Job summary
- Main area
- Research & Development
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Start date 27 October 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-AR-EMF18909
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey County Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £40,617 - £48,778 per annum (pro rata for par time) inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Research Nurse/Radiographer, Technologist or Physicist - Band 6
Band 6
Job overview
Band 6 Nuclear Medicine Research Post
A vacancy has arisen for a suitably qualified healthcare professional to work at band 6 in the Radiation Oncology Research department supporting our nuclear medicine research portfolio. The post would be suitable for a Nurse, or a Nuclear Medicine trained Radiographer, Technologist or Physicist. Based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford, this is a unique opportunity to join an enthusiastic and highly motivated team providing clinical trial support in Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.
Your role will be to provide support to clinical trials involving Nuclear Medicine imaging and Molecular Radiotherapy at the Royal Surrey County Hospital. You will work within a team consisting of 3 radiographers and 2 clinical trial coordinators that also supports external beam and brachytherapy research, but you will maintain close links with the Nuclear Medicine and Medical Physics departments. You will be involved in all aspects of clinical research, from scoping new trials, through set-up, costing and feasibility assessments, to patient recruitment, data collection, quality assurance and follow-up. The clinical trials include multi-centre commercial and non-commercial studies, as well as locally-led research projects in imaging and therapy.
Main duties of the job
The role of the research practitioner at The Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RSCH) will be to support the set up and delivery of research within the radiation oncology setting. The role will involve screening patients and monitoring patients during studies, assisting with clinical investigations and the collection and documentation of accurate data. The research practitioner will work collaboratively with all teams to provide excellent care for patients undergoing cancer treatments.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
The role involves using an in depth knowledge of research methodology and knowledge of the requirements of local, national and international research regulations.
• To assist the team leader in leading the team in the provision of high quality, research based, care that is patient focused.
• To support the team leader in the management and facilitation of the development of staff creating an effective team
Facilities in the recently-refurbished Nuclear Medicine Department include three SPECT/CT systems (including one general purpose solid-state CZT system), two inpatient molecular radiotherapy rooms, in-vitro measurement laboratory, and secondary standard radionuclide calibration facilities. There is a close working partnership with local private providers of PET/CT, including active research collaborations. The Nuclear Medicine Physics section has a joint clinical physicist post with the National Physical Laboratory, and has close links with the University of Surrey and active research collaborations with other partners.
Guildford is an attractive University town with the hospital situated on the pleasant tree-lined campus with easy access to the south coast, London and the Surrey Hills. The beautiful surrounding countryside is popular for walking and cycling, and includes part of the Olympic cycling route.
For further information Fabio Di Maria 01483 571122 ext 3748 or James Scuffham on 01483 406708.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Level One Registration (if applying as nurse) HCPC Registration (if applying as radiographer or clinical scientist)
- Graduate level qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience at similar level in relevant field.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- At significant clinical/research experience
- Experience of multidisciplinary working and collaborating with other agencies
- Management of resources
- Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development
- Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a small team, as well as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team.
- Knowledge and experience of handling complex relationships
Desirable criteria
- Clinical trials experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fabio Di Maria
- Job title
- Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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