The Radiology Service delivers a diagnostic and treatment service for approximately 600,000 patients a year on 6 sites. The Service comprises several imaging modalities, each with up to 100 staff, providing a high-quality clinical radiology service for patients. The job holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a high-quality radiology service, carrying out policies and procedures as specified by the Trust and Radiology Management Team. They will undertake a wide range of duties to clinically support the Sonographers/Radiographers/MTOs and Radiologists and be primarily responsible for the care of patients requiring imaging.
Duties will include:
1. Cannulating patients intravenously prior to imaging.
2. Assisting patients to complete their pre-examination safety sheets.
3. Assisting staff with interventional procedures such as biopsies and injections while adhering to aseptic techniques.
4. Positioning patients for examinations.
5. General cleaning, maintenance, and care of equipment (including basic fault finding).
6. Troubleshooting and reporting of faults.
7. Stock control.
8. Clerical duties and data input onto the Radiology Information System (RIS).
The post holder will work to departmental protocols and schemes of work. Patients are received from multiple sources, and presentations range from the unconscious to the fully mobile, including uncooperative, incapacitated, anaesthetised, partially resuscitated, disorientated patients, and those with special needs, physical and mental disabilities. Some patients may exhibit antisocial or threatening behaviour. The post-holder may occasionally be required to work at any site within Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust's Radiology departments.
Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
1. Patient-centred
2. Collaborative
3. Fair
4. Accountable
5. Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values. Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to this post: a commitment to providing a quality service that meets the needs of patients, staff, and other health professionals in line with radiology and Trust values. The ideal candidate should be pleasant, caring, and friendly in nature, able to communicate at all levels with a professional manner, showing politeness and empathy towards patients and their families.
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