Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Interventional Radiology Team at Frimley Park Hospital, part of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. Interventional Radiology is a rapidly developing specialty that delivers a wide range of minimally invasive, image-guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, providing effective alternatives to conventional surgical interventions.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of high-quality, safe and compassionate care to patients undergoing interventional radiology procedures. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, they will contribute to the assessment, preparation, monitoring and recovery of patients, ensuring an excellent patient experience throughout their care pathway.

The successful candidate will work closely with Consultant Interventional Radiologists, nurses, operating department practitioners and other healthcare professionals to facilitate the smooth running of the service. Many procedures are performed under local anaesthetic and conscious sedation, requiring a high standard of clinical knowledge, patient monitoring and communication skills.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop specialist skills within a technologically advanced and expanding service, whilst contributing to the delivery of evidence-based care and the continuous development of Interventional Radiology services across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high-quality, patient-centred care throughout the patient pathway, from pre-assessment to discharge.
• Support the delivery of a wide range of elective and emergency interventional radiology procedures within dedicated IR suites.
• Undertake patient assessment, preparation and ongoing monitoring before, during and after procedures.
• Deliver perioperative care, undertaking both scrub and circulating roles as required.
• Provide post-procedure recovery care, ensuring patient safety, comfort and wellbeing.
• Work collaboratively with Interventional Radiologists, nurses, ODPs and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure effective service delivery.
• Assist in the care of patients undergoing a variety of image-guided procedures, including endovascular interventions, CT-guided procedures, ultrasound-guided procedures and biopsies.
• Support the administration and monitoring of conscious sedation following completion of the appropriate training and competency framework.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and adhere to Trust policies, procedures and professional standards.
• Contribute to the delivery of safe, effective and evidence-based care within a specialist environment.
• Participate in service development, quality improvement initiatives and ongoing professional development.
• Undertake specialist training and competency programmes to develop the knowledge and skills required for the role.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.