Radiographic Department Assistant (RDA) - Breast Imaging

You will be a pivotal part of the Breast Imaging team, providing help and emotional support for patients. This includes anxious patients being investigated for breast cancer or having just been diagnosed with breast cancer, and patients with communication difficulties. You will report to Consultant Radiologists and Advanced Radiographic Practitioners during ultrasound examinations. You will be expected to set up and support during a range of aseptic procedures under ultrasound control such as biopsies, aspirations, pre-operative skin marking and localisations which may involve exposure to body fluids. You will be expected to undertake and be responsible for handling electronic and paper records/images returned from Mobile and Static Screening Units, ensuring images are correctly uploaded and verified in PACS, ready for reporting. This is a substantial task involving 26,000 examinations per annum requiring manipulation and verification of approx 200,000 images., To assist radiographers/radiologists within the Breast Unit. To provide help and emotional support for patients during their time in the department. This includes anxious patients being investigated for breast cancer or having just been diagnosed with breast cancer, and patients with communication difficulties. To assist radiologists/radiographers during ultrasound examinations and a range of aseptic procedures under ultrasound control including cyst, abscess, seroma drainage, biopsies, pre-operative skin marking and saviscout insertion which may involve exposure to body fluids. To undertake and be responsible for handling electronic and paper records/images returned from Mobile and Static Screening Units, ensuring that images are correctly uploaded and verified in PACS, ready for reporting. This is a substantial task involving 26,000 examinations per annum requiring manipulation and verification of approx 200,000 images. Provide clinical technical services including dispatching specimens to pathology Work with and dispose of sharps in a darkened room. To assist radiographers/radiologists during stereotactic procedures. Excellent communication is needed with patients at all times using tact, sympathy and overcoming any barriers to understanding e.g. language difficulties, learning difficulties, hearing impairment. To perform general housekeeping duties within the Unit and help to maintain a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff. To assist in the review of departmental policies and procedures within boundaries of their competence. Enable clients to make use of available services and information. Radiation Protection An awareness of protocols and policies as required under the ionising regulations to comply with IRR 17, IR(ME)17 Clerical Requirements Frequently requested to retrieve case notes or mammography films. Answer the telephone, using the agreed departmental standard and referring messages to the appropriate person/area. Update patient's records, electronically and manually. Maintain records of examinations performed under ultrasound and of screening films loaded and unloaded. General Requirements To participate in regular Audit and staff meetings. Co-operate with the orientation of all staff. The jobholder may be required to work in a variety of areas. Due to the configuration of the Unit the post holder maybe required to work across sites. TRAINING In service training is provided. CONFIDENTIALITY During the course of your duties you will become aware of information concerning patients medical or personal details, all such information must be treated in the strictest confidence. The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues. The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation. For additional responsibilities please refer to the full job description. Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday. The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band. For agenda for change banded roles; salary payments will reflect the 2023/24 pay scales. The 2024/25 pay scales will be paid in October 2024 including any backpay due. Therefore should the successful applicant start in post prior to October, the salary will initially reflect the 2023/24 pay scales.

This post offers a unique opportunity for a highly motivated pro-active female

• Radiographic Department Assistant to join our friendly team in Breast Imaging. This role is a cross site role split between the Breast Unit at the Royal Liverpool Hospital and the Marina Dalglish Unit at Aintree University Hospital.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated individual who is committed to providing high quality patient care. You must demonstrate excellent communication skills and have the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. The ability to multi task in often demanding circumstances is a key attribute of this role.
• The requirement for a female to undertake the role is a genuine occupational qualification. The above post is therefore exempt under the equality Act 2010.
  
  Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.