Clinical Imaging Assistant - Band 2

Job summary

About the Role....

Suitable applicants will undertake duties within Ultrasound, X-ray and CT areas of the department supporting Radiographer / Sonographer colleagues. This post will also incorporate a rotation through the new multiple million pound community diagnostic center in Skegness .

Radiology provides 7-day cover and there is an expectation that the post holder will help cover for annual leave and sickness.

The successful applicant will assist with the transfer of patients to and from the wards when required, and support the Radiographer undertaking the Imaging investigation, assisting with manual handling, care for the patient during the patient's time in the General X-ray, Ultrasound or CT departments, at both Pilgrim hospital and the community diagnostic center in Skegness plus any other duties related to the provision of an efficient radiology service.

Main duties of the job

The Radiology Department at Pilgrim Hospital & Community diagnostic center in Skegness consists of MRI, CT, Ultrasound and General X-Ray services.

We perform approximately 130k examinations per year providing a 24-hour service at Pilgrim Hospital. The general department carries out a wide range of procedures including plain film radiography, barium studies, A/E Trauma, theatre, dental and interventional fluoroscopy procedures.

The CT and Ultrasound departments carry out a wide range of scans are constantly developing and expanding their service provision.

As a department we fully encourage role extension and CPD, we are also committed to providing a caring and supportive working environment.

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.

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