Job summary
- Main area
- Radiology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (4 days per week)
- Job ref
- 153-SP04127
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 pa/pr
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CT/MRI Care Support Worker
Band 3
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time position for a caring and motivated Care Support Worker to join our busy and friendly CT & MRI team in Poole at University Hospitals Dorset.
Base Location: Poole Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
As a clinical support worker you will be required to work alongside the CT and MRI team. This involves supporting the radiographers, providing care and comfort for our patients whilst preparing them for their examinations, I.V cannulation (training will be provided if necessary) manual handling and some administrative work. This role will require flexibility and adaptability, good teamwork and interpersonal skills, with excellent communication and organisation skills .Please see the job description for full details of the requirements
Applications are invited from individuals who can demonstrate a professional attitude to work, a high standard of communication skills, a caring and compassionate approach and a commitment to team working.
The successful candidate will be required to work shifts of 7am-5pm, 8am-6pm, 10am-8pm and 1pm-11pm (inclusive of weekends and bank holidays).
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To assist in the continuity of an efficient CT & MRI service. To be the first point of contact for patients and for their care.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- General Education to GCSE
- Basic keyboard/typing experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous work with the public
Desirable criteria
- Previous care work
- Previous clerical work Skills
=Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to work within a team
- Ability to cannulate patients, if not the post holder must be prepared to undertake this training
Desirable criteria
- Patient care and handling skills.
- Relaxation techniques
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amy Walker
- Job title
- CT&MRI Superintendent
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 2242
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