Clinical Assistant Job Analysis

In the late summer of 2015, I needed a career change and wanted to do something that would be rewarding, meaningful, and challenging. In November 2015, I was invited for a trial and interview in the clinical imaging department at West Middlesex Hospital for an assistant administration role. I did not get the position, but I learned a lot from it as I worked a day filing the pending forms into the RMS system. I found it interesting that each scan had a different code. It was also good to find out that when checking the patient’s history, I have to check for the last time they were scanned as the hospital does not want to expose the patients to too much radiation in such a short time period. With this experience, I was able to see how the clinical imaging department of the hospital was run. …show more content…
I would shadow the administration side and the ultrasound department. I really enjoyed shadowing the sonographer as it was exciting when there was an interesting case. He explained to me that with ultrasound scans, you focus on the texture, brightness to darkness, and the size of organs. The ultrasound machine also had different probes with different shaped heads for different intensity of waves. The convex probe was for seeing deeper tissues, while the small linear probe was for seeing underneath the skin. I observed how he reassured each patient by explaining each step through the scanning process. While shadowing, I spoke to nurses, sonographers and radiographers, it was nice to see that they all came from different backgrounds and ages. It encouraged me that I could still get back into education even if I am a mature