Senior Healthcare Assistant

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Manchester seeks a compassionate individual for a role in its Radiology department. The successful candidate will assist healthcare professionals, escort patients, and provide essential peri-procedural care, ensuring safety and comfort. Candidates must possess good interpersonal skills and a comprehensive secondary education, with healthcare experience preferred. The role offers an opportunity to contribute to quality patient care in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with people in a healthcare setting.
• Experience of dealing with change.
• Experience in a radiology setting.

Responsibilities

• Assist in monitoring and maintaining the smooth running of the Radiology department.
• Escort patients and visitors between different areas.
• Provide peri-procedural care to patients.

Skills

Good Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Ability to work alone and as part of a team

Organised

Education

Comprehensive secondary education

NVQ level 3 in a healthcare related topic

Care certificate

Job description

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Assist in monitoring and maintaining the smooth running of the Radiology department and the Integrated Procedures Unit.

§ Escorting patients and visitors between the Radiology department, the Integrated Procedures Unit and other areas of the hospital.

§ Assisting patients before, during and after procedures as required by the Radiographers / Radiology Nurses / Radiologists. This will include going through any patient safety questionnaires with the patient and giving the patient any preparation necessary for the procedure under the guidance of the Radiographer / Radiology Nurse.

§ Support the inpatient wards in preparing patients for radiology procedures. This may include delivering of radiology care plans to the inpatient wards, discussion of pre-procedural instructions with ward staff and completion of pre-procedural blood tests and/or IV cannulation where required.

§ Assist Radiographers to process patient data.

§ Conveyance of patients by wheelchair and stretcher as required between the Radiology department, the Integrated Procedures Unit and other areas of the Hospital.

§ Conveyance of letters, notes, samples, appointment slips and any other goods between the Radiology department, the Integrated Procedures Unit and other areas of the hospital.

§ Assist Radiographers / Radiology Nurses with IV procedures

§ Provide peri-procedural care to patients as a circulating assistant in the interventional radiology environment.

§ Positioning of patients for their procedure.

§ Maintaining a high standard of personal work while acting as a member of a team.

§ Ensuring necessary paperwork is completed for each patient before and then following the procedure.

§ Be familiar with and observe the local rules of the department, Safety at Work and COSHH regulations.

§ Collection and maintenance of stock.

Stock up prep room and interventional rooms as required
Accurate patient data input into any Trust computer system.
Maintain a personal development portfolio.
Cannulation and/or venepuncture of patients in advance of the radiology procedure.
Based in the interventional radiology department on IPU and supporting other areas of radiology (CT/US/MR scan) if and when required.

PATIENT CARE

§ Receiving patients, preparing them for the examination and assisting patients to undress if required.

§ Maintains patient privacy and dignity at all times.

§ Recognises people's differences and act in a non-discriminatory way.

§ Provides information to patients using developing empathetic and reassurance skills.

§ Assisting / chaperoning during examinations.

§ Undertakes venepuncture and cannulation of radiology patients

§ Assist Radiographers / Radiology Nurses / Radiologists as required with the moving and handling of the patient.

§ Setting sterile trolleys for interventional procedures as required

§ Perform circulating role in the Interventional Suite - passing medical products to the Radiologist / Radiology Nurse as required

§ Observation of patients during their procedure (NEWS 2)

§ Explaining the examination procedure to patients and providing emotional support for anxious patients.

§ Maintain professional standards in treating each patient with courtesy, kindness, sympathy and confidentiality.

EQUIPMENT RELATED

§ Switch on equipment prior to work commencing so that it is warmed up and ready to operate when the department opens-

§ Carry out necessary quality assurance (QA) on the equipment at designated frequency as required by QA protocols.

§ Ensure correct stock rotation; prepare stock lists prior to ordering.

§ Report any faults noted in functioning or condition of any machinery or equipment to the Clinical Specialist / Lead Radiology Nurse in charge for repair to be arranged.

§ Check and maintain oxygen cylinders and other auxiliary equipment in the absence of a regular porter.

Any other duties, which after discussion, might be reasonably requested to maintain the smooth running of the department

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• A comprehensive secondary education

Desirable criteria

• NVQ level 3 in a health care related topic
• Care certificate

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with people or as part of a team
• Experience of dealing with change
• Experience of working with people in a healthcare setting

Desirable criteria

• Experience in a radiology setting
• Experience in working with oncology patients

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good Interpersonal skills
• IT skills
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team.
• Able to work on own initiative.
• Organised

Desirable criteria

• Competent in cannulation and venepuncture

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Willingness to learn new skills
• Understanding of infection control practice in a healthcare setting

Desirable criteria

• To have a knowledge of the Christie Hospital
• Excellent written communication skills and able to communicate to various multidisciplinary team/members.
• Experience in circulating duties in an operating theatre.

Other

Essential criteria

• Reliability
• Ability to use initiative
• Good general health and attendance record
• Sensitivity and tact
• Smart appearance
• Flexible, able to adapt to the changing needs of the role.
• Team working and escalation process
• Ability to work flexibly

Values

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours

The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.

Application Information

If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.

Sponsorship Information

We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

Pre-Employment Checks

To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. These include:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role, payment of this will be the applicants responsibility)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history and references.

If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.

If You're Offered the Role - you will be agreeing to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and will form part of the recruitment process. In the event that you are successful following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

Sponsorship Information

We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

No Smoking Policy

You should be aware the Trust operates a No Smoking Policy and therefore employees are not permitted to smoke at work.

Additional Information

We want to ensure that everyone who works at the Christie or uses our services is welcomed, valued and treated with dignity and respect. The Christie values diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all and fair representation across the organisation at all levels. In support of these commitments, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people and people with disabilities for this post. Appointment will be only on merit.

We are committed to creating a balanced and diverse workforce. As such we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Together we will foster inclusion and tackle inequity and health inequalities in cancer care.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all our activities. We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery in any of its forms, including slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking. We are fully committed to acting ethically and with transparency in all our business dealings and relationships, and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our organisation or supply chains.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD & PS (PDF, 122.7KB)
• The Christie Values and Behaviours (PDF, 919.5KB)
• Strategy Brochure (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Travel to The Christie (PDF, 3.8MB)