Senior Radiology Assistant

3 months ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds Teaching Hospitals Full time

The Radiology Service delivers a diagnostic and treatment service for approximately 600,000 patients a year on 6 sites. The Service comprises several imaging modalities, each with up to 100 staff, providing a high quality clinical radiology service for patients. The job holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a high-quality radiology service, carrying out policies and procedures as specified by the Trust and Radiology Management Team. They will undertake a wide range of duties to clinically support of the Sonographers/Radiographers/MTOs and Radiologists and be primarily responsible for the care of patients requiring imaging.

Duties will include cannulating patients intravenously prior to imaging and assisting patients to complete their pre
- examination safety sheets. Duties will also include assisting staff with interventional procedures such as biopsies and injections and adhering to aseptic techniques. Other duties include positioning patients for examinations, general cleaning, maintenance and care of equipment (including basic fault finding), trouble shooting and reporting of faults, stock control, clerical duties and data input onto the Radiology Information System (RIS). The post holder will work to departmental protocols and schemes of work.

Patients are received from multiple sources and presentation ranges from the unconscious to the fully mobile with uncooperative, incapacitated, anaesthetised, partially resuscitated, disorientated patients and those with special needs, physical and mental disabilities. Some patients exhibit antisocial or threatening behaviour. The post-holder may occasionally be required to work at any site within Leeds Teaching Hospital Trusts Radiology departments. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Clinical Responsibilities: Escorting patients in and out of the examination rooms.

Helping patients on and off the examination table. Assess communication needs of patients. To anticipate where communication difficulties might make completion of the modality checklist impossible and to implement alternative. methods to ensure that patient safety is maintained.

Communicate effectively and empathetically with patients and their carers. Assisting with moving and handling of those patients who are immobile in a manner that is safe for all concerned and following manual handling guidelines. Reassuring and staying in attendance with patients requiring additional support. When necessary, attending to the patients personal hygiene requirements.

Explaining the undressing/dressing requirements to patients and where necessary assisting the patient. Understand the role of a chaperone and chaperone patients when required. Providing and communicating after care following invasive procedures. Assisting patients with after care following interventional procedures.

General help and assistance to the Radiographer/Sonographer/Clinical Technologist/ Radiologist throughout the patients examination, either in the department or on the wards. To ensure appropriate infection control measures are utilised where necessary, paying particular attention to personal protection as well as the management of equipment and linens contaminated by bodily fluids. Initiate emergency procedures and assist with basic life support. Ensure safe handling of medicines at all times.

Assist patients in completing any safety forms required as part of their examination. Following completion of safety forms, evaluate the information provided to determine if the examination is safe to proceed. Escalate if necessary. Undertake venous cannulation.

Removing patient cannulas post procedures. To assess routine requests for imaging so that patient position and selection of appropriate table equipment is used to optimise image quality of the body part under examination. To defer to the radiographer for complex examinations requiring adaptation of standard technique. To physically position the patient for a range of routine examinations, to ensure that image quality, patient comfort and patient safety are maintained at all times whilst taking into account patient limitations.

To defer to the radiographer for complex examinations requiring adaptation of standard technique. To prepare drugs/contrast media for intravenous and oral administration and to load automatic drug injection pump - following appropriate training. When working in MRI, be sensitive to patient anxiety regarding the claustrophobic nature of the MRI scanner and to be able to help patients overcome their anxiety so that the examination can be performed. Administrative duties: To include registering the patient, updating patient records, bookings, extraction of work lists and all other associated RIS activities.

To enter accurate patient and examination data into Radiology Information System. Maintain accurate records at all times. Understand the contingencies required when electronic systems fail. Liaise with other departments/wards

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