Healthcare Assistant

The successful candidate will work independently producing radiographic images of the highest diagnostic quality with the minimum radiation dose to patients and staff whilst maintaining excellent standards to patient care. You will be capable of supervising and supporting a team of radiographers, imaging assistants, student radiographers, assistant practitioners and radiographer apprentices offering advice and supervision to less experienced staff. Participation in the community shift rota is essential.Main duties of the job General first line supervision of radiographic work within the Radiology Department. Tuition of the Radiographic students in Radiographic imaging and Interpretation. Supervision and coordination of the clinical team, performing imaging examinations at a consistently high technical and professional standard. Support the Band 7 Lead Radiographers for taking responsibility for the day to day activity within the x-ray department. Assist with & support development of Band 5 Radiographers and Assistant Practitioners ensuring compliance with department protocols and procedures. Ensuring QA, preventative maintenance and breakdown is completed and records are maintained. Involvement in Audit, Research and Presentations. Maintain correct patient records and statutory radiation records. Ensure that the code of Practice for Radiation Safety, as drawn up in the Local Rules, is observed at all times, and report any breaches or problems concerning these rules to the Senior RPS / RPA., To maintain a high standard of work and to strive for continual improvements in radiographic standards and patient care Undertake complex decisions by assessing patient records and referral information to inform clinical practice by selecting the correct imaging intervention from a range of possibilities to facilitate optimisation. Effectively communicate with other trust staff including support staff; professional colleagues; managers and consultant staff to ensure the appropriateness of imaging procedures in relation to the patients condition To provide specialist advice to junior staff /colleagues and act as a role model and to play an active role in maintaining and improving staff morale across all staff groups Deputise for the Principal Radiographer when required. Effectively and fairly allocate tasks to members of the team in order to successfully manage the workload of the area in which they are working. To explain procedures to patients in order to facilitate their full understanding and cooperation throughout the examination. To develop a good working knowledge of the functionality of all appropriate equipment within the department and ensure that competency frameworks are completed for all imaging equipment and reviewed annually To follow the statutory Ionising Radiation Medical Exposure Regulation (IR(ME)R) procedures, and undertake the duties of an IR(ME)R Operator. These duties ensure that practical tasks that may influence patient radiation dose or image quality are carried out correctly according to the documented procedures To ensure that imaging requests are clear and appropriate as dictated by the Royal College of Radiologists guidelines and take appropriate action if they fail to meet the guidelines and provide guidance for more junior staff as required. To use computerised and manual methods of documentation to provide accurate imaging patient records and ensuring the requirements of the Data Protection Act are complied with when handling patient information To counsel and mentor staff to promote welfare and knowledge of roles To provide indirect supervision for band 5 radiographers and direct supervision for assistant practitioners and to assist in their personal development. To provide supervision and training of student radiographers, assistant practitioners and imaging assistants when required, including undertaking student assessments as required. To regularly access personal Trust email account as this is a common mechanism of communication across the Trust. To log a datix incident form when things go wrong or if there is a 'near miss' event. Provide witness statements to support incident investigation. Ensure that any faults in equipment, fixtures, fitting or fabric are recorded and notified to the appropriate persons. Please see job description and personal specification for further details .

• BSc or Degree in Radiography
• HCPC registration, Understanding of Radiology Information system
• Understanding of Picture Archive Computerised System, Demonstrable post-graduation experience an element of which in an acute hospital
• Staff supervision
• Participated in emergency single handed out of hours duties, Communication and interpersonal
• Ability to interact within a multidisciplinary team
• Organisational skills
• Schedule own workload and run an x-ray room
• Participated in red dot scheme to identify small abnormalities in static images, advise medical staff appropriately, Satisfactory CPD portfolio demonstrating evidence of personal development, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday. The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.