Job summary
- Main area
- Imaging Assistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 21.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 179-7369293-C
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
MRI Imaging Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
We are pleased to be able to offer exciting opportunities for conscientious, hard-working, caring individuals to join our MRI team as an Imaging assistant.
We currently have 2 MRI scanners at the West Suffolk site and a further scanner at our Newmarket CDC site which we are aiming to operate 08:00 – 20:00 scanning 7 days per week. This post is funded from the CDC and expectation is to work across sites and will include extended days and weekend working. This post is for 2 long days per week.
We are looking for individuals who are keen to learn and enjoy working with people. Need excellent communication skills, to demonstrate initiative as well as care and empathy towards our often-anxious patients. Your role will be key to efficient service delivery and patient experience. Wellbeing is a priority for our staff and staff are highly valued across the team.
Main duties of the job
Imaging assistants will be responsible for providing a range of personal care needs to patients and for carrying out a range of clinical duties under the direction and supervision of a registered healthcare professional.
Such tasks may include:
· Assisting radiographers working in the clinical area
· Welcoming patients and preparing them for their scans. This will include performing the initial MRI safety checks with the patients.
· Preparing the scanner, organisation, cleaning and preparation of equipment.
· Supporting patients before during and after their scans making a positive difference to their experience in the MRI department.
· Stock control.
· Administrative and clerical roles associated with our various IT
The Trust offers an induction programme to help you achieve your care certificate which you will be required to complete to fulfil this role and we will endeavour to help support and develop individual’s knowledge and skills in this exciting and challenging role.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view main responsibilities of role and main duties, please see job description attached.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Good level of written language and IT skills
- • NVQ level 3 or equivalent or has equivalent clinical experience.
- • Evidence of ongoing CPD
- • Care Certificate or commitment to undertaking and achieving the Care Certificate within initial twelve weeks.
Desirable criteria
- • Previous experience of being an Imaging Assistant or Health Care Support Worker
- • GCSE English Language and Maths A to C or 4 -9 or functional skills or equivalent
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working / communicating with the general public.
- • Communication with a range of different people including service users, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- • Demonstrate through previous experience the ability to escalate concerns.
- • Ability to work alone or in small team.
- • Demonstrates an awareness of the importance of keeping the clinical environment safe and clean.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working in a healthcare team environment
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- • Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- • Plan and prioritise own workload.
- • Able to manage and organise own time effectively.
- • Ability to undertake extended tasks appropriate to competence.
- • To demonstrate initiative
- • Ability to support patients.
- • Demonstrate awareness with MRI safety issues.
- • Demonstrate the promotion of equality, diversity and rights of others.
- • Ability to complete patient records in accordance with policies and procedures.
Desirable criteria
- • Able to cope when patients are distressed or emotional. (Training and support will be provided)
- • Desire to learn
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- • Occupational health clearance to carry out all physical tasks required with no known implants contraindicated to an MRI environment.
- • Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
- • Friendly, open, empathetic and compassionate.
- • Flexible approach to working hours and duties.
- • Ability to work in different locations under WSHFT inc Newmarket CDC
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Moore
- Job title
- MRI Service lead & Reporting Radiographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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