Band 3 Radiology Support Worker

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a radiographic support worker to assist radiologists, radiographers and sonographers in a busy CT and radiology department.

You will help maintain smooth patient flow, prepare and tidy rooms, check vital signs, assist with IV cannulation and carry out clerical tasks to support a high-quality, safe imaging service across multiple sites. Flexible weekday and weekend work is required in a 7-day department.

Qualifications

• Good communicator and team player.
• Able to work unassisted within a team and follow direction to organise day-to-day running of the modality.
• Provide support to Radiologists, Radiographers and Sonographers, including preparation and tidying of rooms, care of patients, checking vital signs, IV cannulation, clerical and processing duties.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and tidy radiology rooms and equipment.
• Support Radiology staff in delivering safe, high-quality imaging services.
• Assist with patient care, monitoring vital signs and performing clerical tasks as required.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Patient care

Flexibility

IV cannulation

Job description

We are looking for suitably qualified staff 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.

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.

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.

You will support the Imaging Department team in achieving the departmental and Trust objectives.

You will be required to work flexibly - weekday/weekend as we are a 7-day working department.

All new staff appointed to posts at the Trust will be subject to a 6-month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the culture and working environment of the Trust.

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.

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. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.