# Imaging Healthcare Assistant

**Company**: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £31554.00 to £33270.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Join our Interventional Radiology service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and become part of a team delivering innovative, minimally invasive treatments that make a real difference to patient's lives.

As a Healthcare Support Worker, you will work alongside expert radiologists, nurses, radiographers and clinical specialists, supporting patients throughout their journey before, during and after interventional procedures.

Main duties of the job:

- Assist the Operator and other qualified healthcare professionals in checking patient details in line with Trust identification policy.

- Assist the nursing team in preparation of patients, including completion of day-case admissions, observations, documentation, relevant safety checklists, and changing the patient into appropriate gowns.

- Undertake intravenous cannulation in accordance with Trust and Imaging policy.

- Answer patient or carer queries within scope of practice and escalate appropriately to a registered nurse or radiologist.

- Assist with moving and handling responsibilities at any point during the patient pathway.

- Assist in the preparation and maintenance of the clinical environment in line with Trust infection control policies and procedures.

- Assist with point-of-care testing under the close supervision of a suitably trained registered nurse.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme, Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.

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## Skills

### Required
- good level of computer literacy
- good keyboard and IT skills
- ability to work unsupervised
- ability to prioritise workload efficiently
- ability to work efficiently under pressure

### Nice to have
- previous use of Radiology information systems
- experience of working in a hospital environment
- previous NHS clinical experience
- previous Intravenous cannulation experience and training

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