Senior Health Care Assistant - Radiology

You be a member of the Diagnostic Health Care Assistant team, providing support to patients accessing diagnostic services. You will work with Radiographers and Consultant Radiologists to provide care in a busy diagnostic department.

Your role will be on rotations between the X-ray department at Scunthorpe General Hospital and the Scunthorpe Community Diagnostic Centre., You will be required to work alongside State Registered Practitioners and Medical Staff to promote good working practices and ensure good quality care is given to all patients accessing Diagnostics services.

The post holder will be responsible for maintaining the working environment within Radiology, giving direct clinical and clerical support to the Radiographers and Radiologists to enable the delivery of an efficient and effective service with a high standard of patient care. You will be required to work a shift rota which will cover the opening times of all the diagnostic departments which involves participating in 7 day working covering day time and night time shifts.

You will be required to take responsibility for some administrative duties as well as patient care, and as such, good communication skills along with a polite telephone manner, computer and database skills is required. You will work under direct and indirect supervision and will be required to follow instructions.

A high standard of patient care skills are required along with an ability to be flexible and deal with challenging situations.

A helpful and pleasant demeanor is essential.

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.