Job role: Healthcare Assistant
Company name: NHS Jobs
Salary: £24,169.00 per year
Job Reference: C9279-25-0674
About the Job:
Main Duties
* Maintain the patients respect, dignity and privacy, and to act with kindness and courtesy to all members of the public.
* Actively work at all times within the Trust policies and statutory legislation including emergency resuscitation, manual handling, infection control, disposal of sharps and clinical waste, and control of substances hazardous to health.
* Maintain confidentiality of all information obtained through professional attendance on patients or through clinical access.
* Be active in enhancing own knowledge base.
* Act competently and demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the basic principles of imaging and its effect on the patient.
* Participate as a member of the department team providing the highest standard of holistic care and ensuring effective communication with other members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
* Undertake housekeeping duties such as cleaning couches, disposal of linen, cleaning and tidying up etc. in accordance with hospital policy. Actively participate in the day to day upkeep of stock levels and cleanliness within the Imaging Department.
* Have good IT knowledge of the Radiology Information System (CRIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) i.e. checking patients attendance, confirming/processing imaging events, inputting clinical details etc.
* Provide clerical assistance as required.
* Have the knowledge to appropriately prepare ultrasound rooms and equipment for interventional breast procedures e.g. biopsies and aspirations etc.
* Be actively involved in each procedure i.e. setting up sterile trolley and equipment etc.
* Correctly identify and prepare patients for the appropriate procedure.
* Ensure effective communication with patients and relatives, explaining procedures, giving advice and reassurance.
* Ensure safe transfer of patients whilst being aware of catheters, IV infusions etc following Trust manual handling policy.
* Provide support to patients during procedures assisting with patient positioning whilst acting as chaperone and assistant to radiologists, specialist practitioners, and advanced practice radiographers during interventional procedures.
* Provide post-procedural care for patients maintaining privacy and dignity at all times.
* Report any change in patient condition or any problem or hazard within the department to the senior radiographer in charge.
* Provide patients with appropriate post-procedural information leaflets and letters.
* Be competent in answering telephone queries, fielding complaints and requests for urgent scans and acting upon this information.
* Prepare appropriate paperwork and labels for specimens. Concise record keeping of specimens taken to laboratory.
* Be prepared to be flexible in shift patterns, working hours and days.
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