Overview
General Imaging Assistant – Part Time – Band 2, 23 hours per week, Imaging department, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Closing date: 23 July 2026.
The post requires travel to various community diagnostic centres and mobile scanner sites within the region (currently, but not limited to, Whitworth (Matlock) and Walton). You will work across shifts between 7:30am and 8:00pm, including weekends and bank holidays, and rotate between areas and modalities, including satellite hospital sites.
Main duties of the job
- Clinical Support: assist the Imaging Team in the care of patients, including helping patients undress (if necessary), assisting during examinations/procedures, and helping with discharge and informing patients of results procedures.
- Register and book patients using computer systems; attend to patients and help prepare them for imaging; perform general reception duties.
- Escort patients to and from wards and the Emergency Department when required; chaperone patients during examinations when requested.
- Assist with processing of images and post-examination documentation.
- Maintain a tidy and safe department; ensure rooms are stocked with linen and other materials/equipment.
- Support the Imaging team in implementing the Trust’s Prevention and Control of Infection policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate awareness of the Clinical Governance agenda.
- Support research and audit undertaken by other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Assist, guide and reassure patients at all times.
About us
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well-performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and a positive financial position, the Trust was rated “Good” by the CQC following their latest inspection in February 2017.
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Job responsibilities
- Maintain a safe environment by adhering to local infection control policies.
- Actively participate in the Staff Development Process Review.
- Encourage, mentor and train all team members within GIA and CIA teams.
- Participate in stock control and in all audit and continuous improvement activities.
- Assist the Radiographic Team in caring for patients by completing imaging safety questionnaires and assessing patients for cannulation suitability.
- Provide immediate feedback to Radiographic/Nursing/Radiologist teams regarding potential problems with cannulae, patient allergies, ECG, etc.
- Assist patients for discharge and inform them of results procedures; monitor patients before and after imaging procedures.
Please note this post involves working weekends and bank holidays on a rota.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
- QCF Level 3 in Health & Social Care
- GCSE Maths (A–C)
Experience
- Experience in an environment involving people contact
- Previous experience in a healthcare environment
Skills and Knowledge
- Good organisational skills
- Awareness of confidentiality issues
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Demonstrates personal initiative
- Willingness to acquire new skills
- Basic computer skills
- Knowledge of CRIS system
Personal Attributes
- Empathetic, warm personality
- Flexible to meet service needs
- Reliable
- Motivational skills
- Smart appearance
- Personal transport
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, requires a Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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