Radiology Assistant

Job overview

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is looking for an enthusiastic caring person who is passionate about patient care to join our team in the X-ray department at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford.

This post is varied and interesting with a rotation into different areas such as MRI, CT and ultrasound scanning as well as working closely with the general team and liaising with other departments.

The X-ray department operates a 24 hour service 7 days per week. duties  are 7.5 hours long (with a 30  minute break). There is some flexibility in the rostering of these as rostered days off and specific shifts can be requested in advance via the e-Roster (roster released 6 weeks in advance). Swapping of duties with colleagues once the roster has been released is also available.

The X-ray team are friendly and supportive, valuing all members. A full induction programme ensures that all new members are fully supported when joining us.

Main duties of the job

• Care for patients, carers, visitors, and relatives during their visit to the Department.
• To act as chaperone in line with Trust policy.
• To help with the movement of patients in the examination rooms
• To use the Radiology information system (CRIS) to record the patients Radiology episode.
• To comply with the Trusts policies
• To maintain associated records, both paper and electronic
• To ensure equipment is used correctly and any faults or concerns are reported to senior staff.
• To liaise with a wide range of staff caring for the patient- including medical staff, ward staff, staff from other department.
• To participate in the departments out of hour’s service.
• To assist with audit projects as required

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.