Radiographic Department Assistant

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Senior Radiology Assistant to join their busy X-Ray department. The role involves multi-site rotation and caring for patients during imaging procedures. Candidates should have NVQ Level 2 in healthcare and prior NHS experience is advantageous. This post includes weekend and evening shifts as required.

Qualifications

• Previous NHS health care experience is an advantage.
• NVQ Level 2 in a health care based area (or equivalent) is essential.
• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Healthcare is desired.
• Ability to undertake training to meet the competencies required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Assist with patient care needs, including toileting and dressing.
• Prepare patients for imaging investigations or procedures.
• Ensure correct labelling of all samples taken.
• Participate in rotation through all sites within LUHFT.
• Perform ECGs as part of patient preparation.

Skills

NHS health care experience

Direct patient care

Basic computer skills

Communication

Education

NVQ Level 2 in a health care based area

NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare

Job description

This busy, friendly X‑Ray department has a vacancy for a Senior Radiology Assistant. The post will involve rotation to Ultrasound, CT, Fluoroscopy, Interventional Radiology, MRI and other areas within the radiology department. The department is based across numerous sites including Royal Liverpool Hospital, Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and multiple community sites. The job role will involve rotation across these sites. This is an exciting post, requiring multi‑disciplinary team working with Radiographers, Sonographers, Nursing and Medical Staff. It will involve caring for a wide range of patients and providing assistance with x‑ray procedures.

Scope for weekend, evening and bank holiday working is also expected. All staff are expected to participate in 7‑day working which includes evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Scope for weekend, evening and bank holiday working is also expected.
• All staff are expected to participate in 7‑day working including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
• Provide a wide range of assistance to the Imaging Care Group following well‑established procedures and protocols.
• Plan and organise own day‑to‑day tasks within the parameters set out by supervising staff.
• Prepare patients for imaging investigations or procedures on a daily basis.
• Prepare and maintain the environment for clinical treatments and investigations.
• Escort, chaperone and support patients during treatments, investigations or procedures.
• Ensure the maintenance of clinical care standards and that patients are treated with dignity and respect.
• Assist with patient care needs, including toileting, dressing and assisting the patient on and off the examination table.
• Assist with examinations, including the use of intravenous contrast agents and drugs associated with those individual procedures.
• Assist with a variety of interventional procedures on a daily basis dependent on work area.
• Cannulate patients and remove IV cannulas when required.
• Ensure correct labelling of all samples taken and responsibility for delivering samples to the laboratory within identified timescales.
• Undertake venepuncture for specific procedures and record results on the relevant IT system.
• Undertake patient observations and record appropriately in all relevant areas of work if required.
• Perform ECGs as part of patient preparation for certain procedures.
• Participate in rotation through all sites within LUHFT.

Qualifications

• Previous NHS health care experience is an advantage.
• NVQ Level 2 in a health care based area (or equivalent) is essential.
• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Healthcare.
• An understanding of direct patient care.
• Understanding of patient confidentiality.
• Experience of working in a hospital setting.
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients and staff of varying levels of understanding.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to undertake training to meet the competencies required for this role.
• Supportive of colleagues and patients.