Consultant Clinical Scientist – Head of Nuclear Medicine - 8D

NHS National Services Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and forward-thinking healthcare team as the Head of Nuclear Medicine. This role offers the opportunity to lead a comprehensive nuclear medicine service, providing expert clinical scientific support and fostering collaboration across departments. With a focus on innovation and patient care, you will oversee the delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic services, including cutting-edge imaging technologies. This is an exciting time to make a significant impact in a well-equipped department that values training and development. If you are passionate about advancing nuclear medicine and improving patient outcomes, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in nuclear medicine services and clinical leadership.
• Strong background in diagnostic imaging and therapeutic procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Nuclear Medicine service, ensuring high-quality patient care.
• Provide clinical scientific support to the paediatric nuclear medicine service.

Skills

Clinical Scientific Leadership

Nuclear Medicine Expertise

Diagnostic Imaging

Theragnostics

Education

PhD in Clinical Science or related field

Postgraduate qualification in Nuclear Medicine

Tools

Gamma Cameras

PET-CT Scanners

DXA Units

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

Nuclear Medicine

Consultant Clinical Scientist, Head of Nuclear Medicine 8D (Permanent)

Base – to be agreed - Acute Site within NHSGGC

Applications are invited to join our dynamic, forward-thinking and friendly team as Head of Nuclear Medicine.

The Head of Nuclear Medicine will be responsible for overall management and coordination of the service, providing clinical scientific leadership and working closely with individual department leads to deliver integrated, cohesive and comprehensive nuclear medicine services.

Four clinical sessions per week will involve providing expert clinical scientific support and leadership to the paediatric nuclear medicine service at the Royal Hospital for Children, working collaboratively with clinical resource sharing for this to the Nuclear Medicine service lead for South and Clyde.

Nuclear medicine provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine services to NHS GGC. Some nuclear medicine services are also provided regionally (e.g. PET-CT, molecular therapies) or nationally (e.g. SMaRT kids paediatric molecular therapy).

Nuclear medicine services include diagnostic imaging (including PET-CT), non-imaging diagnostic tests, theragnostics and therapeutics involving radionuclides and DXA for bone densitometry. These are provided via five primary departments at major acute hospital sites across Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

The department is a major training centre for clinical and non-clinical staff and students.

The physics-led service is well equipped with 14 gamma cameras, 2 PET-CT scanners, 2 DXA units, and an imaging computer network that is integrated across all sites.

Approximately 45,000 investigations are undertaken annually.

This is an exciting time to lead NHS GGC Nuclear Medicine services with the significant developments in both diagnosing and treating patients on the cancer pathway.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.