Job summary
- Main area
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists/Radiographer
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-LIS8352
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Guys and St Thomas Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 p.a. inc. HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Nuclear Medicine Technologist/Radiographer
NHS AfC: Band 6
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
We have a new opportunity within our multidisciplinary Nuclear Medicine team for two Band 6 Nuclear Medicine Technologist / Radiographers.
The post holders will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and perform clinical Nuclear Medicine procedures whilst providing a high level of patient care. You will be working at both Guy’s hospital and St Thomas’ hospital sites and will participate in all Nuclear Medicine imaging services, DEXA imaging and cardiac stressing. You will be responsible for ensuring all aspects of the patient experience are of the highest standard whilst adhering to appropriate legislation and Trust policy.
Consideration will be given to newly qualified Radiographers, or those who are about to graduate this summer, without previous experience in Nuclear Medicine for a band 6 annexe 21 Nuclear Medicine Radiographer in Training. After completion of an accelerated in-house training program of approximately twelve months (minimum of six months), the successful candidate will then be moved to a permanent, full time band 6 Nuclear Medicine Technologist/Radiographer.
HCPC registration as a Radiographer, or registration with an appropriate PSA-accredited register (for example, the RCT or AHCS) as a Clinical Technologist specialising in Nuclear Medicine is essential.
Fixed term Annex 21 positions for 12 months will be considered for suitable candidates who are in the process of applying for registration with the RCT/AHC.
Main duties of the job
The post holders will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and perform clinical Nuclear Medicine procedures whilst providing a high level of patient care. You will be responsible for ensuring all aspects of the patient experience are of the highest standard whilst adhering to appropriate legislation and Trust policy.
As an integral member of the team, you will provide the highest quality clinical care whilst performing standard and complex Nuclear Medicine procedures and investigations. You will care for patients of all ages, who are suffering from a wide range of illnesses including life threatening conditions and terminal illnesses, requiring empathy and skills to help patients through difficult and complex procedures. You will undertake advanced procedures including sentinel lymph node, radiosynovectomy and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy amongst many others using highly specialised equipment.
You will be required to work in a timely, organised and caring manner to deliver the high quality, patient focused service that we expect. Participation in all aspects of Continuing Professional development is expected.
Working for our organisation
The Nuclear Medicine Service has revenue streams of £6.5M and an establishment of around 55 WTE. It is one of the largest nuclear medicine services in the country. The Nuclear Medicine department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ strives to provide excellence in nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging, radionuclide therapies, bone mineral densitometry (DEXA), and radiopharmaceutical production. The Nuclear Medicine department has an international reputation for teaching, research and professional development. The department currently has 6 gamma cameras, including 3 hybrid imaging units, as well as 3 DEXA scanners.
The nuclear medicine team is large and comprises of dedicated staff from a wide variety of backgrounds and expertise. Our work is carried out in a mutually supportive atmosphere where we can use our combined knowledge to always put our patients first.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main clinical responsibilities will be:
- Perform routine Nuclear Medicine procedures without direct supervision, in a timely and accurate manner with due regard to the Health and Safety of self, staff and patients. To be able to operate most hardware and software used in the department.
- To take responsibility for patient consent, identification and relevant clinical history taking prior to commencement of imaging in accordance with Trust and professional legislation
- Ensure that all standard operating procedures, protocols and guidelines are adhered to.
- To act as an operator under IR(ME)R .
- To undertake both routine administration of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals and phlebotomy and laboratory skills.
- Provide clear instructions and descriptions of all procedures to staff, patients and relatives as necessary.
- To assist in preparation of cardiac stress testing.
- To provide clinical information to the patient whilst interpreting, negotiating and adapting the procedure as appropriate.
- Optimally use all supporting and immobilisation devices on patients to achieve diagnostically accurate studies.
- To ensure that all images are of the highest diagnostic quality possible and that they are presented for reporting in timely and accurate manner.
- To undertake the preparation of and production of all radiopharmaceuticals.
- Assist in Quality Assurance of all relevant equipment.
- To participate in waste monitoring and storage.
The post holders will work as part of the Multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible to the Site Principal Technologist and accountable to the Chief Technologist.
Person specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) Radiography/Nuclear Medicine or equivalent.
- Cannulation/IV Administration qualification.
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a radiographer, Registration with an appropriate PSA accredited register (eg, RCT, AHCS) as a Clinical Technologist (Nuclear Medicine)
Desirable criteria
- PgD/MSc Nuclear Medicine, or equivalent experience.
- BLS/ILS qualification.
Previous experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification experience in an acute hospital environment
- Proven experience in a wide range of Nuclear Medicine investigations
- Competent in routine data acquisition and analysis
- Ability to work in a multi disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Significant experience in a healthcare environment
- Experience in supervision and training of students
Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability
Essential criteria
- Adept at putting theory into practice
- Competent to follow department procedures and policies unsupervised whilst understanding the need for Senior Managers’ intervention and support
- Ability to agree and deliver departmental and Trust objectives
- Take responsibility for Continuing Professional Development in conjunction with planned training and development, appraisals and relevant professional meetings and courses
- Demonstrate a duty of care to patients and staff
- Understanding of the need to adhere to relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines including IRR, IR(M)ER 2018, ISO 9001:2000, MARS (ARSAC) EA guidelines and registration, MHRA
- Proven keyboard skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office and IT in general
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
- Eugene Lee
- Job title
- Chief technologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071884112
- Additional information
Damion Bailey
Education, Workforce & Professional Development lead
Damion,[email protected]
02077188 7188 ext 51593
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