Imaging Navigator

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within the Radiology department at Royal Bolton Hospital. The department is looking for a forward thinking and enthusiastic Imaging Navigator to join our friendly imaging team., The primary responsibility of the post will be to monitor and facilitate radiology's compliance to patient pathways, either established or newly introduced.The individual will implement an escalation criteria and run daily statistics to help audit both compliance and performance activity. The post holder will act to mitigate risk of potential patient breaches by helping to arrange imaging appointments and ensuring formal and validated reports are available within the designated timeframes. The post holder will routinely liaise with imaging modality leads, To keep appraised of the operational position of each imaging specialty, accounting for planned downtime and planning service provision for all patient pathways. The successful candidate will also be the radiology's departments representative at weekly cancer PTL meetings.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced member of staff to be part of this specialist team, working across radiology's administrative and clerical department. The post holder will work closely with clinical teams implementing and improving patient pathways.,

• Experience of working with the public +/- healthcare environment
• Working with clinical and admin teams, across various levels and banding
• Knowledge of monitoring, recording and interpreting data, Experience of writing procedural documents, Problem solving skills, multi-tasking, prioritising, working to deadlines.
• Working accurately, data entry, interpretation, recording, analysis
• Computer literate, experience of healthcare software platforms
• Good written and verbal skills, working in a MDT etc., Organisational skills and attention to details.
• Confidentiality, patient, sensitive
• Awareness of patient pathways and processes, English & Maths GCSE or equivalent experience.
• ECDL or equivalent skills
• IG training, Diploma qualification or experience
• Medical terminology, radiology experience
• Service improvement / additional courses
  
  Working for Bolton NHS
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is a major provider of hospital and community health services in theNorth West Sector of Greater Manchester, delivering services from the Royal Bolton Hospital and also providing a wide range of community services from locations acrossBolton. The Trustreceived a 'Good' overall rating from the CQC in April 2019, with some key areas of outstanding practice. The Royal Bolton Hospital is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women's and children's services andis the second busiestambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester.