Healthcare Assistant Oxford, England
Job description
About The Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our new team at the Oxford Community Diagnostic Centre, in partnership with Perspectum, supporting our MRI and CT service.
The role will involve meeting and greeting patients who are attending for MRI and CT scans, preparing them for their scan and assisting the radiographers.
You will be required to undertake IV cannulation, for which training can be given, immunisation against Hepatitis B will be required for this role. Should you not already have been immunised, we can support with arranging this.
As well as patient support, there will be some administrative tasks as part of our IT patient management processes.
This is a full time contract working 36 hours per week Monday – Sunday attracting a salary of between £22,672 - £24,335, dependant on experience.
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.
Skills And Experience
We are looking for candidates who ideally have previous experience in healthcare and a self-motivated individual who can quickly grasp the general duties in this busy department.
As a successful candidate you should be able to demonstrate:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, together with a good standard of IT literacy.
- Excellent time management skills are essential in order to prioritise your workload to ensure a high standard of patient care at all times.
- Excellent rapport and communication skills with patients, customers and colleagues to provide highest standards of patient care and service
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 operate a robust pre-employment screening process for all roles which includes proof of professional registration and qualifications, DBS checking and occupational health assessments.
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.
