About this role
Job summary
Sherwood Forest Hospitals are delighted to welcome enthusiastic, compassionate and motivated individuals to join our expanding Radiology Service as an Imaging Assistant.
If you enjoy working in a busy clinical environment, supporting patients and working as part of a friendly, multidisciplinary team, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
As an Imaging Assistant, you will play an important role in supporting our radiographic teams with all non-nursing aspects of patient care. You will help patients feel comfortable, safe and supported throughout their imaging experience, while working alongside experienced healthcare professionals across a wide range of services, including:
Ultrasound
X-ray
CT
MRI
This is a varied and rewarding role where every day brings something different. You'll be an integral part of the patient journey, helping to deliver a high-quality, compassionate service while developing valuable skills and experience within Radiology.
Whether you're looking to take your first steps towards a career in Radiology, develop your experience within the NHS, or are simply looking for a rewarding new challenge in a patient-focused environment, we would love to hear from you.
Come and be part of our growing Radiology team and help us make a difference to our patients every day.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Knowledge acquired through work experience in caring environment
Desirable
Knowledge acquired through work experience in healthcare environment
Qualifications Essential
A good standard of education
Desirable
NVQ2 care Care certificate
Experience Essential
Experience of working in a NHS healthcare/caring environment
Desirable
Previous experience in radiology setting
Further Training Desirable
Any associated training related to healthcare Basic computer skills
Contractual Requirements Essential
May have to work extended days in the futur To work weekends and Bank holidays
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)