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Job summary

Main area
Radiation Protection
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Fixed term: 7 months (to cover maternity leave)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekdays only)
Job ref
193-7833133PCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hosptial
Town
Reading
Salary
£25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Nuclear Med specialist Receptionist and Rad Protection Administrator

NHS AfC: Band 3

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Please note: all vacancies automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Job overview

Band 3 Nuclear Medicine specialist receptionist and Radiation Protection Administrator

**This is a fixed-term post for 7 months to cover maternity leave.**

This position is split 50/50 between the Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Protection Departments:

  • In Nuclear Medicine you will be manning the specialism reception dealing with patients and facilitating their pathway. There are administrative duties too. 
  • In Radiation Protection there is administration including booking visits and updating the databases and organising workflows.

Main duties of the job

In Nuclear Medicine:

  • Act as part of team tracking medical records, answering queries and arranging patient appointments/ admissions where necessary. Extensive use of electronic patient record system (EPR) and other associated systems.
  • Responsible for providing non-clinical advice to patients and relatives as and when required as far as scheduling appointments is concerned.
  • To be responsible for cooordinating non-radioactive stock control and departmental ordering and purchasing systems in line with Trust procurement policies.
  • Use of the procurement systems for ordering and invoicing external sites, departments and suppliers.

In Radiation Protection:

  • To manage and organise the QA schedule kept on an Excel spread sheet, matching staff availability from Outlook to the equipment requirements.  
  • To maintain and update the training database, ensuring the integrity of the data issue of certification.  Provide summaries of training provided.
  • Schedule staff training sessions, including booking rooms as necessary, invite the trainees and answer queries.
  • The RP team provide the secretariat function to the Trust Radiation Protection Committee (RPC) and the responsibilities are to ensure smooth running of the RPC.
  • Take part in, and minute the RP Departmental monthly meetings.

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

Person specification

Communication skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills and command of English
Desirable criteria
  • Logical, appropriate and well structured writing

IT skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience with standard office software
Desirable criteria
  • Experience with Excel, EPR and Access

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Florence Nightingale FoundationNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy will automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
John Crossman
Job title
Head of Radiation Protection
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07500999147
Additional information

David Towey (Head of Nuclear Medicine) [email protected] / 0118 322  7355 / 8586

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