Radiology Clerical Officer

NHS Western Isles; Scotland; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Scotland seeks a motivated Radiology Clerical Officer to provide vital clerical support. The position requires excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, and familiarity with Radiology systems will be provided. Responsibilities include scheduling appointments, managing patient data, and supporting quality assurance measures within the department. This permanent position offers a salary between £25,694 and £27,900 per annum, plus additional allowances. Applications should be submitted before the closing date of 12/12/2025.

Qualifications

• Essential awareness of radiation protection.
• Ability to prioritize workload and work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical, administration, and secretarial support to the Radiology service.
• Schedule appointments for outpatients and inpatients.
• Enter data into RIS and distribute reports to referrers.
• Amend appointments and check blood results.
• Undertake audits and manage queries via email and phone.

Skills

Computer literacy

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Tools

Radiology Information System (RIS)

Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS)

Job description

Western Isles Hospital, Macaulay Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2AF

Radiology Clerical Officer

Band 2 £25,694 - £27,900 per annum

Plus Distant Islands Allowance of £1,406 per annum

37 hours per week

Permanent post

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Radiology department in the Western Isles Hospital. We are looking for a highly motivated, hard working and enthusiastic candidate to provide clerical, administration and secretarial support to the Radiology service.

The Radiology service provides high quality diagnostic imaging to the population of the Western Isles, using a range of equipment and highly skilled staff.

Training for Radiology specific systems will be provided: Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS).

It is also essential that the candidate has awareness of radiation protection.

The postholder will schedule appointments of outpatients and inpatients, enter data into RIS, email/distribute reports to referrers, amend appointments, check blood results, undertake audits, answer telephone calls and answer queries, check and deal with emails regurlarly; this list of duties is not exhaustive.

The postholder will be support the implementation of the radiology department Access Policy, continually assessing against:

• Key Performance Indicators
• Efficient capacity utilisation of service
• Waiting list management.

It is essential that candidates are computer literate, posess excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills. Candidates should be self-motivated, able to work under pressure and prioritise workload.

For further information regarding this post, please contact Jane MacDonald, Radiology Department on 01851 708224.

The successful applicant will be required to register with the PVG Scheme (Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme). This post is not eligible for relocation expenses.

All NHS Western Isles vacancies appear on the NHS Scotland website apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk, along with a job description.

Tha beàrnan-obrach NHS Eilean Siar uile gu léir a' nochdadh air làrach-lìn NHS na h-Alba https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/, còmhla ri dealbh-obrach.

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CLOSING DATE: 12/12/2025