IR Radiology Care Assistant, Band 3
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 25/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a front-line position as an IR Radiology Care Assistant, responsible for greeting patients, preparing them for examinations, and assisting with procedures. The role involves administrative and housekeeping tasks, patient monitoring, and supporting the nursing team in two Interventional Day Case Units. You will also transfer patients and contribute to maintaining a clean and safe department within a multidisciplinary team.
Key responsibilities
- Meet and greet patients upon arrival, making them feel safe and secure.
- Prepare patients for examinations/procedures, including providing clear instruction, assisting with changing, cannulation, and radiation protection screening.
- Perform administrative and housekeeping tasks to facilitate effective service delivery.
- Monitor patients for the duration of their visit, including vital signs observations as required.
- Support the nursing team in providing quality patient care in two Interventional Day Case Units across sites.
- Transfer patients to and from the department, as well as in and out of examination rooms and onto specific imaging tables.
Essential criteria
- GCSE English and Maths grade C or equivalent
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Resilient under pressure
- Caring and Compassionate with understanding Trust values
Desirable criteria
- Previous Healthcare/NHS Experience
- Be able to work under pressure and prioritize workload. Be able to deal with day-to-day decisions when working single-handed
- Experience of Radiology Appointments, CRIS or the Trak Care patient system.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
IR Radiology Care Assistant, Band 3
The closing date is 25 September 2026
Job summary
This is a front line position and you will often be the first health care worker that the patients see in our department so it is therefore essential that you are a good communicator and can greet each individual with respect and dignity.
As an overview of the predominant tasks include:
- Meet and greet patients upon arrival, making them feel safe and secure in our care across the two acute hospitals in our Trust.
- prepare patients for their examinations/procedures. This includes providing clear instruction,assisting with changing, cannulation and radiation protection screening.
- perform administrative and house keeping tasks to facilitate effective service delivery
- monitoring patients for the duration of their visit, including vital signs observations as required
-support the nursing team in providing quality patient care in two Interventional Day Case Units across sites.
- Transfer of patients to and from the department as well as in and out of examination rooms and onto specific imaging tables.
- contribute to a clean and safe department, complying with policies and reporting faults quickly
- working within a multidisciplinary team to provide essential services to almost every patient that visits the hospital
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