Ct Imaging Department Assistant/in-patient - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

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Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Due to the expansion of the current Rapid Diagnostic Cancer CT services and the installation of a 9th CT scanner recently completed in July 2023, an exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and dynamic individuals to join the CT team at UHNM.

The CT scanning department currently has 9 state of the art CT scanners, providing support to a wide range of referrers, including the level 1 Major Trauma centre, Vascular and Neuro intervention, Paediatric, Musculo-skeletal, Cardiac and Oncology services.

We pride ourselves on the breadth of our clinical workload and expertise delivering the full range of CT examinations.

Being part of the University Hospital of North Midlands brings with it excellent career development opportunities.

The successful applicant will work as part of a multidisciplinary team based within CT to help ensure the delivery of efficient and safe patient flows for the CT examinations.

The individual must have interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.

This post involves shift work including long days, nights, weekend and bank holiday working.

There is a requirement to be IT literate and to review the Radiology Information System regularly throughout the duty to monitor the CT attendance list, especially with reference to A&E and Inpatients CT referrals.

Your day to day role will include: organising CT lists including maintaining patient flows in A&E, liaising with wards regarding inpatients, assisting Radiographers and/or Radiologists during CT examinations, cannulating patients and undertaking observation checks.

We expect hard work and commitment, a desire to deliver a high quality service, demonstrating good clinical understanding and a sound awareness of governance processes, demonstrated ability to remain calm and organised even at the busiest times.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford.

Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.