Position
Applications are invited from enthusiastic and self‑motivated individuals to join our X‑Ray Department as a Band 3 Clinical Imaging Assistant. The post will support patients undergoing ultrasound and radiographic examinations, assist procedures when necessary, and ensure health and safety and infection control are adhered to.
Overview
You will help to prepare and reassure patients prior to and during their procedures. You will need good communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and should be caring, reassuring and calm in how you approach your work. You will also be responsible for ensuring the environment is safe, tidy and meets a high standard of cleanliness.
Responsibilities
* To provide support to the Imaging service, undertaking patient registration, workload management and assisting in the clinical environment to provide optimum patient care.
* To provide support to consultant radiologists, radiographers, sonographers with patient care and ensuring being a chaperone in the clinical environment providing optimum patient care.
* To perform IV cannulation for patients undergoing contrast‑enhanced imaging procedures (CT, MRI, NM) following Trust training and competency sign‑off.
* To set up trolleys for imaging procedures both sterile and non‑sterile, using guidelines given.
* To assist the Radiologists & Radiographers in specialist sessions taking responsibility for patient care throughout the examination by observing and assisting and comforting when necessary.
* To deal with verbal and telephone requests.
* To assist effectively with patients in a variety of environments i.e. multiple trauma cases, ultrasound, theatre, fluoroscopy suites, mammography and to maintain a professional demeanour in potentially distressing circumstances.
* To maintain stock levels, when necessary, within the imaging department from the imaging stores.
* At times may need to undertake reception, clerical and other support duties.
Contract
The contracted hours are Full Time 37.5 hours per week across seven days. You will be on a shift rota at our Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospital sites.
Other Information
Please note: this vacancy may close earlier than advertised, once a suitable number of applications have been received. This advert closes on Thursday 30 Apr 2026.
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