Radiology Department Assistant - Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom - Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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This role requires the following skills:

  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills
  • Basic patient care
  • Flexibility
  • Organisational astuteness
  • An ability to multi task and prioritise work
  • Good IT and administrative skills
  • An ability to work within a team
  • To use initiative and work autonomously when required
Patient confidentiality is essential to this role.


The role involves working a combination of 7.5 hours and 12 hours shifts including weekends, overnight and bank holidays, to assist the Radiology service throughout the week, weekend and overnight.

Therefore, you will require flexibility with your working pattern to be able to fully participate in this roster.


The main tasks of the post will be to support the radiographers, radiologists and nurses in caring for patients, register the patients on the Radiology computer system and assist the Radiographers with transfer of patients if no porters are available.

There will be some clerical duties but training will be given for all aspects of the post.

Clinical tasks include chaperoning patients, cannulation, patient observations and assisting in minor procedures performed under imaging guidance. Competencies and training for this will be provided.


New members of staff will find themselves welcomed into a vibrant and friendly department that has an attitude of inclusivity.

We have an active social group comprising staff from all Bands who meet regularly to socialise after the stresses of the day.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.


The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs.

We work from two main clinical sites:
Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury.

Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites


Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.


Interview Date:

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