Radiology Department Assistant - COVID-19 in Guildford

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.

Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall ‘Good’ rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older people’s care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic and hard working person to join the Radiology Department. You will be working in the CT, MRI, Ultrasound and general areas assisting the Radiographers. Your role, as part of the team will be to help provide a smooth, efficient inpatient and outpatient service, ensuring that patients are cared for in a friendly, professional and timely manner.

This is a patient focused role. You will assist both out-patients and in-patients during their time in the radiology department from transferring the patients to and from the departments, greeting them on arrival, assisting with their preparation for the examinations, and helping to provide a pleasant experience. You may be required to accompany in-patients during their wait for their examination to ensure that a safe and friendly environment is maintained.

You should have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a team.

The Royal Surrey County Hospital is a progressive and collaborative hospital dedicated to patient care. We are a 570 bedded modern acute hospital situated in the historical city of Guildford. The Trust provides a comprehensive service, with national referrals to several of its specialities. We form one of the four cancer units which make up the Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire Cancer Network.

Guildford offers excellent shopping facilities as well as numerous clubs, bars, restaurants, theatres, cinema and multi-sports complex. The surrounding countryside provides many village inns and outdoor pursuits.

There are excellent rail and road links to London, the south coast and major airports. A regular bus service links the hospital to the railway station and town centre

For further information please contact Janine Mace Radiology Deputy Services Manager email: Janine.mace@nhs.net or Wendy Dengate Radiology Services Manager email: Wendy.dengate@nhs.net