Key Responsibilities
1. Assist Radiographers/Radiologists with clinical fluoroscopy, ultrasound, CT and mobile X‑ray imaging as well as interventional procedures, and support patients for diagnostic procedures (in‑patients, out‑patients). Also help with cleaning and manual handling.
2. Assist with patient care and equipment and patient transfer within the department.
3. Assist with clinical lists, aseptic/interventional, spinal injury etc.
4. Assist with the organisation of the filing system and destruction policy.
5. Ensure smooth running of routine and interventional lists, including preparing, maintaining and restoring rooms, patients and images.
6. Ensure sufficient supplies reach all work areas so the service runs smoothly.
7. Creation of medico‑legal CD copy imaging.
Patient Care & Manual Handling
* Prepare trolleys for aseptic techniques.
* Assist Consultant with aseptic procedures under ultrasound or fluoroscopic/CT control (e.g., wound aspirations, drain insertion, pain blocks and biopsies).
* Co‑ordinate with ward staff, porters and the department transfer techniques for special care patients (e.g., spinal injuries).
* Monitor patients before and during clinical procedures, providing appropriate support as needed. Respond to emergency situations effectively and appropriately.
* Advise and assist radiographic staff in carrying out patient transfers.
* Assist during routine and special procedures, restore and maintain environment.
* Ensure smooth running of interventional and ultrasound lists. Receipting patients, ensuring that they are correctly prepared for the examination, escorting, chaperoning, and ensuring explanation to patients of how to obtain their results.
* Correct post‑processing of ultrasound images. Responsible for ensuring images and reports are appropriately dealt with.
Supplies
* Responsible for replenishment of all stock and non‑stock items, liaising with Superintendent radiographic staff.
* Removal of stock deliveries to designated area and ensures stock rotation is used.
* Responsible for the organisation of the storeroom ensuring it is clean, tidy and stock is stored safely within health and safety/CoSHH guidelines.
* Collect supplies from CSSD when needed for department use.
Radiation Protection
* Develop knowledge of radiation protection, equipment and procedures.
* Participation in the QA and audit programmes.
CD Copying
* Occasional running of the departmental/Trust film copying service including medico‑legal/record copying and digitisation service ensuring 40‑day response clause is met where necessary.
* Assist with requesting images from other departments/Trusts for Imaging Exchange Portal (I.E.P) needs.
* Maintain accurate and up to date patient and departmental information, updating databases, producing invoices, lists and reply letters for clinical governance and solicitor's information.
* Respond to enquiries from solicitors/medical personnel.
* Maintain the principles of patient confidentiality at all times in accordance with Trust policy.
* Ensure a high quality service at all times.
General
* Assist radiographers/radiologists in examination rooms when required, setting up equipment, assist in positioning patients and entering exam on computer system.
* Carry out various duties, as delegated by the Superintendent Radiographer.
* Undertake appropriate training and study as necessary to ensure that a high level of knowledge and expertise is maintained, including liaising with service engineers to obtain complete and up‑to‑date knowledge of processing equipment.
* Assist in the transfer of sterile equipment from TSSU to the department ready for use and returning used items to TSSU for re‑sterilisation ensuring the correct paperwork has been filled in. Chase up any missing items as necessary.
* When department is busy, assist in the changing of patients from out‑patients dept to help with the smooth throughput of patients.
* Assist with the ultrasound component of spinal injury lists to free up radiographic staff for duties elsewhere.
* Comply with all legislative obligations, including the Data Protection Act, Health and Safety at Work, CoSHH, Manual Handling Regulations (1992), Professional Registration and the Code of Practice for the use of Ionising Radiation and Local Radiation Rules.
* Comply with departmental rotas, protocols and records.
* Be familiar with the departmental computer systems.
* Undertake such duties as may be assigned from time to time which are within your competence.
* Co‑operate with all measures the Trust takes to maintain a safe working environment. This includes using manual handling equipment, wearing personal protective equipment etc.
* Comply with all instruction and training given by members of the Trust relating to health and safety.
* Ensure that they are committed to maintaining a high quality service to patients by continual development of practice in the light of new research evidence, National Service Frameworks, NICE guidance, and by audit against clinically relevant standards.
* Suggest and implement improvement to services exercising professional responsibility, including lifelong learning within an open "no blame" culture.
Important
Your application form must include a complete record of your employment history. Please explain any gaps in your employment/education history and reasons for these gaps. The Trust maintains the right to withdraw an employment offer or terminate employment if it is later found that an application for employment contained false, misleading or inaccurate information. For the avoidance of doubt this would include omissions of previous periods of employment or reasons given for gaps in employment.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.
Appointed candidates who hold a Graduate Visa will be appointed on a fixed‑term contract which will end at the expiry date of their visa.
Equal Opportunities
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust embraces diversity, equality and inclusion and our aim is to be diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability and ethnicity. We are committed to ensuring disabled workers aren't disadvantaged when applying for and doing their jobs and offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised post. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
Location
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry, North Shropshire. The nearest train station is Gobowen, approximately two miles from the hospital.
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