MRI Clinical Imaging Assistant - Band 2 - 2024/25

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Based at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston

Band 2 Clinical Imaging Assistant FULL TIME - 37.5 HOURS PER WEEK - to begin after 1st April 2024

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the country, providing acute services across the county of Lincolnshire. We are seeking a Clinical Imaging Assistant to work alongside the MRI Radiographers, Radiologists and support staff, to provide high quality MR imaging to the patients of Lincolnshire. You will be working with a dedicated team, and a 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner. The role is very diverse and challenging, and safety is paramount, but you will have the support of your team and colleagues.

We wish to recruit an energetic, well-motivated individual who is able to provide patient care within a technically challenging environment.

Duties will include assisting the Radiographers and clerical staff, and providing assistance to our patients in a caring and empathetic manner.

There may be necessity to travel to Skegness CDC on rotation.

The MRI service is open from 07:20 to 20:30 hrs daily, 7 days a week. A flexible approach to the working day is essential.

For more information, please contact Paul Craven Superintendent MRI Radiographer on 01205 446071 or email Paul.Craven@ulh.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

Assisting the radiographers to obtain high quality Magnetic resonance Imaging. Assisting patients, and positioning them on the scanner. Handling delicate clinical equipment. helping to organise workloads. Liaising with the wards and booking teams and other healthcare professionals. Patients cannulation.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.