Job summary
- Main area
- Nuclear Medicine Radiographer
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 15 months (mat leave cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8724MF-A
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick park hospital
- Town
- harrow
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Nuclear Medicine Radiographer
Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for highly motivated and dedicated band 6 Radiographers to join the Nuclear Medicine team at London North West University Hospitals NHS Trust.
When making your application for this role, in the supporting statement you must first tell us in no more than 100 words why you would be suitable for this role.
Main duties of the job
· Aseptically dispense radiopharmaceuticals.
· Undertake a wide variety of routine and research radionuclide investigations (to include scan acquisition and processing, sending images via DICOM to PACS for reporting, and archiving of clinical data.
· Assist the management of Quality Control for the Nuclear Medicine Department.
· Perform non-imaging nuclear medicine investigations.
· Perform IV cannulation and administer IV radioactive medicinal products (radiopharmaceuticals) and assesses contra-indications.
· Administer subcutaneous, intradermal and oral radiopharmaceuticals.
· Update and maintain the patients’ clinical records and assist in the management of administration and waste documentation for radiopharmaceuticals / radioactive waste.
· Assist in radioactive waste management under the direction of the Superintendent Radiographer and in compliance with the Environment Agency’s requirements and documentation.
· Supervise Radiographers/Assistant Practitioners and Students in their practice and mentor where appropriate.
· To provide a high standard of expertise and care, and lead areas of the department in the absence of the Modality Superintendent.
· To provide an efficient diagnostic imaging service I that is patient focused in and out of normal working hours.
· To foster the HEART Values of the Trust
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- Previous NM experience
- HCPC registered
- Relevant qualification as per JD • BSc Radiography or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience as NM Radiographer
- Post graduate qualification in Nuclear Medicine
- • Knowledge of QA testing. • RPS Trained. • Member of a specialist Imaging Group such as TIG, GIRSIG or Association of Paediatric Radiographers.
essential criteria
Essential criteria
- • BSc Radiography or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- • Post graduate qualification in Nuclear Medicine
interview criteria
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate commitment to Trust HEART values: honesty, equity, accountability, respect, and teamwork. Demonstrate commitment to place Quality at our HEART
- • Good knowledge of all aspects of radionuclide imaging, including SPECT CT
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of teaching and training students and other new members of staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Victoria Topley
- Job title
- Lead Radiographer Nuclear Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02088693271
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