Healthcare Assistant

About This Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant to join our static PET-CT service in Ashford, Kent.

The unit currently operates up to six days a week to provide PET-CT services to the Kent region.

We are a growing and supportive unit with a busy PET/CT service. With further plans to increase our services.

We are rated Good by CQC.

Ashford is well situated in Kent with good transport connections to London. The fast train from Ashford International train station to St Pancreas Station is a journey ion under 40 minutes. The unit is well situated just off Junction 10 of the M20 motorway gives easy access to commuting. There is also a regular bus service to the hospital from the train station and neighboring towns.

You will provide support to the clinical team, as a HealthcareAssistant for which training will be provided. Pre-employment screening including an enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role.

This role is 40 hours per week, Monday – Sunday

Please note that we will be interviewing throughout the duration of this advert. Therefore if you are interested in this role an early application is advised as we may close the advert prior to the advertised date.

Skills and Experience Required

The successful candidate must have

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, together with a good standard of IT literacy.
• Typing skills are essential
• Previous experience in a healthcare environment is preferred.
• Excellent time management skills are essential in order to prioritise your workload to ensure a high standard of patient care at all times.
• Work within site protocols and procedures to ensure the delivery of a quality service
• Ensure sound knowledge of site RIS systems
• Work in an efficient and effective manner to maximise throughput
• Escalate to the Clinical Lead/Regional Senior any identified clinical issues requiring further management input
• Ensure full compliance with all current AML Policies, Procedures and extant legislation
• Actively participate in departmental audits
• Be reflective in thinking and outlook and be able to source advice, coping with multiple demands during the working day

About Alliance Medical

Alliance Medical are Europe’s leading independent provider of imaging services.

We combine service excellence and innovative imaging technologies to improve patient care and support NHS and independent organisations with their ongoing imaging requirements. Our approach has delivered consistent company growth for more than 30 years.

We operate a robust pre-employment screening process for all roles which includes proof of professional registration and qualifications, DBS checking and occupational health assessments.

We live by our company values to ensure the highest level of patient care:

Our Values

Leaders, managers, and supervisors have a particular responsibility to be role models in terms of how they demonstrate these values themselves and how they engage their teams to work in this way.

Collaboration:

We work together and in partnership for all our patients. We respect expertise and combine it to achieve more.

Excellence:

We never compromise. We strive to deliver the very best in everything we do to ensure the highest quality of care. We treat our patients and each other with compassion, dignity and respect.

Learning:

Knowledge and understanding comes from learning. At Alliance Medical we are committed to ensuring that each and every one of us keeps on learning and that we continuously look for improved ways of working.

Efficiency:

Efficiency in healthcare means more patients get better care. We constantly seek new ways to use the scarce resource of healthcare more intelligently so that more people can live longer, fuller lives.

Openness:

We act with transparency and honesty in everything we do, where staff are encouraged to speak up to ensure a safe and secure environment for our patients.