Main area: MRI Clinical Imaging Assistant
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 3 days per week, 12.5 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Job ref: 357-PR-883-24-A
Employer: United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, and Skegness Community Diagnostic Centre
Town: Boston
Salary: £23,615 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/11/2024 23:59
MRI Clinical Imaging Assistant - Band 2
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULHT.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
* Patient-centred: Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
* Safety: Following ULHT and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
* Excellence: Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
* Compassion: Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
* Respect: Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULHT team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties.
Job overview
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Based at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston and Skegness Community Diagnostic Centre
Band 2 Clinical Imaging Assistant FULL TIME – 37.5 HOURS PER WEEK
The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the country, providing acute services across the county of Lincolnshire. We are seeking a compassionate, empathetic, and motivated person to become a Clinical Imaging Assistant within the MRI department.
Duties will include assisting the Radiographers, providing assistance to our patients in a caring and empathetic manner, and handling delicate technical equipment. You will be working within the magnetic field so safety is paramount and full training will be given, including cannulation. Persons with a previous caring role within the NHS is preferred.
The MRI service will be open from 07:20 to 20:30 hrs daily, 7 days a week. A flexible approach to the working day is essential.
This is a Pan-Trust Role and you will be required to work at both the Pilgrim Hospital site and the new Skegness Community Diagnostic Centre, when it opens in November, so the ability to travel is essential.
Main duties of the job
Patient care, patient transfer, handling delicate technical equipment, patient cannulation, general administration duties, stock taking.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GCSE English at grade C or above (or equivalent)
* First Aid certificate
* Basic life support
Previous Experience
* Working experience in a hospital environment or health care environment
* Multi-disciplinary Team experience
* Experience of direct patient care within the last two years
* Experience within a Radiology Department
* Effective time management
Specific Requirements
* Able to liaise effectively with all professional and non-professionals
* Interest in working in the Radiology department
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULHT reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
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