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Job overview

We are looking for either a Clinical Technologist or Radiographer to join our friendly team providing a comprehensive clinical Nuclear Medicine service to the people of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Northumberland. The service is across two sites, one successful candidate will work at both the Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital site. This is a full-time post for 37.5 hours per week.

The Nuclear Medicine & Bone Densitometry Department is part of the Radiology Directorate and performs around 18,000 procedures per year. On each site, facilities include a radiopharmacy, dual headed gamma cameras, a SPECT CT system, gamma counter, cell labelling suite and bone densitometry scanners.  We also deliver a range of molecular radiotherapy treatments (for example Lu177 Dotatate, Ra223 Xofigo, I-131 therapy).

The candidate will be expected to have good communication skills and be a team player. You will work alongside other healthcare professionals including Clinical Scientists, Nurse Specialists, Radiologists, Radiography Assistants and clerical staff to provide the very best patient care in our busy department caring for paediatric and adult patients.

• Interview Date: 24 October 2024
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be providing the technical aspects of the nuclear medicine and bone mineral density service within the Trust.

The successful candidate would be expected to:-

• Be responsible for the safe implementation of the practical/technical aspects of patient investigations.
• Adhere to Trust and local policies relating to issues such as infection control, etc.
• Implement local protocols, procedures and policies and contribute to their development where appropriate.
• Perform computer processing of patient investigations.
• Manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals according to Good Manufacturing Practice.
• Perform administration of radiopharmaceuticals to patients.
• Provide assistance for cardiac stress testing of patients where needed
• Contribute to the training of new staff

The above may change to meet the needs and circumstances of Nuclear Medicine and Newcastle Hospitals. 

• To ensure Trust and departmental standards and guidelines are followed

Candidates should hold a relevant degree and have appropriate clinical experience. Membership or working towards registration of the Register of Clinical Technologists (RCT) or The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) will be required.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.