Bank Radiology Assistant

Bank Radiology Assistant | Competitive Hourly Rate | Flexible Working | Slough

Spire Thames Valley are looking for an experienced Radiology Assistant to join the Bank Team

Duties and responsibilities

1. Undertake routine tasks related to individual's health and well being.
2. Assess the health and well being needs of people whose needs are relatively stable and consistent. 
3. Establish and maintain communication with people on routine care matters.
4. Monitor and maintain health and safety and security for self and others.
5. Contribute to the implementation of services.
6. Collect, collate and report routine and simple data and information 
7. Assist in the application of technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment. 
8. Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.
9. Assisting in maintaining agreed stock levels of consumable items
10. Preparing and assisting with general and specialised procedures including biopsies
11. Ensuring a clean and hygienic working environment
12. Preparing patients for treatment
13. Being involved in the manual handling of patients
14. Recognising equipment faults and reporting these immediately
15. Undertaking basic maintenance of equipment

Who we're looking for

• Experience in an identical role is essential
• A willingness to participate in a flexible rota for evening and weekend duties, plus on-call from home.
• Strong communication skills and a good standard of IT skills.
• A caring nature with the ability to see each patient as an individual, and to carry out the role with understanding and empathy.
• A positive and flexible attitude

Benefits

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via 'Spire for You'
• Wellbeing Centre access via 'Spire for You'
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together
• Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

About Us

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.