies)
• Right to work in the UK for the duration of the apprenticeship
• Ordinarily resident in the UK for the past 3 years

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively and work well in a team and follow direction for day‑to‑day running within the modality.
• Be part of Imaging Department team delivering a safe, efficient, high‑quality service.
• Support Radiologists, Radiographers and Sonographers, including room prep, patient care, vital signs and clerical duties.
• Work flexibly across weekdays and weekends in a 7‑day department.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Patient care

Adaptability

Education

Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Diagnostic Imaging Pathway Level 3 apprenticeship

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for an apprentice to perform the duties of a radiographic support worker; to provide support to radiologists, radiographers and to maintain smooth patient flows through the CT department and the radiology department as required.

Alongside the job role you will be completing the Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Diagnostic Imaging Pathway Level 3 apprenticeship. If you already hold this qualification at Level 3 or above, then you are not eligible to apply.

The CT service is over four sites, King George and Queens which provide acute and elective scanning and Barking Community Hospital and St George's Hornchurch, which is elective only scanning.

Responsibilities

• It is essential that you are a good communicator and good team player. You must be capable of working unassisted, within a team in and following direction in organising the day to day running within the modality.
• You will form part of a team of staff in the Imaging Department responsible for the provision of a safe, efficient, high quality service working in accordance with Imaging Department and Trust protocols.
• The post holder will be expected to maintain and develop high standards of patient care amongst all users of imaging services.
• The successful candidate will support the Imaging Department team in achieving the departmental and Trust objectives.
• The post holder will provide support to Radiologists, Radiographers and Sonographers within Radiology, including preparation and tidying of rooms, care of patients, checking vital signs, IV cannulation, clerical and processing duties.
• You will be required to work flexibly - weekday/weekend as we are a 7-day working department.

Eligibility

• Be 16 years old or over (NOTE: make this 18 or over for clinical vacancies)
• Have the right to work in the UK with a Visa that covers the duration of the apprenticeship
• Have been ordinarily resident in the UK for the past 3 years

Contract & Working Hours

All new staff appointed to posts at the Trust will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.

Benefits & Perks

• We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

About the Trust

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes.