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.
As a Clinical Imaging Assistant, you will help to prepare and reassure patients prior to and during their procedures. You will need good communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. You should be caring, reassuring, and calm in your approach. You will also be responsible for ensuring the environment is safe, tidy, and meets high standards of cleanliness.
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.
Your responsibilities include:
1. Providing support to the imaging service, including patient registration, workload management, and assisting in the clinical environment to deliver optimum patient care.
2. Supporting consultant radiologists, radiographers, and sonographers with patient care, including acting as a chaperone in the clinical environment.
3. Setting up trolleys for imaging procedures, both sterile and non-sterile, following guidelines.
4. Assisting radiologists and radiographers during specialist sessions, taking responsibility for patient care throughout the examination, observing, assisting, and comforting patients when necessary.
5. Handling verbal and telephone requests effectively.
6. Assisting patients in various environments such as trauma cases, ultrasound, theatre, fluoroscopy suites, and mammography, maintaining professionalism in potentially distressing circumstances.
7. Maintaining stock levels within the imaging department from the imaging stores when necessary.
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon, offering a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics, and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, a minor injuries unit, and outpatient clinics.
We prioritize the safety and well-being of our patients and staff, making urgent improvements in infection prevention and control. We work in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, local authorities, neighboring hospitals, and the wider North West London Integrated Care System. Our goal is to provide high-quality, safe, and compassionate care while building the new Hillingdon Hospital.
With over 3,500 staff members, we serve nearly half a million people and aim to be an outstanding healthcare provider through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services to deliver the best care where needed.
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