Image Support Worker - Bognor Regis, United Kingdom - Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

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Bognor Regis, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A vacancy has arisen for an enthusiastic Clinical Support Worker to join the Diagnostic Imaging Team at Bognor War Memorial Hospital.

The post involves supporting the Radiographers and maintaining departmental workflow on a daily basis, preparing and assisting patients in advance of their X-ray or Ultrasound clinics and chaperoning patients during a range of examinations.

Patient care and maintaining dignity and privacy is essential part of this role so experience in a previous healthcare setting is essential

The post will also involve administration duties when required assisting at the imaging reception desk, making appointment bookings and dealing with patient enquires

Daily and weekly duties include ensuring that the rooms are prepared for examination and cleaned after use, keeping cleaning records and maintaining and ordering clinical supplies to ensure availability and suitability of stock at all times.

Training will be provided for the essential IT Radiology and ordering systems used regularly in department - good computer skills will be essential

To support the Radiographers and administrative staff in the execution of their daily duties by maintaining the workflow in the department.

To prepare and assist patients in changing for their examination.

To correctly identify patients and ensure that they are ready in timely manner in advance of their examination observing patient dignity and privacy.

To chaperone the patients during ultrasound examinations with Consultants and Sonographers. To correctly identify the patients and ensure they are ready in advance of their examination. To assist the patient during the examination as required ensuring dignity at all times.

To ensure that the X-ray and Ultrasound rooms are prepared for use before each examination including cleanliness of patient areas and equipment, documenting daily.

To monitor clinical supplies regularly and to order replacements to ensure that stock levels are adequately maintained. To place orders as requested by Imaging administration and clinical staff and Imaging Manager. To escalate issues regarding stock to suppliers and purchasing. To raise purchase orders for the department.

To assist the administrative team in registering and booking patients onto the CRIS/Clear Flow system on the imaging reception desk.

To deal with enquires and bookings on the telephone.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is working towards equality and has policies relating to the equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery.

All staff are expected to comply with these policies.

Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health and Safety at Work Act and must follow these in full at all times, including ensuring that they act in line with all agreed procedures at all times in order to maintain a safe environment for patients, visitors and colleagues.

The Trust is committed to support the health and wellbeing of all its employees.

The post holder is required to familiarise themselves with the organisation's range of health and wellbeing support and report stress and ill health as early as possible.

Infection Prevention and Control is everybody's responsibility.

All staff, both clinical and non-clinical are required to adhere to the Trust's Infection Prevention and Control policy and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection prevention and control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Health Care Associated Infections.

Excellent care at the heart of the community is our Trust vision.

To make sure our care meets this high standard all staff must ensure that the three themes of quality care are provided in every encounter they have with our patients.

The three themes are safe care, effective care, and patient-centred care.

Main duties:

To support Radiographers, Sonographers and Consultants in the execution of their daily duties

To support the administrative staff on the reception desk and deal with telephone enquiries, bookings and post

To ensure patient identification and prepare for examination.

To ensure room cleanliness and preparation of both X-ray and Ultrasound room at the start of the day and in-between examinations

Monitoring clinical supplies and ordering replacements when stock levels dictate.