Health Care Assistant - Imaging

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

To provide and maintain excellent standards of patient care.

To provide administrative and clerical support to the Imaging department.

To be flexible in providing cover for any imaging areas as per the service requirement.

To provide support to the multi-disciplinary teams within Imaging.

To play a role in the continuous development of the Trust as a member of the Radiology team and as a potential member of a range of Trust quality/process improvement project groups.

Closing Date

To provide and maintain excellent standards of patient care.

To provide administrative and clerical support to the Imaging department.

To be flexible in providing cover for any imaging areas.

To provide support to the multi-disciplinary teams within Imaging.

Main tasks and responsibilities

1. Communication
   • Demonstrate politeness, courtesy and sensitivity in dealing with patients, relatives and visitors, maintain good customer relations.
   • Carry out assigned clerical tasks as directed by the supervisor.
   • Report untoward incidents and any other relevant information to the supervisor immediately.
   • Participate fully as a team member, sharing knowledge and information and supporting colleagues.
2. Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)
   • Provide excellent standards of patient care, observations, preparing equipment and patients for treatment.
3. Carry out daily checks on appropriate equipment.
4. Assist in the restocking and ordering of supplies.
5. Resource management

   To work together with the Imaging teams to ensure effective use of resources.

6. To abide by the Trust’s core behaviors for staff and all other Trust policies.
7. People management
   • Participate in the Trust’s appraisal and personal development plan /any necessary training as required.
8. Information management
   • Use relevant IT systems in the support of patient care.

Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.

Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.

We are working in partnership with King’s Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Manoj Joseph
Job title: Cross Sectional Imaging Superintendent
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01895823737

You May also contact Kathryn Griffiths
Deputy Radiology Manager
[e-mail]
Extn: 85015