Job summary
- Main area
- Nuclear Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (End date: 12 months after start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-7336850
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
- Town
- Northwood
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum, plus 15% High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Healthcare Science Assistant - Nuclear Medicine
NHS AfC: Band 3
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Healthcare Science Assistant who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with good communication skills to join our small, friendly Nuclear Medicine team. You must have a flexible approach to working and be able to work closely with a range of healthcare professionals.
The Nuclear Medicine Department at The Mount Vernon Cancer Centre provides a diagnostic and therapeutic clinical nuclear medicine service to patients using sources of radioactivity.
The Department also operates a radio pharmacy that manufactures radiopharmaceuticals for the Cancer Centre and other hospitals in North West London, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,314 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
As a Healthcare Science Assistant in the Nuclear Medicine department you will be involved in supporting the delivery of radionuclide therapies for cancer patients.
The successful candidate assists with the day to day operation of a small two bedroom annex that is used for in-patient therapy and this will include laundering linen and some cleaning duties
You will be assisting our radiographers and technologists with diagnostic scans and tests as well as working in the radiopharmacy to provide support to the team that manufacture radiopharmaceuticals.
You will also be working in our reception, answering the telephone and directing enquiries to the appropriate person and assisting with tracking patient notes and filing
All working days will be varied and full training will be given.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- GCSE English or equivalent
- GCSE Mathematics or equivalent
- NVQ level 3 preferably in a patient care related subject or similar.
- A Level qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Basic Healthcare
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Working in a healthcare setting or working with the general public
Desirable criteria
- Working in a hospital department that uses radiation e.g. radiology or nuclear medicine
- Dealing with cancer patients
- Working in a small team
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Numerate
- Organisational ability
- Able to manage own time and prioritise tasks
- Good telephone manner
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic computer skills Familiar with MS Office
Desirable criteria
- Previous use of healthcare software such as PAS, RIS, ICE
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to work well under pressure
- Ability and willingness to follow instructions as they are written
- Good team worker
- Willing to work flexible hours
- Self-motivated Punctual / good timekeeping
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shona Anderson
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3826 2258
- Additional information
Shona Anderson can be contacted on 020 3826 2258.
Sue Douglas can be contacted on 020 3826 2269.
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