Radiology Department Assistant

Job overview

Welcome to QVH and thank you for your interest in our hospital.

This role is mainly patient facing but is a pivotal clinical support role for the radiology team.  Audit, stock and  system admin are additional aspects to this role.

This position is for full time but its possible to job share.

Main duties of the job

This post is for a full time Radiology Department Assistant who will support the radiology service in chaperoning patients and assist clinical staff and patients. The RDA team also are able to undertake cannulation training, assist in the x-ray, ultrasound and MRI areas. We welcome individuals who would like to learn about the radiology department and keen to champion excellent patient care.

Informal visits are welcomed and encouraged.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

There are a mixture of duties involving the RDA team:

• Assisting radiologists, sonographers, radiographers in imaging or interventional procedures
• Chaperoning patients for intimate examinations, procedures
• Patient cannulation
• Clinical audit
• Stock control and ordering
• Preparation of clinical areas
• Vetting of general ultrasound requests
• Clinical liaison with referrers, other departments, GP surgeries
• Managing busy patient lists
• Patient queries