Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Hartlepool Nuclear Medicine
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (01 January 2026 - 03 January 2027)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-37-024
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- 317 Trustwide
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 17/10/2025
Employer heading
Radiographer (Nuclear Medicine)
Band 5
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
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, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
Are you a HCPC registered radiographer looking to gain experience in nuclear medicine?
An opportunity has arisen to join the nuclear medicine team at University Hospital of Hartlepool on a fixed term basis for 12 months. The department performs approximately 4,000 adult and paediatric nuclear medicine imaging, non-imaging and therapy investigations each year. SPECT-CT is undertaken in an expanding number of examinations and there is an on-site radiopharmacy. After a period of induction, working pattern will be a fixed 9:45 – 1800, Monday-Friday, although some flexibility is essential to the post.
- Interview Date Friday 17 October 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
This is a fixed term post that will provide the successful applicant an excellent opportunity to work with a friendly multi-disciplinary team to gain experience in nuclear medicine imaging.
The successful applicant will ensure that high quality patient centred care is provided and accurate, high quality nuclear medicine and SPECT-CT images are acquired. Further development opportunities with the department may be available.
Informal enquiries and visit to the department are encouraged.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be part of a team delivering a high quality efficient and effective nuclear medicine service, to make an informed decision on the diagnostic images required and demonstrate a professional, caring, and responsible approach to patients.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) registered
- BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography – three-year programme or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- ECDL
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- A comprehensive CPD portfolio
- Relevant IT competency and in-depth knowledge of Radiology Information System
- Working knowledge of all relevant professional and NHS policies and procedures
- A working knowledge of radiation protection and methods of reducing patient radiation dose
Desirable criteria
- A detailed knowledge and understanding of radiation protection legislation
- (IR (ME) R)
- IT skills (RIS/PACS )
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to work effectively in a team or independently as required
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
- Sharon Marsden
- Job title
- Senior Clinical Technologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01429522680
- Additional information
Karen Whicker
Consultant Medical Physicist
01429522681
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