Main area: Radiology
Grade Band: 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 08.30-17.00. Different working pattern possible)
Job ref: 287-DSS-9-25
Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Liverpool University Hospitals
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/02/2025 23:59
Senior Radiographic Department Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
This busy, friendly X-Ray department has a vacancy for a Senior Radiology Assistant. The post will involve rotation to Ultrasound, CT, Fluoroscopy & MRI and other areas within the radiology department.
The department is based across multiple 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.
Previous NHS health care experience is an advantage, together with NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a healthcare-based area.
Main duties of the job
The job role will include setting up and assisting in sterile procedures, post-procedure aftercare, and aiding radiographic staff in both inpatient and outpatient working.
All staff are expected to participate in 7-day working which includes evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a wide range of assistance to the Imaging Care Group following well-established procedures and protocols.
To plan and organise own day-to-day tasks within the parameters set out by the supervising staff.
Prepare patients for imaging investigations or procedures on a daily basis.
Prepare and maintain the environment for clinical treatments and investigations.
To escort, chaperone, and support patients during treatments, investigations, or procedures.
To ensure the maintenance of clinical care standards and that patients are treated with dignity and respect.
To assist with patient care needs, including toileting, dressing, and assisting the patient on and off the examination table.
Assist with examinations, some of which include 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.
Cannulation of patients and removal of 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 the patient preparation for certain procedures.
Participate in rotation through all sites within LUHFT.
Person specification
Other
* Supportive of colleagues and patients.
Skills
* 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.
Experience
* Experience of working in a hospital setting.
Knowledge
* An understanding of direct patient care.
* An understanding of patient confidentiality.
Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in Healthcare.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Name: Mrs. Alison Darton
Job title: Head of Ultrasound and Healthcare support workers
Email address: [emailprotected]
Telephone number: 0151 706 2783
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