This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
The postholder will act in the role of Radiographer helper and will assist the Consultant Radiologist in Ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration procedures. The post combines phosphor plate and dark room processing with clerical duties in a busy specialised Radiology Department. There is also a responsibility for the maintenance, chemical changing and Quality Assurance of the processors used for teaching undergraduate and other trainees.
Responsibilities include:
1. Undertaking reception duties, greeting patients and checking patient details on arrival, and updating Radiology information system in accordance with departmental guidelines.
2. Ensuring that all information entered into the patient administration system is up to date and accurate.
3. Responsible for troubleshooting/problem solving for any breakdowns on the processors within the hospital.
4. Reporting any defects of equipment.
5. Monitoring of radiology bdh xray account and datix equipment updates.
6. Training new members of staff within the x-ray department, organising and providing practical training for Dental Nurse students.
7. Receiving phone calls from patients and external hospitals, answering queries, and speaking to the radiography staff regarding patients.
8. Booking appointments for patients with suspected malignancies in accordance with the two week cancer wait target and dealing with associated queries.
Our radiology department is made up of Radiologists, Radiographers, and support staff, working together to ensure high quality patient care. Each member of the team brings their expertise contributing to a professional environment. Our team regularly has huddles to discuss daily priorities and challenges ensuring a smooth workflow and a positive atmosphere. We encourage staff to pursue continual professional development through training and opportunity for career progression.
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics, and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Additional duties include:
1. Preparing rooms/bays to receive patients selecting the correct holders and imaging plates.
2. Standing for long periods of time when assisting or chaperoning the Radiographers x-ray during imaging procedures.
3. Processing phosphor plates and re-bagging plates, labelling images correctly on SidexisPa’s, Dental Panoramic Tomograms (DPT’s) and Cephalostats for Consultants, students, external hospitals, General Dental Practitioners (GDP’s), and private patients. This involves either physically copying the films or scanning and producing a digital image.
4. Producing identifying labels for them and labelling them as copies.
This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Mar 2025.
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