Radiology Support Officer - Clacton

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for you to provide efficient, high quality support for patients attending our Radiology department. Assisting Radiographers, Sonographers and admin staff you will ensure procedures and administration duties are carried out working across all modalities of CT, Ultrasound and X-Ray.

The hours of work are currently 8am till 8pm 7 days a week on a rotational basis. On average all shifts are 11.5 hours.

You must possess excellent communication and Information Technology skills, and be a good team player. You will need to be able to work under your own initiative but with a high level of supervision and with good support.

You will have the opportunity to be involved in enhancing the Radiology service.

Main duties of the job

• Maintain stock levels of consumables used in the department.
• Maintain linen stock levels and change the linen in area of work daily.
• Maintain general cleanliness within the department.
• Assist with cleaning and preparation of CT rooms and waiting areas.
• Assist all patients within the Radiology Department as required.
• Ensure patients are appropriately changed for their examination, providing assistance prior to and after the examination if required.
• Input patient information into the CRIS and Medway systems.
• Assist with inputting examination reports on to the Radiology computer system.
• Treat patients with empathy and respect at all times.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patient

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Clacton Hospital

Tower Road

Clacton

CO15 1LH

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Clacton Hospital

Tower Road

Clacton

CO15 1LH

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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