Radiology Appointments Clerk

37 hours (1 X WTE Mon - Fri including weekend / Bank Holiday rota) Successful applicants will require a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau. Would you like to be part of our very friendly, hard-working, and forward-thinking Radiology Appointments Team? If yes - we have a full-time vacancy in this area of the Radiology Department. The department provides a 7-day imaging service and therefore the post will include working across sites at both Whiston Hospital and St Helens Hospital's. Some evenings, weekends, and bank holiday duties on a rotational basis, are also included in the role., The successful candidate will work as part of a well-established team to ensure the smooth running of this extremely busy department, booking appointments for a wide range of radiology procedures including Ultrasound - both obstetric and general, CT, and MRI scans to name a few, ensuring patients are booked within the diagnostic waiting times.

Applicants should be very hard working, enthusiastic and well-motivated with excellent organisational and communication skills, be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines in a very fast-paced, ever-changing environment. An excellent telephone manner is a MUST, and a high level of computer literacy is essential.

Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trustdelivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals. The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales. Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

• CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme