Job overview

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Radiography Assistant Practitioner within the Imaging service. This new job role is to support the Plain film (General x-ray) and CT teams by improving access to imaging by providing imaging facilities closer to where patients live

The successful candidate should meet the core job specifications and be  committed to providing high quality, patient focused care at all times. We are looking to recruit a passionate role model who is keen to be part of our friendly, hardworking team and who subscribes to our core values as they are at the heart of everything we do. 

The successful candidate will be rostered between all service sites including the Community Diagnostic Centres at Redhill (Belfry) and Crawley hospital and Caterham Dene and Horsham hospitals. 

 Applicants will be expected to work flexibly depending on the service needs. Working days +/- shift patterns will be agreed upon by the line manager to meet the demands of the service.

The successful candidate must be reliable and organised;experience working within a busy and fast-paced patient-facing environment is an advantage. 

SaSH offers a range of development opportunities so read the job specification carefully; this may be a stepping stone to a great NHS career.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

·         Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.

·         National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.

·         We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.