Healthcare Assistant

5 months ago


Wigan, United Kingdom Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for a permanent enthusiastic and highly motivated Radiology Health Care Assistant to join the team within the Radiology Department at Wigan Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.

The role is for 37.5 hours per week (part time hours may be considered) across 7 days.

We offer excellent development opportunities and will provide appropriate support and training.

We see the staff on all sites as one huge Radiology family, all providing a corporate approach to our service.

The role will require you to work across all areas in the Trust.

The role of a Radiology Health Care Assistant is to provide general support
for Diagnostic Procedures within the Diagnostic Imaging Department within a variety of modalities such as Ultrasound, DEXA, Fluoroscopy and general radiography. In all these areas you will provide a level of care, assistance and support to patients during their Radiological Examination and perform your duties in such a manner as to aid the smooth running of the department and provide a high level of care.

During these duties you will be familiar with Department Administration
Services across all sites and be competent to use CRIS and PACS. You will also provide clinical assistance to the Diagnostic Services provided
within the Radiology Department.

Applicants should also have good keyboard skills and preferably experience in using basic computer packages, including hospital systems.

We are ideally looking for a committed reliable member of staff, with good organisational and communication skills and a flexible approach to changing patterns of work.

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
- Provide administration support, duties to include, reception duties, receiving telephone calls, booking patients onto the departmental computer system and uploading disks for the Radiologist to report.
- Provide assistance and support to the radiographers / sonographers in the x-ray department.
- Assist in preparation of imaging rooms prior to Diagnostic examination
- Assist the medical staff during various clinical examinations and procedures.
- To have the ability to assist with the organisation of the workload of the department, responding to the needs of the service.
- Liaise and consult with other wards and departments, to implement or plan patient requirements effectively.
- The necessity to communicate with various internal and external sources both Clinical and Nonclinical eg: Clinicians, Trust Staff, Directorate Staff, and Patients.
- Resolving queries from patients, departmental staff and service users.
- To assist in maintaining a clean and tidy department, in accordance with departmental cleaning protocols.
- To report any equipment faults or problems to senior staff.
- Prepare and organise relevant documentation for diagnostic procedures i.e. obtain case notes and administrative forms for speciality examinations.
- To plan and prioritise own workload to meet service demands.
- Monitor and request supplies of stock to ensure the efficient running of the department.
- Book and send out appointments for Diagnostic Procedures and enter onto departmental computer system and into departmental diary.


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