About this role
Job summary
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The post holder will provide a comprehensive support service to staff within the Radiology Department and the Dental Division, including Community Dental Services, while managing their own workload effectively. This is a multi-skilled role requiring close liaison with colleagues to ensure full coverage of Radiology support services.
The role includes acting as a Radiographer Helper, assisting Consultant Radiologists during Ultrasound procedures. Duties combine phosphor plate processing with clerical responsibilities in a busy, specialised Radiology Department. The post holder will also be responsible for trouble shooting processor issues, and Quality Assurance for equipment used in undergraduate teaching and trainee education.
Evening clinic cover is required on a rotational basis, encompassing both clinical and clerical duties.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a comprehensive support service to staff within the Radiology Department and the Dental Division, including Community Dental Services, while managing their own workload effectively. This is a multi-skilled role requiring close liaison with colleagues to ensure full coverage of Radiology support services.
The role includes acting as a Radiographer Helper, assisting Consultant Radiologists during Ultrasound procedures. Duties combine phosphor plate processing with clerical responsibilities in a busy, specialised Radiology Department. The post holder will also be responsible for trouble shooting processor issues, and Quality Assurance for equipment used in undergraduate teaching and trainee education.
Evening clinic cover is required on a rotational basis, encompassing both clinical and clerical duties.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide efficient administrative and operational support within the Radiology Department, including welcoming patients, maintaining accurate records on the Radiology Information System, and managing appointment bookings in line with national targets and IR(ME)R requirements.
The role involves handling patient and clinician enquiries, monitoring emails and image transfer systems, supporting film copying services, and liaising closely with multidisciplinary teams. Additional responsibilities include stock control, staff training on radiology systems, participation in audits and meetings, and ensuring confidentiality, health and safety, and environmentally sustainable working practices are maintained at all times.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Good general education, GCSE passes or relevant clerical qualifications
Desirable
Relevent Qualifications
Experience Essential
Relevant experince in hospital setting
Desirable
Relevant experience in digital systems
Experience Essential
Experience in working with a wide range of professionals
Desirable
Previous administration experience
Experience Essential
Relevant organisational skills
Desirable
Experience with working with the general public
Experience Essential
Relevant keyboard skills
Desirable
Relevant communication skills
Skills and Knowledge Essential
Good attention to detail
Desirable
Ability to demonstrate knowledge of NHS access targets and timescales, particularly those that apply to hospital dentistry, familiarity with medical and surgical patient treatment pathways
Personal qualities Essential
Ability to work as a member of the team
Desirable
Ability to follow task through to completion
Personal qualities Essential
Ability to use own initiative and prioritise workload in a methodical approach to work
Desirable
Ability to work under pressure
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address BDH
5 Mill Pool Road
Birmingham
B5 7EG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)