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Job overview

We are recruiting for the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Ely!  

Are you passionate about exceptional healthcare and would you like to make a difference in your local community? The opening of the new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at Ely presents an exciting opportunity for the role of clinical Chaperones.

The aim of the new CDC is to make it easier for people to access diagnostic services such as CT, X-Ray, MRI, Ultrasound, Echo and Respiratory outside of acute hospital facilities. This approach will help alleviate the pressure on hospitals, offer quicker access to tests, and enhance convenience for patients.

As a clinical chaperone, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, assisting with patient care during tests and investigations. You will also provide support with administrative tasks when required. You will serve as a champion for patient safety and act as an ambassador for NHS values ensuring excellent healthcare and customer service.

This is a great opportunity to start your career in the NHS! 

We encourage professional development opportunities to grow within the scope of practice and up-skill yourself with support from the wider team. 

This is a full time position, 37.5 flexible working hours per week in order to support a service that will eventually run 7 days a week and extended hours 8am-8pm. 

We look forward to meeting you, apply now!!

Main duties of the job

• You will work as part of a team providing a high quality of service to patients, colleagues and the public
• You will provide chaperoning whilst patients are undergoing tests and interventions.
• You will assist the safe and effective running of the CDC through maintaining infection control standards, assisting with the cleanliness and tidiness of the areas.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.