PACS Assistant Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Croydon

Where clinical work meets digital application, an opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated, dynamic, and experienced systems PACS Assistant to join our friendly department at Croydon University Hospital.

The successful candidate will work within the PACS team to ensure the administration of the clinical systems is managed effectively.

This is a role with lots of variety and ad-hoc demands and the post holder must possess excellent time management and planning skills. The position provides the opportunity to work within a very supportive and welcoming team and to further develop existing knowledge and skills.

It is recommended that any interested applicants who meet the essential criteria should make contact for further information about this exciting role within a great team.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for all essential and desirable criteria required for the role.

Croydon University Hospital is a large urban DGH situated in South London, serving the needs of a diverse population of 360,000. It has one of the busiest A & E departments in London. Croydon has easy access to both central London and the south coast. It also offers a huge range of social, leisure and shopping venues, with excellent transport links to both Gatwick and Heathrow airports.

This role will primarily involve ensuring the Administration of the Radiology clinical systems are managed effectively.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, flexibility, working in a demanding environment / under pressure and reliability and must have an organised approach to work. They will be required to work closely with Radiology internal teams and Clinical teams within the Trust to ensure urgent radiology requests are managed within Radiology.

The post holder will ensure high levels of patient and clinician satisfaction by being an accessible, customer focussed and knowledgeable point of contact. To provide a consistent approach across the Trust, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) will describe how the functions of the role will be carried out, along with the timescales to which are to be adhered.

Working as part of team, including clinical staff, to deliver a responsive and high quality service to patients and other service users

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.

We are currently not supporting applicants who require two-tier sponsorship.

The department performs in excess of 250,000 all examinations per annum and has an active Clinical Governance programme. There are currently approximately 100 WTE Staff in post in the Diagnostic Imaging department, including 22 Consultant Radiologists and Speciality Grade Doctors.

If you would like to be part of a hardworking, friendly department, providing high quality care, please come and visit us and have a chat!

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