Job summary
- Main area
- MRI
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22 hours per week
- Job ref
- 438-PB2196
- Employer
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Preston Hospital
- Town
- Preston
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/12/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 17/12/2024
Employer heading
Patient Pathway Care Coordinator - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Band 4
Job overview
This role will require you to organise the outpatient and inpatient GA / sedation workflow through 3 MR scanners on a day-to-day basis. This will involve liaising with referrers, anaesthetists, ward staff and multi-disciplinary team in order to keep outpatient and inpatient waits to a realisable time-scale.
You will work closely with the current patient pathway coordinator, anaesthetists, clinical leads and specialist radiographers to prioritise the work, identify any safety issues and cascade these safety issues to more superior staff in order to keep patients and staff safe in a dangerous environment. You must be able to understand and a good working knowledge of Excel as all outpatients and inpatients are recorded onto excel, and audits are produced from this spreadsheet.
Due to the high demand of the outpatient and inpatient workflow, you will be required to have good communication skills in order to cascade information to all relevant parties.
This is a training post to work under the supervision of the current patient pathway care coordinator at a band 3 grade, after completion of training the post holder will be regraded to a band 4, training is expected to take between 6 months and 12 months.
Main duties of the job
You will support and implement the delivery of excellent quality patient care within the MRI department and assist in the organisation of both outpatient and inpatient GA / sedation scans to ensure an efficient departmental workflow. You will work closely with the relevant disciplines of staff within the Trust/ network and with external agencies, in mapping the patient journey from referral to investigation, highlighting bottlenecks, opportunities for improvement and appropriate pathways of care relevant to the MRI agenda.
Working for our organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties to include but not be limited to:
- Liaise with patients, support staff, external organisations and ward staff regarding patient preparation and appointments for MRI procedures.
- Work together with the patient pathway care coordinator, anaesthetists, clinical leads, specialist MRI radiographers to organise the workload according to priority and ensure efficient work flow of both outpatients and inpatients.
- Communicate all relevant information to the specialist MRI team and to external organisations in a timely and professional manner to ensure seamless care.
- Communicate patient appointment details with patients and deal with their enquiries.
- Liaise with the relevant multi-disciplinary team members to organise GA scans and specialist procedures.
- Deal with enquiries as required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- English and Maths GCSE or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continued role development.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working in an acute healthcare setting
- Aware of the concept and application of confidentiality
- Efficient in use of Microsoft Word for Windows, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and the Internet.
- Understanding of MR safety
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of coordinating a patient workload
- Previous experience working in a MR setting
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
- Paul Lowe
- Job title
- Principal Lead Radiographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Rosie Koutsokostas - Magnetic Resonance Safety Officer
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