Technical Assistant, Healthcare

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 23 January 2026

The post holder will assist the cardiac diagnostic and echocardiography service at PRUH and help co‑ordinate pathways and IP flow liaising closely with the Principal Head of Dept. and Principal Echocardiographer. This will involve helping to schedule both inpatient and outpatient studies to ensure that available capacity is utilised as efficiently as possible. The post holder will be responsible for all incoming queries for cardiac diagnostics and will be the point of communication between administration staff, clinical, nursing and healthcare scientists and act as the main point of contact between the department and internal /external specialities, regarding requests for studies, timing of studies and communication of results.

• Serve as the point of contact for telephone queries for all non‑invasive cardiac diagnostics (except CRM follow‑up clinics) from GPs, wards, A&E.
• Coordinate with the front desk on any queries.
• Reschedule IPs and schedule urgent cardiac diagnostics.
• Liaise with OP Clinic for urgent cardiac diagnostics.
• Coordinate the sanctioning process for echo referrals.
• Assist in audit on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis and for scorecard data.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust‑wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person‑centred, digitally‑enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

• Demonstrate an awareness of the needs and priorities of co‑workers, both within the Cardiac Department and the Cardiac Catheter Suite; coordinate and cooperate with other members of the team.
• Attend and participate in departmental meetings and contribute to issues relating to quality of care, technical standards and efficiency improvements, as applied to own area of work.
• Demonstrate a basic awareness of stock control and ordering systems and of the importance of monitoring expenditure and efficiency of stock usage and communicate with senior colleagues to allow them to manage these.
• Undertake work in a timely and efficient way, meeting deadlines and keeping senior colleagues informed of changes in own workload.
• Maintain clinical documentation and databases as directed, participate in the provision of data for statistical analysis and adhere to departmental standards of record keeping with respect to accuracy, timeliness of completion and confidentiality.
• Exercise initiative and judgement in solving problems related to own workload, whilst keeping others informed and recognising when there is a need to refer problems to senior colleagues and being responsive to advice given.

The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.

Observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.

We want to be an organisation where everyone shares a commitment to delivering the very best care and feels like their contribution is valuable and valued.

At Kings we are a kind, respectful team:

• Kind. We show compassion and understanding and bring a positive attitude to our work.
• Respectful. We promote equality, are inclusive and honest, speaking up when needed.
• Team. We support each other, communicate openly, and are reassuringly professional.

Observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.

Be responsible, with management support, for…