Job summary
- Main area
- Nuclear Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-LIS10266E
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Harefield Hospital
- Town
- Harefield
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 per annum incl. HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Superintendent Technologist / Radiographer
NHS AfC: Band 7
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Royal Brompton & Harefield hospital is the largest heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We are a specialist hospital which are known throughout the world for our expertise, standard of care and research success.
We are a Cardiothoracic Imaging Department and have a close working relationship with Cardiology. We have an excellent proactive attitude towards the role development of Radiographers/Technologists and skills mix with other professions.
The Imaging Department has Cardiac Catheter Laboratories, an MRI, CT scanner, Nuclear Medicine Department, DR, CR and PACS.
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Radiographer/Technologist who is interested in developing their role further in Nuclear Medicine.
The department has a dedicated cardiac gamma camera and a SPECT CT camera, with a variety of both cardiac and non-cardiac imaging. This role requires a candidate with good leadership and organisational skills to promote service development, participate in research activities and encourage an active learning environment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to work as a deputy superintendent radiographer/technologist helping run a busy Nuclear Medicine department. You will be required to undertake a wide variety of both cardiac and non-cardiac radioisotope examinations. As well as this, you will lead the cardiac stressing of patients.
Working for our organisation
Our Nuclear Medicine department consists of around 15 members of staff which offers a dynamic and collaborative environment. It involves a mix of medical professionals, technologists/radiographers, physicists and support staff, all dedicated to providing advanced diagnostic services. The team works closely to ensure accurate imaging, safe handling of radioactive materials, and compassionate patient care. Despite the technical complexities, the environment fosters continuous learning and teamwork, making it rewarding for those interested in both medicine and cutting-edge technology. The relatively small team size encourages close communication, efficient decision-making, and a strong sense of community among colleagues. Overall, it's a role that combines expertise with a commitment to improving patient outcomes, all within a specialized, fast evolving medical field.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)
- To authorise radioisotope examinations under protocol in accordance with IR(ME)R 2017 having first assessed the clinical requirements and sought guidance from hospital policies and procedures.
- To take the patient’s clinical history, relevant to the radioisotope examination.
- To act as an Operator under IR(ME)R 2017 regulations performing radioisotope examinations having sought guidance from hospital policies and procedures and understanding the clinical significance of the study.
- To accurately position patients for their radioisotope examinations taking care to follow the Trust’s policy on manual handling.
- To prepare patients for cardiac stress testing by dynamic or pharmacological stress, including the positioning of 12 lead ECG.
- To perform IV cannulation.
- To assist with the stressing of cardiac patients by dynamic or pharmacological stress, including the use of treadmill, drawing up of medications and taking blood pressure measurements.
- To lead the stressing of cardiac patients having first decided whether to perform dynamic exercise or pharmacological stress. You will have sought guidance from hospital policies and procedures. You will be expected to take the lead rectifying any adverse patient outcome, until medical support arrives. You will accept responsibility for the diagnostic significance of your stress techniques and for the serious implications for patient safety.
- To advise patients with regards to stopping their medications prior to the radioisotope examination, having sought guidance from the hospital policies and procedures. You should understand both the implications for patient safety and the diagnostic significance.
- To provide advice and where appropriate counselling to anxious patients regarding the risks/benefits of using radioisotopes. You will be aware of the often emotive, complex, and sensitive nature of this information, and try to overcome these barriers.
- To provide comfort to those patients concerned about the implications to their health from the examination results.
- To decide whether to administer a range of drugs (in particular GTN and Frusemide), having sought guidance from the hospital policies and procedures. You should understand both the implications for patient safety and the diagnostic significance.
- To be competent in basic ECG recognition, including fatal arrhythmias.
- To perform those tasks required of an individual, trained to ALS standard during an arrest scenario.
- To ensure that radioisotopes are handled, stored, and disposed of in a safe manner and to ensure that such matters are appropriately recorded as required by various legislations.
- To be able to competently select the appropriate radioisotope for the scan, dispense the correct activity, according to ARSAC guidance, and to administer the radioisotope to the patient.
- To ensure that environmental monitoring is performed to assess any spillage of radioisotopes.
- To ensure that any spillage of radioisotopes is dealt with in an appropriate manner, including any spillages outside of the department, in line with the Trust’s policies and procedures.
- Maintain a clean working environment including prompt cleaning and use of correct methods in cleaning up bodily fluid spillages, understanding, and dealing with infectious materials in accordance with hospital policy. To be vigilant in hand washing technique and the appropriate use of PPE.
- To perform the day-to-day maintenance and QC program of the gamma cameras and associated equipment.
- To carry out data analysis on radioisotope examinations. You will have to possess an in-depth understanding of the science underpinning the study, as you will often have to make difficult judgement using complex scientific assumptions. You will take personal responsibility for the decisions you make; appreciating the fact that colleagues may not have the skills to verify, what is often groundbreaking work.
- To interpret radioisotope examinations in line with the clinical history and make decisions on further imaging to be performed.
- To do data archiving of all clinical equipment’s being used in the NM department.
Please review job description for further information on the role responsibilities.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- DCR, HNC, Medical Physics or equivalent degree
- HCPC or RCT registered
Desirable criteria
- MSc in Nuclear Medicine
Previous experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification experience of Nuclear Medicine
- NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- Post qualification experience in Nuclear Cardiology
Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In depth understanding of the physics, clinical biology, radiochemistry and related sciences and their application within Nuclear Medicine
- Good understanding of the legislation's that govern Nuclear Medicine
- Good understanding and recognition of ECG
Desirable criteria
- ALS certificate holder
- Experience in cardiac lead stressing
- Managerial experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rommel Manlapig
- Job title
- Nuclear Medicine Superintendent
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895828880
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