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Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual to join the Nuclear Medicine Physics team within the Durham, Darlington and Hartlepool unit of Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering.

The unit performs approximately 7,000 nuclear medicine imaging, non-imaging and therapy investigations across the three departments.  SPECT-CT is undertaken in an expanding number of examinations at the University Hospital of Hartlepool, and Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham have recently installed new gamma cameras at both sites.  Bone densitometry is also performed at University Hospital of North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital.  The unit provides specialist advice and support to other centres, including the Breast Unit at University Hospital of North Tees where radioactive Iodine-125 seeds are used for breast tumour and nodal localisation prior to excision surgery.  Work to build a new state-of-the-art central radiopharmacy at the University Hospital of North Durham is underway and the new unit is anticipated to open at the end of the year.

• Interview date: 24th May 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes /week

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Main duties of the job

This post  will provide the successful applicant an excellent opportunity to work with a friendly team and develop their nuclear medicine specialist knowledge supporting the work of 6 other Clinical Scientists within the unit.

The successful applicant will participate in all aspects of service provision, including equipment commissioning and testing, providing sound scientific advice to clinical technologists and trainees, and promoting research and development within the unit.

Working base will be the University Hospital of Hartlepool, however the successful applicant will be expected to travel between 4 hospital sites (University Hospital of Hartlepool, University Hospital of North Tees, University Hospital of North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital) to aid in service provision.

Applicants should have achieved state registration or be eligible to register with the HCPC as a clinical scientist within a suitable timeframe.  Trainees nearing the end of their training are encouraged to apply.

Prospective applicants are welcome to discuss the post and/or visit the department.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.