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Job overview

We are recruiting for a Clinical Radiology Department Assistant (RDA) who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. 

The post is based at the Lister Hospital and will include a rotation to all sites within the Trust (except Mount Vernon).

Each day can be different, and this is an ideal opportunity for a caring and enthusiastic person to enter the healthcare service. 

All mandatory training will be provided and there will be opportunities to broaden your skills through in-house training.

Annual performance review/appraisals are undertaken to enable you to progress your personal development within the department.

You will be working with minimal supervision and must be able to adapt your working practices as the post requires.

You will be required to work some evenings and weekend shifts.

The departments house state of the art CT scanners, 2 3T and a 1.5T MR scanners, 16 ultrasound rooms, fluoroscopy, dexa, nuclear medicine, angiography and general radiology units.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

To prepare treatment areas at the beginning of clinical imaging sessions and to prepare equipment relevant to the examination being undertaken.

To support radiographic staff in a range of diagnostic procedures and examinations. Patients may present with conditions that may include the unconscious, uncooperative, incompetent or may have mental and physical disabilities.

To assist in special investigations and intervention procedures. To perform patient monitoring and have a working knowledge of specialised equipment.

To explain examination procedures to the patient and give reassurance. 

To act as chaperone when required.

To assist consultant radiologists during specialised procedures which involve preparation of sterile trolleys using aseptic techniques, specimen slide preparation and accurate completion of documentation.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our 
catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation 
and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.