Bank - Radiology Healthcare Assistant

Practice Plus Group; Devizes; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Bank Healthcare Assistant to join their dynamic Radiology department. This role involves providing essential patient support, assisting with various investigations, and ensuring a high standard of patient-centered care. The ideal candidate will have experience in a hospital environment and a genuine desire to contribute to patient well-being. With flexible working hours from Monday to Friday, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a difference in patients' lives while working in a collaborative environment. If you're passionate about healthcare and ready to take the next step in your career, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in a hospital/surgical environment is essential.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist with patient investigations and interventional procedures.
• Provide patient support and ensure readiness for investigations.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Basic Medical Procedures

Education

NVQ Level 1 in Health and Social Care

NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care

Tools

MS Office

In-house Patient Management System

Job description

About The Role

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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 patient's 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 will 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

What you'll be doing

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 department is ready for their arrival for their investigation.

Under direction of clinical staff, you'll 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.

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

What we'll look for in you

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.

You'll be 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.

You'll be computer literate, confident with writing letters, and emailing internal and external parties relating to 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 you're part of the Practice Plus Group team, you don't just have a job, you have a career!

To apply for the role, click on the link below. If you have any questions contact Apply.

All shortlisted candidates 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.