Radiology Departmental Assistant RMCH Radiology Weekend Manchester, England
Job description
Do you have an interest in working in healthcare?
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Radiology is a busy department providing imaging services from Birth to 16 years of age. This role as a Radiology Departmental Assistant works closely with medical and radiographic staff to provide a high level/standard of care to our patient groups. This can range from working in the Fluoroscopy rooms to working in ultrasound.
The Royal Manchester Children’s Radiology department provides an efficient and busy ultrasound service in a welcoming atmosphere. The department is modern with bright and welcoming surrounding. You will be a vital member of a large dedicated team that works together to deliver the best possible service to the patients of Manchester. To succeed you will ideally need previous experience of working in a hospital environment, have the ability to care and communicate effectively with a wide range of patients and have a flexible approach to work.
The post-holder will join our existing team of Radiographer Assistants, who helpradiographers, ultrasonographers and radiologists with their clinical work. Administrative and clerical work is also part of the role.
This post is primarily within the MRI Scanning service on the Weekends, working hours can be varried to supoort the post holder.
The Post holder will be workign in a clinical area with children, this may be supporting the preperation and explation of the procedures.
We will support the development of the post and post holder within the service;
The post holder will eceive a comprehensive induction and training in all areas,annual appraisals and be elagable forenhanced remuneration for weekend hours.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
