Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

In this role, your key responsibilities will include:

• To provide support during diagnostic imaging examinations.
• Communicate with and support radiographic, medical and nursing staff during the examination of patients.
• Comply with Infection Control and Prevention standards of the Trust, and ensure mandatory training is completed.
• Ensure safe patient care and welfare by assessment and monitoring.
• To provide support for imaging procedures involving preparation of sterile equipment and handling of body fluids.
• Use aseptic technique to lay trolleys for imaging procedures.
• Assist in the preparation of contrast media when necessary to the radiological examination.
• Carry out front line patient care for patients undergoing imaging procedures.
• Initiate basic life support when required.
• Moving and handling of patients including the handling of spinally compromised patients and equipment.
• Rotate to other sections of the Care Group where necessary to ensure continuation of essential services, within the boundaries of expertise, on an exceptional basis e.g. Major Incident, Hospital Incident.
• Personally aspire to maintain high ethical and professional standards in attitude at work.
• Using own initiative, deal with front line conflict or dispute with patients and /or carers, anxious about their condition and its consequences or the equipment and examination required.
• Report adverse incidents for advice or intervention by senior staff as appropriate.
• Ensure a clean and hygienic working environment.
• With training, assist in maintaining agreed stock levels of consumables.
• Assist in the collection and return of patients to wards or departments when required.
• Ensure adherence to hospital policies when dealing with bodily fluids and infectious linen, undertaking timely cleaning of static and personal safety equipment.
• Be able to communicate with all people of all ages, abilities and cultures including the seriously ill.
• Undertake admin function such as data entry onto the Radiology Information System and using the portering system as required.
• To undertake additional duties, within scope of practice, as required.

Person specification

Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience

Essential criteria

• Vocational Qualification at Level 2/GCSEs at grade A* -C, 4 – 9 or equivalent
• Experience in a relevant care environment.
• Able to communicate with people of all ages, with any disability and / or from any culture.
• Able to cope in distressing circumstances including able to support distressed parents/carers
• Previous experience in customer care setting
• Previous experience working with people
• Previous experience working within a team
• Able to work using own initiative

Desirable criteria

• Previous work in a health care setting which should be recent (within the last year), ‘hands on’ care experience
• Education to A Level/ T Level in one subject
• Previous experience of stock control

Skills and competencies

Essential criteria

• General IT skills
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Organisational skills
• Time management
• Taking the initiative

Trust Values

Essential criteria

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together