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Job summary

Main area
Dental Radiology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working pattern: Monday - Friday 8:30-17:00/11:30-20:00 Late Clinic @Guys & 8:45-17:15 @STH)
Job ref
196-LIS9700
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's & St Thomas NHS Trust
Town
London
Salary
£30,039 - £31,088 per annum inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/07/2025 23:59

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Dental Imaging Support

NHS AfC: Band 3

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

This is role requires collaborative and flexible approach, and the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. The service is currently operational Monday to Friday (8:00 am to 8:00 pm). The successful candidate will be working collaboratively in a team of  Radiographers,  Dental Nurses,  Imaging Support Staff and Radiologists. 
The Dental Radiology Department is rapidly expanding and currently supports the following services:
  • Intraoral and extraoral imaging for the Dental Directorate, including Acute Dental Care and Paediatric dentistry
  • Salivary gland service, which offers minimal invasive intervention such as balloon ductoplasty and stone retrieval with the aid of fluoroscopy
  • Undergraduate Dental students supervision
  • Cone Beam Computed Tomography Service

The successful candidate will be required to work cross - site at Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital as well as rotational evening clinic work. 

The department is situated on the 23rd Floor of Guy’s Tower, right in the heart of the Guy’s Dental Hospital. We provide a full diagnostic service to all clinical departments within the Dental Hospital as well as a comprehensive teaching programme in dental radiography and radiology for the Dental School.

We are looking for a Full time Dental Imaging Support - Band 3 - 37.5 hours per week
 

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities include:
• Clinical Support - Supporting the Radiographers and Consultant Radiologists
• Chaperone vulnerable young children and adult during procedures when required
• Processing dental radiographic images using computers and digital processors.
• Care and maintenance of the processing equipment
• Scanning, Copying & Uploading radiographs in line with information governance guidelines
• Work in the Reception in a rota basis
• Work in St Thomas in rota basis - Supporting Radiographers in the Clinic.
• Maintained generic NHS.net email

• Other Administrative tasks
• Ordering & Receiving Consumables & Stocktaking
• Support Consultant in absence of Nurses
• Reception
• Manage queries and calls
• Organise patient transport around the hospital, on discharge and for other internal appointments.
• Ad-hoc tasks

The  above are not exhaustive list of duties.

 

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

The Dental Institute comprises three components:

•    The Dental Hospital of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust,
•    The Dental Hospital of King’s NHS Foundation Trust
•    King’s College London Dental Institute

The Institute represents a significant management challenge as its activities
cross both the NHS and the University sector. The Dental Institute is
accountable to each of its parent Trusts and the post holder, in conjunction
with the Clinical Director, is expected to ensure that the clinical services
delivered (by both staff and students) meet NHS standards of practice, and
specific Trust standards.

The Dental Institute is based on both the Guy's and St Thomas campuses; both sites offer modern facilities for the care of patients, teaching and research.
The Dental Institute is committed to becoming the major university hospital in the UK and to staying in the forefront of patient care, teaching and research. 
The Dental Hospital and Institute aim to provide excellence in the delivery of oral and dental care, training and education. 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:
• Clinical Support - Supporting the Radiographers and Consultant Radiologists
• Chaperone vulnerable young children and adult during procedures when required
• Processing dental radiographic images using computers and digital processors 
• Care and maintenance of the processing equipment
• Scanning, Copying & Uploading radiographs in line with information governance guidelines
• Work in the Reception in a rota basis
• Work in St Thomas in rota basis - Supporting Radiographers in the Clinic.
• Manned & maintained generic NHS.net email
• Other Administrative tasks
• Ordering & Receiving Consumables & Stocktaking
• Support Consultant in absence of Nurses
• Manned Reception
• Manage queries and calls
• Organise patient transport around the hospital, on discharge and for other internal appointments.
• Ad-hoc tasks

Please read attached Job Description for more details.

Person specification

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good general level of education (minimum of GCSE or equivalent A-C grades in Maths and English).
  • Relevant NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification or experience
  • Proven experience of using office computer programs including Excel, Word and Outlook
Desirable criteria
  • IT package qualification / training such as the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent Communication skills
  • Able to communicate clearly in writing, face to face and on the phone
  • Excellent organisational skills, with a demonstrable ability to manage and prioritise workload and work methodically, efficiently and accurately to meet tight deadlines.
  • To be flexible in their approach to the work, according to priorities and changing organisational systems
  • Ability to work within a team and develop good working relationships with colleagues at all levels
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of Trust hospital systems (i.e.: ROMEXIS, PACS, EPIC)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a patient/customer focused environment demonstrating the ability to deal difficult patients/customers and challenging situations
  • Proven experience of working in an administrative role and/or demonstrating evidence of Reception experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of an administrative role within the NHS
  • Experience of working in a hospital environment
  • Experience of working in a radiology department

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Juvy Aranas-Mirlohi
Job title
Senior Dental Imaging Support
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02071881872 ext: 55133
Additional information

0207 188 1872 Ext 55133/54308

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