Medical Imaging Assistant - B3 Community Diagnostic Centre ultrasound


Company:	Mid Cheshire Hospitals
Salary:	£25,760 - £27,476 pa, pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Northwich, CW8 1AW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	23 Jul 2026
Closing date:	22 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Are you a keen, motivated person working in a health care setting looking to join a friendly and professional team in an outpatient environment? Or maybe you have worked in other public facing roles and would welcome a change of environment and a chance to help people on their healthcare journey.

If you are you looking to utilise and enhance your current skills and develop new ones then come and join our team!

We are looking for a Medical Imaging Assistant (MIA) with the skills and personality to complement our established team of Sonographers and Medical Imaging Assistants. The ideal candidate will be a team player with excellent communication skills, a strong work ethic, good attendance record, empathetic manner and good organisational skills.

Computer literacy/ experience are essential, as is a full clean driving licence.

The post requires a degree of self -motivation and the ability to cope with sensitive/ emotionally charged situations. Maintaining patient confidentiality is of vital importance.

The post will be based at Leighton Northwich Infirmary, although occasional rotation to Leighton Hospital will be required.

Once fully trained, you may be required to work weekends and evenings on a rota basis. Longer days (10-12 hours) may also be required as the service evolves.

Your broad remit will include:-

• Meeting and greeting patients and relatives/carers.

• Checking patient Identity details.

• Liaising with other clinical staff over the telephone and face to face.

• Ensuring the clinical rooms are kept clean and tidy.

• Acting as a chaperone within the clinical room.

• Close interaction with a multidisciplinary team.

• Ensuring clinical rooms are fully stocked. Checking supply levels and reporting back.

• Comforting and supporting patients.

• Assisting patients to dress/undress and transfer on and off clinical couches where necessary.

• Generally assisting where and when required.

• Clerical and administration duties including the booking of appointments

• Quality assurance checks on equipment.

• Assisting in interventional procedures.

Your day will be unpredictable and varied, and you will need to be adaptable and reliable.

Part time and full time applicants should apply.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.

The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

• Assist sonographers within the clinical rooms.

• Assist radiologists with interventional procedures.

• Actively chaperone patients, ensuring full awareness of the procedure at all times.

• Work in accordance with the departmental roster, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability when required to cover sickness/ absence.

• Ensure that an appropriate level of cleanliness is maintained, and that the relevant materials, stocks and equipment required are available and ready for use at all times for all clinical procedures.

• Cleanse, clear and restore equipment and environment after procedures and at the end of the session.

• Ensure infection control procedures are followed at all times.

• Wear appropriate PPE when required according to departmental protocol.

• Ensure that the ultrasound machine is clean and that all cables are correctly threaded over the cable guides. Check all transducers are securely placed in their holders after every scan.

• Change refuse sacks regularly.

• Check daily for linen supplies.

• Ensure that consumables are adequately topped up in the clinic rooms on a daily basis, and replenish to an acceptable level regularly. Alert the relevant person if there is a problem with supplies.

• Meet and greet patients from the waiting rooms, and check identification details in accordance with the departmental policy (name, address and date of birth)

• Communicate effectively with patients, carers and colleagues in order to facilitate effective care and treatment.

• Support patients prior, during and after examinations.

• Assist patients on and off the examination couch and help to position them appropriately for their test, ensuring that privacy and dignity is maintained at all times. Assist less able/ anxious patients to move and turn on the couch when required, taking into account any physical or psychological limitations.

• Communication with the wider team (receptionists, appointments officers and sonographers) when required to resolve problems and optimise patient throughput.

• Employ safe manual handling techniques at all times.

• Provide help, reassurance and comfort when patients are worried, frightened or upset. Talk and listen to patients when appropriate.

• Manage workloads efficiently and effectively, providing practical support to the sonographers to ensure a smooth workflow through the clinic rooms. Check clinic lists every morning.

• Answer the telephone and take messages, advising the sonographers of any urgent action required as soon as possible.

• Promote communication and service quality by attending and participating in departmental meetings.

• Use initiative to assist in covering lists in the event of a colleague absence.

• Undertake miscellaneous, relevant duties as requested by the Senior Sonographers and Operational Lead Sonographer.

This advert closes on Thursday 6 Aug 2026

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