Job summary
Employer heading
Radiology Department Assistant (RDA) - Mammography
Band 2
Job overview
The Radiology Breast Imaging Service is looking to recruit a new clinical assistant. You will be joining the imaging team at the Jasmine Centre in DRI, offering clinical support and providing high quality patient-focused care. It will involve dealing with patients, public and staff at all levels. You will provide support to radiographers and radiologist’s, which can involve dealing with patients who are very ill or distressed, therefore good interpersonal and communication skills are essential. Your role will be to provide assistance for imaging procedures and undertake/support some clerical duties within the mammography department.
Due to the sensitive nature of this post, only female applicants will be considered (this provision applies under Section 7(2)(b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975).
Main duties of the job
Maintain high standards of patient care and comfort including, support of patients when undergoing interventional procedures, helping with changing, and hygiene needs
To provide support to the radiology service, workload management and assisting in the clinical environment to provide optimum patient care.
To set up trolleys for imaging procedures both sterile and non-sterile, using guidelines given.
To assist the Radiologists, Radiographers and Sonographers in specialist sessions, taking responsibility for patient care throughout the examination by observing, and assisting and comforting when necessary. To apply dressings after interventional procedures and give aftercare advice to patients where necessary.
To deal with verbal and telephone requests and to send images electronically to other hospitals.
To deal effectively with patients in the breast-imaging department, and to maintain a professional demeanour in potentially distressing circumstances.
To maintain stock levels
To care for and comfort patients and relatives before, during, and after imaging procedures.
Working for our organisation
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, it’s our pledge to help you Develop, Belong and Thrive, Here.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.
Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential. Interviews will be carried out face to face wherever possible.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a caring profession
- Experience of supporting clinical work
- Computer literate - must be able to input data; update appointment and attendance information
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working for NHS
- Experience of working in a clinical setting / medical environment
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- GCSE English Language & Maths (Grade C or above) or equivalent qualification / relevant experience. or NVQ level 2
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 3
- Care certificate
- Awareness of rules around guidance regarding IR(ME)R
Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills with multi-disciplinary team/patients/relatives
- Good team player
- Ability to deal with clients who have barriers to communication (language, deafness, learning difficulties)
- Able to maintain client confidentiality
- Ability to deal sensitively and compassionately with patients, some of whom may have received bad news
Organisational Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to accommodate the demands of the post with flexible working as required and good attendance
- Able to prioritise workload
- Able to work under pressure
- Work in a logical & methodical manner
- To be able to travel independently to meet the demands of the post
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
- Laura Hill
- Job title
- Advanced Practitioner in Mammography
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01302642401
- Additional information
Kristy Keenlyside - [email protected] - Advanced Practitioner - Mammography 01302 642401
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