Imaging Department Assistant/In-patient Coordinator

Job overview

Due to the expansion of the current CT services , an exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and dynamic individuals to join the CT team at UHNM.

This is a fixed term post for 12 months

The successful candidates will be committed to giving our patients and referrers the very best quality of care and service.

The CT scanning department currently has 9 state of the art CT scanners, providing support to a wide range of referrers, including the level 1 Major Trauma centre, Vascular and Neuro intervention, Paediatric, Musculo-skeletal, Cardiac and Oncology services. We pride ourselves on the breadth of our clinical workload and expertise delivering the full range of CT examinations.

Being part of the University Hospital of North Midlands brings with it excellent career development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work as part of a multidisciplinary team based within CT to help ensure the delivery of efficient and safe patient flows for the CT examinations.

The individual must have interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.

This post involves shift work including long days, nights, weekend and bank holiday working.

There is a requirement to be IT literate and to review the Radiology Information System regularly throughout the duty to monitor the CT attendance list, especially with reference to A&E and Inpatients CT referrals.

Your day to day role will include: organising CT lists including maintaining patient flows in A&E, liaising with wards regarding inpatients, assisting Radiographers and/or Radiologists during CT examinations, cannulating patients and undertaking observation checks.

The successful candidate must be proactive, dynamic and keen to fulfil the responsibilities of the CT Imaging Department Assistant role as specified in the Job Description.

We expect hard work and commitment, a desire to deliver a high quality service, demonstrating good clinical understanding and a sound awareness of governance processes, demonstrated ability to remain calm and organised even at the busiest times.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.