Bank - Radiology Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Devizes; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Bank Healthcare Assistant within a dynamic Radiology department at the Devizes Treatment Centre. This role involves providing high-quality patient-centred care through various tasks, including supporting interventional procedures, assisting in patient investigations, and maintaining effective communication with patients and families. The ideal candidate should possess experience in a hospital environment and have relevant qualifications, such as NVQ in Health and Social Care.

Qualifications

• Past experience in a hospital or surgical environment.
• Ability to demonstrate high-quality patient care.
• Confident communicator capable of liaising across departments.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing patient-focused service and support within the Radiology department.
• Liaise with departments to gather patient information for investigations.
• Chaperone patients through clinics and investigations.

Skills

Communication

Patient care

Adaptability

Education

NVQ level 1&2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

We have an opportunity within our dynamic Radiology department based at our Devizes Treatment Centre, requiring a competent Bank - Healthcare Assistant to join the team.

The Radiology department has an opening for a Bank - Healthcare assistant to assist in providing that patient focused service within the unit, undertaking basic tests, providing patient support and assisting in patients investigations.

• Are you a focused and thorough Healthcare Assistant, possessing past working experience within a hospital environment?
• Are you able to demonstrate a genuine desire to provide high quality patient centred care?

This position with see you providing support to the Radiology team, ensuring that a continued safe and effective service is provided to all users across the department.

This is a Bank position, (0 hour contract)

offering casual working hours

Monday to Friday - 07:00 to 16:00

Main duties of the job

As the Bank Healthcare Assistant, you will be liaising with varied departments in the hospital gathering patient information as required and ensuring the patient and the depart is ready for their arrival for their investigation.

Under direction of clinical staff, youll be assisting with interventional procedures and also assisting the Radiologist and Sonographer in undertaking investigations such as for joint injections.

You will be chaperoning patients through clinics and ultrasound, offering that patient centred care at all times.

Youll be providing that two-way open conversation with patients and their families as well as offering advice to patients and their carers.

About us

It is envisaged that the appointed Bank - Healthcare Assistant will have past working experience in a hospital / surgical environment and might have already completed the NVQ level 1&2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent. Youll a strong communicator, confident to converse at all levels, both written and verbal, as you will be communicating with a wide range of people, from internal colleagues from varied departments to patients, their families and friends. Youll computer literate, confident with writing letters, and emailing internal and external parties relating toy your patients care. You should be familiar with MS office tools and have examples of having to quickly learn a new system as you will be using our in-house system on a daily basis. Everything we do is focused on providing a high standard of safe and effective patient care. When youre part of the Practice Plus Group team, you dont just have a job, you have a career! To apply for the role, click on the link below. If you have any questions contact [e-mail]. All shortlisted candidate will be contacted but please note, Practice Plus Group retain the right to remove the advert prior to the closing date if a suitable candidate is appointed. Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to vetting and security checks.

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We have an opportunity within our dynamic Radiology department based at our Devizes Treatment Centre, requiring a competent Bank - Healthcare Assistant to join the team.

The Radiology department has an opening for a Bank - Healthcare assistant to assist in providing that patient focused service within the unit, undertaking basic tests, providing patient support and assisting in patients investigations.

• Are you a focused and thorough Healthcare Assistant, possessing past working experience within a hospital environment?
• Are you able to demonstrate a genuine desire to provide high quality patient centred care?

This position with see you providing support to the Radiology team, ensuring that a continued safe and effective service is provided to all users across the department.

This is a Bank position, (0 hour contract)

offering casual working hours

Monday to Friday - 07:00 to 16:00

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Additional Criteria

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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.