Imaging Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Main area Radiology Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (across all SFH sites, 7 day working to include evenings, weekends and bank holidays) Job ref 214-CSTO-7452780
Employer Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site King's Mill Hospital
Town Sutton In Ashfield
Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 05/11/2025 23:59
Job overview
Are you passionate about healthcare and eager to make a difference?
We are currently on the lookout for dedicated individuals to join us as Band 3 Imaging Assistants in Radiology at King's Mill Hospital. If you have a strong work ethic, enthusiasm, and a desire to contribute to the well-being of our patients, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
As an Imaging Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting the CT Colons and pre-examination cannulation in both CT and MRI services across all our sites. Your primary objective will be to assist our radiographic staff in all non-nursing aspects of patient care in MRI/CT and Ultrasound including specialized procedures in cross sectional imaging.
Previous patient care experience is required and Radiology experience is desirable. As a fully digital department, both keyboard and PC skills and knowledge are required.
The available posts are both full time and part time. All posts include evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
* Knowledge required through work experience.
* Knowledge of work procedures and practices having underpinned knowledge through NVQ 3 training –Health specific
* Certificate of competence in IV injecting
Qualifications-Academic/ Craft/ Professional
* A good standard of education
* NVQ 3 Clinical Support
* NVQ II in care
Further Training
* Phlebotomy and Cannulation
* ECG Recording
* Any associated training related to healthcare
Experience
* Experience of working in a healthcare setting
* Previous experience in radiology setting
Contractual Requirements
* May be required to work evenings/weekends and bank holidays as part of the rota.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
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Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email sfh-tr.recruitmentqueries@nhs.net
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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.
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