Clinical Imaging Assistant Team Lead - Band 3

United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust; Swineshead; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust invites applications for a Radiology support role based at one of our community diagnostic centres. You will help lead the clinical imaging assistant team across Radiology, while providing materials management to ensure a continuous supply of goods in line with the Trust's systems.

Travel across sites is required, and a Radiology pool car is available. The role involves supervising staff, coordinating rotas, supporting radiologists, radiographers and

Job description

Based at one of our new community diagnostic centres, your role will be to work within and lead the team of clinical imaging assistant working throughout Radiology at the community diagnostic centres. T

Provide materials management for stock and non-stocks, ensuring a continuous supply of goods, in line with the Trusts materials management system.

You will need the ability to travel across sites independently due to cross site travel. Radiology Pool Car available for use.

Main duties of the job

• To provide effective support to Radiologists, Radiographers, Sonographers and Nursing Staff including assistance with procedures to deliver Radiology services 7 days per week.


• To supervise clinical imaging staff on a daily basis, ensuring training and development needs are met and staff adhere to the Trusts required behaviours and policies.


• To coordinate rotas (including annual leave / low level absence) for the relevant team.


• Provide materials management for stock and non-stocks, ensuring a continuous supply of goods, in line with the Trusts materials management system.


• To ensure all goods receipting is completed accurately and to time for all non-stock items. To be a point of contact for Supplier/NHSSC enquiries.


• The operating hours of the service will range between 07.30 hrs to 20.300hrs. There may be a requirement to work longer days.


• Shift patterns may vary over 3, 4 or 5 days and will incorporate weekend working.


• This vacancy requires an excellent communicator, able to deal with people on all levels. They should be empathetic and level headed and able to cope with situations as they arise. The role is varied and evolving and the person appointed will become a key member of our team.

From the rolling Wolds in the north, 30-mile stretch of golden sands on the east coast and the agricultural Fenlands of the south; The United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest hospital Trusts in the country. Providing a comprehensive range of hospital based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric, and gynaecological care to over 800,000 people across the rural county of Lincolnshire. Operating 4 main hospital sites we deliver services in a range of other settings employing over 8,000 staff.

Radiology provides services to the county from 10 sites in state of the art facilities with modern equipment using the latest technologies., Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).