CT Clinical Specialist

NHS; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 CT Specialist Radiographer to join a large radiology team. The role covers CT across UHDB sites, including Royal Derby Hospital, with a rotation to other sites as required.

You will contribute to a busy CT service, participate in out-of-hours work, and be part of ongoing service development and quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• BSc Hons or Equivalent.
• HPC registration.
• PG Certificate in specialist area.
• Evidence of Cross sectional imaging in CT department.
• Experience sharing knowledge and promoting quality and good governance.
• Ability to exercise professional judgement with sensitive patient information.

Responsibilities

• We provide CT scans using GE CT scanners across diagnostic exams including CTCs and Cardiac.
• Join a large, friendly team and become an integral part of an expanding service.
• CT services operate 7 days a week.
• Participate in out-of-hours work including on-call.

Skills

CT radiography

Patient care

On-call duties

Teamwork

Education

BSc Hons in Radiography

HPC registration

PG Certificate in specialist area

Tools

GE CT scanners

PACS

DICOM

Job description

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff, you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust are fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-\u2011represented in our organisation, and it's important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

if you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format- such as Braille, large print, audio or accessible electronic formats or you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

The Trust is proud to be a signatory of the Care Leavers Covenant and is committed to supporting care-experienced people into employment.

Applicants who identify as a care leaver and who meet the essential criteria for the role, as detailed in the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this within your application.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here's more about the role and what we're looking for;

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 CT Specialist Radiographer for CT at UHDB.

This is an opportunity for anyone who wishes to join our large and friendly team. We expect the post holder to already possess excellent patient care skills and be ready and willing to work within the complex modality of CT whilst continuously learning and supporting our team.

This vacancy will allow the successful candidates to work at all of our UHDB (University hospitals of Derby and Burton) sites. This post will be based at the Royal Derby Hospital and include rotation to some / all of our Sites, including Queens Hospital Burton, Sir Robert Peel at Tamworth, Ilkeston Community Hospital and Florence Nightingale Community Hospital.

Main duties of the job

We provide CT scans using state of the art GE CT scanners covering a wide range of diagnostic examinations including CTCs and Cardiac.

The post holder will join our large and friendly team, and quickly become an integral part of our expanding service. The CT services are operational 7 days a week.

The post holder will be expected to take part in out-of-hours work including on-call.

Closing date of applications: 19 November 2026

Interview date: 3 December 2026

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development


• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.


• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.


• We are the 4 th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.


• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.


• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.


• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.


• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.


• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, we may be unable to provide sponsorship Skilled worker: Health and Care Visa | NHS Employers

Important visa information: Due to UK Home Office immigration rule changes effective from 22 July 2025, applicants sponsored under Occupation Code 6131 (Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants) may not be eligible to bring dependants under the Skilled Worker route if their Certificate of Sponsorship is issued on or after this date. Applicants are responsible for understanding how these rules apply to their individual circumstances. The Trust cannot provide immigration advice. Further information is available on the Skilled Worker visa: Your partner and children - GOV.UK

Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

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Person specification

Qualifications

• BSc Hons or Equivalent


• HPC registration


• PG Certificate in specialist area

Experience

• Evidence of Cross sectional imaging in CT department


• Experience sharing knowledge, experience and for promoting quality and good governance.

Skills

• Evidence of using personal and professional judgement and experience to deal appropriately with complicated operational issues.


• Manipulation of CT equipment and images and act as a source of expertise for junior staff.


• Show an ability to respond to new technology and procedures, adapting own techniques.

Values and Behaviour

• Evidence of being able to manage and communicate highly sensitive patient related information.


• Show ability to work confidently under multi demand and significant pressures.

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position, we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB, we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for our role.

All correspondence relating to your application will be sent to you via our trac.system account. Please ensure that you regularly check your emails; this includes junk/spam, as your security settings may not recognise the sender.

Anyone from outside of the UK (excluding from the Republic of Ireland) will need permission from UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) to work in the UK and may also need entry clearance before travelling here.

UKVI is responsible for managing migration. To obtain a visa or entry clearance, you will need to meet certain requirements and demonstrate you have the right the work in the UK via:

• the points-based immigration system


• the EU settlement scheme


• eVisa

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UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Please ensure that you had read the Job Description and Person Spec and that you meet the criteria before applying.

Name Elizabeth Burgoyne Job title Interim Clinical Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01332 789635 Additional information

Elizabeth Burgoyne/ Emma Dempsey - 01332 783218

We'd love to hear from you! If you have any questions about the role, team, or working environment, feel free to get in touch for an informal chat. Speaking with us before applying is completely optional, but it can help you decide if this opportunity is the right fit for you.