Senior Health Care Assistant - Radiology

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Job overview

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.

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/

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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ Level 2 or working towards this or equivalent qualification.

Occupational Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in dealing with patients in a care setting.
• Basic IT skills.

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience within a hospital setting.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• SHCA Job Description (PDF, 608.7KB)
• Personal Spec (PDF, 319.3KB)