Radiographic Assistant | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

The Radiographic Assistant role is at the foundation of our ability to make a difference to our patients. Importantly, they provide the cement that binds our Imaging services together, across our dynamic and expanding department. They are often the first point of contact for our patients, either face to face or by telephone. Good communication skills are essential.

This role will primarily be based at the Royal Derby Hospital. There may be occasions for service need where the successful candidate may be required to work at one of our other Imaging sites at the Florence Nightingale Community Hospital.

Imaging Departments are integral to any hospital. The majority of patients who visit hospitals will attend an imaging department as part of their treatment. The imaging department teams are large and varied with a range of staff from a vast array of backgrounds, all with differing but perfectly complementing skills. It could not function with such success without each and every member of the team.

You may already have experience working in healthcare and hold an NVQ 2, but this isn’t essential. We do however rely on your skills as a “people person” hugely. Your welcoming, reliable and hard-working nature, to greet, screen and assist patients to change prior to examinations and procedures will be crucial. These skills may have been obtained from any number of previous roles or jobs.

Your caring and approachable personality will ensure that the needs of our patients are consistently met, as you are supported by qualified members of our team to adhere to the Trust's 6 C’s, CARE and PRIDE principles. This will involve manual handling, movement and positioning of patients with the assistance of the Radiographers to allow their examinations to be done.

Key responsibilities include:

• Meet and greet patients.
• Hands-on patient care.
• Chaperoning.
• Assisting the Imaging Team.

The good basic education you have will equip you with the necessary skills to interpret written requests, use a computer to access and input confidential information. It will also enable you to follow instructions and protocols with attention to detail that will be explained to you, but then to manage your own workload and think for yourself as your experience develops.

The close relationships that you will develop with your colleagues across the department will allow you to cope with a wide range of situations, some of which may be emotional from time to time.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development.
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI-generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert.