Imaging Department Assistant- Bank

Overview

The successful applicant is required to provide a supportive role to the Ultrasound team ensuring the delivery of an efficient and effective service. You will work as part of the team to give the best quality of service by assisting sonographers, nurses and medical staff by carrying out non-radiographic clinical and non-clinical tasks within the Maternity and General Medical Ultrasound Departments throughout the Imaging Directorate.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

• Provide a supportive role to the Ultrasound team to help deliver an efficient and effective service.
• Assist sonographers, nurses and medical staff by carrying out non-radiographic clinical and non-clinical tasks within the Maternity and General Medical Ultrasound Departments across the Imaging Directorate.
• Support the Ultrasound Department with a 7 day service with hours between 8.30 am and 8.00 pm across Royal Stoke and County sites and multiple community units.
• Maintain confidentiality and demonstrate a professional attitude focused on the dignity and well-being of the patient.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; experience of direct patient care desirable but not essential.
• Confidentiality is vitally important and basic computer skills are essential; ability to work as part of a team.
• Vehicle ownership and a full driving licence are essential due to the requirement to travel across sites.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we are highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000-strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is important to us, with options for full-time, part-time and bank hours and flexible working where relevant to the role and service.