Healthcare Assistant

Alliance Medical; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training provided

Job summary

Alliance Medical in Sidcup is recruiting a Healthcare Assistant to support the PET-CT team at Queen Mary’s Hospital. The role is full-time (40 hours per week) with a focus on patient care, administration and assisting Radiographers during scans. Training for IV cannulation is provided if needed.

The successful candidate will join a dedicated team of radiographers, practitioners and staff, and will contribute to the patient pathway while maintaining high standards of safety and care.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a healthcare environment with a patient-centred focus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and good IT and administration skills.
• Willingness to undergo IV cannulation training if not already trained.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in patient preparation and chaperoning.
• Cannulation of patients as part of the role.
• Positioning patients on the scanner.
• Manage clinical stock and assist with audits.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Communication skills

IT skills

Administration skills

IV cannulation training

Tools

E-Systems

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our PET-CT team and Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup. You will need to demonstrate experience working in healthcare environment with a patient centred focus. This is a full time role, working 40 hours per week.

You will be working with a dedicated team of Senior Radiographers/Radiographers, Assistant Practitioners, HCA’s, and administrative staff.

Please note that we will be interviewing throughout the duration of this advert. Therefore if you are interested in this role an early application is advised as we may close the advert prior to the advertised date.

The candidate should have experience in a Healthcare environment as they will be required to provide both administration and customer/patient, support including chaperoning patients and assisting the Radiographers throughout the scanning process. They will also have a commitment to some admin duties related to the patient pathway in line with standard guidelines. To be successful in this role they must have good communication skills both written and verbal, together with good IT and administration skills and the ability to understand and comply with radiation protection protocols. Excellent patient care skills are essential.

You will also be required to IV cannulate patients as part of the role. Rest assured, should you not have any prior experience in IV cannlation, we will provide full training.

Attention to detail is key, along with being flexible, organized and having an enthusiastic attitude.

You will need to be able to work with a high degree of accuracy and under pressure, meeting deadlines and turn- around times.

To be successful in this role you must have good communication skills both written and verbal, together with good IT and administration skills. A flexible, organized and enthusiastic attitude is essential with a good attention to detail.

In this role you will be supporting Radiographers during patients scans. It will also involve assisting patients and chaperoning when necessary. There may also be an aspect of administration as a key element of the role is to make telephone bookings for patients attending our services.

To be successful in this role you must have good communication skills both written and verbal, together with good IT and administration skills. A flexible, organized and enthusiastic attitude is essential.

Role responsibilities include:

• Assisting in patient preparation
• Chaperoning
• Cannulation
• Positioning of patients on the scanner
• Clinical stock management
• Clinical audits
• Processing of patients via our E-Systems

Alliance Medical are Europe’s leading independent provider of imaging services.

We combine service excellence and innovative imaging technologies to improve patient care and support NHS and independentorganisationswith their ongoing imaging requirements. Our approach has delivered consistent company growth for more than 30 years.

We live by our company values to ensure the highest level of patient care:

Our Values

Leaders, managers, and supervisors have a particular responsibility to be role models in terms of how they demonstrate these values themselves and how they engage their teams to work in this way.

Collaboration:

We work together and in partnership for all our patients. We respect expertise and combine it to achieve more.

Excellence:

We never compromise. We strive to deliver the very best in everything we do to ensure the highest quality of care. We treat our patients and each other with compassion, dignity and respect.

Learning:

Knowledge and understanding comes from learning. At Alliance Medical we are committed to ensuring that each and every one of us keeps on learning and that we continuously look for improved ways of working.

Efficiency:

Efficiency in healthcare means more patients get better care. We constantly seek new ways to use the scarce resource of healthcare more intelligently so that more people can live longer, fuller lives.

Openness:

We act with transparency and honesty in everything we do, where staff are encouraged to speak up to ensure a safe and secure environment for our patients.