(*) Healthcare Assistant - Radiology

VerseOne Group; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Radiology Healthcare Assistant to join the radiology team at Southend Hospital. The role involves assisting radiographers, radiologists and sonographers to deliver high-quality patient care during imaging procedures including CT, MRI, ultrasound, interventional radiography, fluoroscopy and X-ray.

The post offers development opportunities with potential progression to Band 3 after appropriate training is completed, and it notes that visa

Qualifications

• Experience in customer care.
• Willing to learn cannulation and become competent.
• Experience in hospital or care settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist radiographers, radiologists and sonographers to provide high level of care during imaging procedures (CT, MRI, ultrasound, interventional radiography, fluoroscopy, x-ray).
• Deal with patients’ bodily fluids and support cannulation as needed.
• Support radiology team to maintain patient safety and comfort during scans.

Skills

Customer care

Cannulation

Willing to learn

Cannulation competence

Education

GCSEs or equivalent

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

(**) Healthcare Assistant - Radiology

The closing date is 18 October 2026

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic Radiology Assistant to join our friendly Radiology team based at Southend Hospital.

If successful you will assist Radiographers, Radiologists and Sonographers to provide a high level of care to patients undergoing imaging examinations (such as CT, MRI, ultrasound, interventional radiography, fluoroscopy, x-ray and specialised x-ray procedures).

You will also get the opportunity to move to Band 3 if all relevant training has been undertaken and passed.

Please note no VISA sponsorship available for this role and previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

If successful, you role will include assisting radiographers, radiologists and sonographers to provide high level of care to patients undergoing specialised x-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI, interventional radiography and general x-ray procedures.

Please note, this will include dealing with patients' bodily fluids and assisting with specialist procedures in ultrasound.

About us

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations from across our area. Our aim is to work together in partnership to join up health and care services, improving our populations health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. One such example of this collaborative work is the launch of our HCA Academy, an IC...

Successful candidates to this role will be able to access the additional support provided by the HCA Academy following their induction with MSEFT. This includes development opportunities, pastoral support, staff rewards and access to HCA exclusive resources such as HCA App.

Job responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires. for some roles i.e. roles for band 2 to 4, inclusive.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSEs or equivalent level of education

Experience

• Experience in customer care
• Previous hospital or care experience

Skills

• Well presented application form
• Willing to learn cannulation
• Already competent in cannulation

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.

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£25,272 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)