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Ultrasound
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
162-7069-NC
Employer
Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King George Hospital
Town
Ilford
Salary
£29,176 - £30,225 per annum inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/06/2025 23:59

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NHS

Band 3 Support Worker - Ultrasound

Band 3

 

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Job overview

We are seeking a dedicated Ultrasound Support Worker to join our Radiology Department. This role ensures smooth patient flow, supports Sonographers in General and Maternity Ultrasound, and assists in routine and emergency procedures. Cross-site working and rotation across Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) is required.

Key Responsibilities:

•Assist Sonographers and Radiologists during ultrasound examinations and procedures.
•Provide care and support to patients, ensuring dignity and comfort.
•Maintain hygiene and infection control standards.
•Support portable and theatre sonography when required.
•Perform administrative tasks, including appointment booking, record updates, and query handling.
•Communicate effectively with patients, clinicians, and healthcare professionals.

What We Offer:

•Work in a modern, well-equipped hospital with a supportive team.
•Access to professional development, apprenticeships, and career progression.
•Join a large Radiology Department with five CT scanners, six MRI scanners, and an Interventional Theatre Suite.

BHRUT provides acute care for over 1 million people across Queen’s Hospital (Romford), King George Hospital (Goodmayes), Barking CDC, and St George’s CDC (Hornchurch). We are committed to staff development and providing opportunities for growth.

Main duties of the job

•    The job purpose of an Ultrasound Support Worker is to provide support to Radiologists and Sonographers within Radiology.
•    They will be expected to prepare and tidy rooms, care for patients, be aware of vital signs and assist when a patient receives IV cannulation (training will be provided where this is expected of the post holder). 
•    Undertake clinical and administrative duties.
•    Communicate effectively with patients that present with different levels of understanding and/or behaviour
•    The support worker should be able to undertake several duties that support the activity of the Radiology department.
•    Undertake a flexible working pattern to support service needs.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year. 

The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role.  Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Nichola Ceesay, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4176. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person specification

Education / Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Experience using IT systems and software
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Patient Care or experience of the aseptic technique

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate recent experience in Health Care environment is required.

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with clinicians as well as patients and parents
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in radiology department or in Maternity
  • Has experience of using aseptic technique

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rakhee Jagatia
Job title
Ultrasound Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01708435000
Additional information

Ext: 5276

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