Medica Group is the market leader in the provision of telehealth services across the UK and Ireland. We are excited to offer a valuable opportunity for a Bank Healthcare Assistant to join our team at Merrion Ultrasound.
Radiology Assistants play a key role in supporting the Midwife Sonography team by providing essential administrative and chaperone support, ensuring patients receive the highest standard of care and experience. This role is ideal for individuals with strong organisational and interpersonal skills, a passion for healthcare, and a desire to contribute to the smooth running of a busy clinical environment.
This opportunity offers:
* Flexible/bankposition
* Workinginadynamicandsupportiveclinicalenvironment
* Exposure obstetrics workflows and patient interactions
* Valuable experience for those pursuing a career in healthcare
If you’re enthusiastic, compassionate, and eager to make a difference in patient care, we’d love to hear from you!
Who we are
Medica Ireland is an Irish owned award-winning radiology services provider employing over 180 staff members in Ireland alone. We deliver managed service solutions to public and private hospitals, and have direct to patient services in MRI, Ultrasound, CT, DXA, Obstetrics and X-Ray.
We are a clinically led, patient focused organisation with industry experts including radiologists, radiographers, sonographers and Midwife Sonographers. Our proven track record shows improvement in access for patients through the resolution of traditional radiology bottle necks and workflow inefficiencies, while simultaneously reducing costs for the hospital.
Key Responsibilities
* Assist the Midwife Sonographers in completing daily worklists
* Assist patients through the patient journey, verifying their identity, explaining the procedure, reassuring the patient if anxious, making them feel comfortable prior exam, checking safety questionnaires, and making sure patient is properly prepared and dressed for examination
* Provide emotional and physical support to patients during treatment, act as chaperone for intimate sonography examinations, follow all policies, procedures, and protocols to always ensure safety and dignity
* Transport patients to and from scanning areas, assist patient in changing area, if necessary, assist Midwife Sonographer with safe lifting and positioning during exam
* Help to maintain scanning systems and accessory equipment, report any fault with equipment, clean imaging equipment as needed, responsible for knowing how to clean all areas of assigned rooms according to established IP&C policies and protocols. Know how to set up ultrasound equipment. Follow Ultrasound probe cleaning protocols
* Monitor the use of consumables and re-stock clinical areas as required
* Complete clerical tasks such as scanning referrals, input of data, maintaining records, adding and updating exam information across different information and patient management systems
Qualifications
* QQI Level 5 in Healthcare Support (preferred but not essential)
* Currently studying Midwifery or Ultrasound (desirable but not essential)
Essential Skills
* Highly organised and able to deal with several tasks simultaneously
* Excellent attention to detail
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Friendly and professional manner and confidence in working with people at all levels in a company
* Real team player
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Ability to be discreet and act in confident manner when necessary
* Resilient, flexible, and open to change. No one day is the same at Medica!
Desirable Skills
* Computer literate and good knowledge of Office pack, especially Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint
* Dynamic personality with a willingness to consistently learn new things and upskill
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