Senior Radiology Clinical Support Worker

NHS; Aberystwyth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health provider seeks a Senior Radiology Clinical Support Worker for a varied role at Bronglais General Hospital. The position involves supporting clinical procedures, managing patient interactions, and performing administrative duties. Candidates should have a relevant Level 3 qualification and experience in a healthcare setting, ensuring excellence in patient care and service delivery.

Qualifications

• Must possess a Level 3 qualification or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of the role of Radiographic support workers essential.
• Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with clinical tasks such as preparing equipment and patient care.
• Manage administrative duties including scheduling and patient safety.
• Coordinate with registered staff to ensure high-quality patient service.

Skills

Communication

Team Coordination

Patient Care

Education

Level 3 qualification in relevant healthcare subject

Job description

Senior Radiology Clinical Support Worker

We are looking to appoint a Senior Radiology Clinical Support Worker at Bronglais General Hospital, and welcome applications from conscientious, hard-working and caring individuals.

This post includes a wide range of duties including clinical and administrative duties to support the provision of Radiology examinations and procedures.

The day to day role will be varied and reflect the daily varying needs within imaging services to ensure patient centred care, requiring aproactive approach to planning and scheduling of individual tasks.

The post holder will have an understanding of the role of radiographic support workers, and will work on rotation through all modalities in X-Ray such as Ultrasound, CT, MRI and Fluoroscopy,confirming requirements with senior staff to enable them to plan and schedule duties.

The SRCSW will work alongside registered staff, co-ordinating with others to plan and adapt schedules to accommodate urgent and emergency referrals and be expected to take on more demanding organisational tasks, such as booking examinations, transferring images electronicallyand obtaining previous imaging and results, highlighting any potential issues to senior staff.

Main duties of the job

Through accredited learning and internal training, the post holder will be supported in gaining the knowledge and skills required to deliverdelegated aspects of clinical care within the radiology department, such as preparing equipment for a complex trolley setting, insertion andremoval of intravenous cannulas, administration of oral contrast agents, and assist registered staff in the performing of aseptic examinations,such as fine needle aspirations and musculoskeletal injections.

Deliver a variety of duties to directly assist patients, supporting the provision of consistently high levels of care and efficient services.Provide a range of housekeeping, administrative and clerical duties as required, including greeting patients, performing initial identity checksand patient safety questionnaires, ensuring a clean environment is maintained, and support the learning and development of junior colleagues.

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh isdesirablefor this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Interviews will be held on 11/07/2025.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Level 3 qualification in relevant healthcare subject or possess the equivalent skills, knowledge and experience with a commitment to undertake on the job training to NVQ level 3 accreditation
• Understanding the role of Radiographic support workers
• Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology
• Knowledge of clinical work

Experience

• Previous experience of working with the public in paid or voluntary roles
• Experience of using computers
• Experience in supportive/assistant role, such as Radiology Support Worker or Healthcare Support Worker, working within a hospital/caring environment
• Experience in a range of clinical skills, including aseptic techniques

Other

• Ability to move and handle equipment and assist with manual handling of patients

Language Skills

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

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.