About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Assistant at our PET-CT Unit in Freeman Newcastle.

We are ideally seeking individuals with prior experience in a healthcare environment however this is not essential as full training will be provided.

You will be required to meet and greet patients and assist the Radiographers in preparing patients for their diagnostic scan as well as administrative duties for patient bookings so IT proficiency is essential.

You will also be required to IV cannulate patients as part of the role. Rest assured, should you not have any prior experience in IV cannlation, we will provide full training.

We are ideally looking for candidates who have been immunised against Hepatitis B, however if you have not being immunised please note that you must be willing to undertake an immunisation course.

To be successful in this role you must have good communication skills both written and verbal, together with good IT and administration skills and a flexible and enthusiastic attitude.

Please note that we will be interviewing throughout the duration of this advert. Therefore if you are interested in this role an early application is advised as we may close the advert prior to the advertised date.

Required Skills and Experience

The successful candidate must:

Provide a support service to the unit’s services, optimising care standards for all patients, staff and visitors.
Develop skills in line with Training and developmental opportunities and courses.
Maintain high standards of Health and Safety in line with current H&S Codes and policies.
Carry out other work and duties as the workload may require.

Excellent rapport with customers and colleagues to provide high standards of care and service
Excellent communication and people skills
Excellent time management to optimise patient throughput and unit efficiency.

About Alliance Medical

Alliance Medical are Europe’s leading independent provider of imaging services.

We combine service excellence and innovative imaging technologies to improve patient care and support NHS and independent organisations with their ongoing imaging requirements. Our approach has delivered consistent company growth for more than 30 years.

We live by our company values to ensure the highest level of patient care:

Our Values

Leaders, managers, and supervisors have a particular responsibility to be role models in terms of how they demonstrate these values themselves and how they engage their teams to work in this way.

Collaboration:

We work together and in partnership for all our patients. We respect expertise and combine it to achieve more.

Excellence:

We never compromise. We strive to deliver the very best in everything we do to ensure the highest quality of care. We treat our patients and each other with compassion, dignity and respect.

Learning:

Knowledge and understanding comes from learning. At Alliance Medical we are committed to ensuring that each and every one of us keeps on learning and that we continuously look for improved ways of working.

Efficiency:

Efficiency in healthcare means more patients get better care. We constantly seek new ways to use the scarce resource of healthcare more intelligently so that more people can live longer, fuller lives.

Openness:

We act with transparency and honesty in everything we do, where staff are encouraged to speak up to ensure a safe and secure environment for our patients.

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