imaging assistant

Hull Royal Infirmary, the Women's and Children's hospital, Castle Hill Hospital, the East Riding Hospital, Hornsea Cottage Hospital and the Alfred Bean Hospital in Driffield. This post will also involve rotation to the new Community Diagnostic Centre in Hull & at the Wilberforce Centre, Hull . The hours are 37.5 working 8am-6pm over 4 shifts per week. This includes some weekend and bank holiday duties. An opportunity has arisen for afull time imaging assistant to join the forward thinking ultrasound team of the HullUniversity Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. You will be working as a part of a friendly team of dedicated and hardworking sonographers and support workers within the ultrasound department of the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. You will be required to rotate through Hull Royal Infirmary, the Women's and Children's Hospital, Castle hill hospital as well as various community sites. These are the East Riding Community hospital, The Wilberforce Centre, the Alfred bean Hospital in Driffield and occasionally, the Hornsea Cottage Hospital as well as the CDC in Hull city centre ., The imaging assistant role is primarily to help the sonographers and radiologists in delivering a quality service for all users of the ultrasound department., For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

The role has aspects of patient care, communication, IT, and some portering duties. There is a need for the successful candidate to be able to multi-task, work well within a team and have a flexible approach to their working site and hours. The service is provided over 7 days and the core opening hours of the department are between 8am to 6pm. The post holder needs to be flexible to be able to work any shift of up to 10 hours within the opening hours depending upon service need. GCSE English and Maths are essential, along with previous employment in a similar environment/NHS/care setting.. As this role is a development of the existing ultrasound service, previous experience in this area of healthcare is desirable. Previous experience of dealing with the general public is essential, along with good communication skills, ability to work as an effective team member and good organisational and keyboard skills. Role extension, CPD, KSF and flexible working are actively supported.,

• GCSE Maths and English
• Have or working towards NVQ or equivalent in healthcare, Healthcare or caring experience
• Good organisational skills
• IT and computer skills
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work as an effective team member
• Approachable manner
• Reliable
Communication and Interpersonal Skills,
• Sensitive to the needs of the patient
• Team player, Shows motivation in developing new skills
• High level of interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
• Flexible and reliable, Ability to work from all hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
• Able to work extended hours (between 8am and 6pm- 7 days a week)
• Ability to participate in the planned weekend emergency ultrasound service.
• Able to work flexible hours with sufficient notice.
• Able to travel extensively between sites within the employing Trust and wider Humber
  
  The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.