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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Technologist to join the Nuclear Medicine team at Darlington Memorial Hospital, performing radiopharmaceutical administration and DEXA scanning as part of a busy service delivering hundreds of examinations annually.

The role includes quality control, patient care, and collaboration across sites, with opportunities for training and professional development within a supportive medical physics and clinical engineering

Qualifications

• Registered radiographers or science graduates welcome to apply.
• Experience/interest in nuclear medicine and DEXA imaging.
• Willingness to develop through training and study.

Responsibilities

• Administration of radiopharmaceuticals by oral, IV and intradermal techniques.
• Follow protocols to provide accurate and timely results for molecular imaging procedures.
• Quality control testing of equipment and remedial action as required.
• Contribute to patient care, including emergency action if needed.
• Communicate complex procedures to patients and relatives clearly.
• Perform bone densitometry (DEXA) scans.

Skills

Radiography

Nuclear medicine

DEXA bone densitometry

Education

Science graduate

Postgraduate Diploma in Nuclear Medicine (optional)

Job description

Clinical Technologist | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen to join our team of Nuclear Medicine Clinical Technologists based at Darlington Memorial Hospital. You will contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive Nuclear Medicine and DEXA service performing approximately 4200 patient examinations per year.

Registered radiographers and science graduates interested in developing a career as a nuclear medicine technologist are welcome to apply.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

The successful candidate will put patient care at the centre of their work and demonstrate excellent team working skills. Working at other sites within the Department will occasionally be required.

Nuclear Medicine services at Darlington, Durham and Hartlepool are provided by the Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Directorate of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals. The team of around 30 technologists, nurses, clinical scientists, administration staff, radiologists and cardiologists work collaboratively across the three sites, and have a strong history of staff development and training. Opportunities for role development and ongoing training will be available for the right candidate.

If you are a registered radiographer but do not have sufficient nuclear medicine experience, you would be supported to study and attain a Post-Graduate Diploma in nuclear medicine, to be achieved within 2 years. You would be appointed on Annex 21 of Band 6, salary will be 70% and 75% of the top of Band 6 in your first and second years, respectively.

Science graduates (without state registration as a radiographer) would be supported to study and attain a Post-Graduate Diploma in nuclear medicine and complete the IPEM in-service training scheme to achieve state registration as a clinical technologist within 3 years. You would be appointed on Annex 21 of Band 6, salary will be 65%, 70%, and 75% of the top of Band 6 in your first, second, and third years, respectively.

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

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

Principle duties will include:

• Administration of radiopharmaceuticals by oral, IV and intradermal techniques
• Following appropriate protocols to provide accurate and timely clinical results for patients undergoing molecular imaging procedures
• Quality control testing of a wide range of equipment, taking remedial action where required
• Contributing to patient care, including emergency action in the event of patient deterioration
• Communicating complicated procedures and concepts to a wide range of people, including patients or relations who may be confused or distressed
• Performing bone densitometry (DEXA) scans

Job Purpose

• Provides the technical aspects of the nuclear medicine and DEXA service within County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; based at Darlington Memorial Hospital
• Performs a range of specialist healthcare science activities
• Involvement in research and development project

This advert closes on Sunday 25 Oct 2026

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Clinical Technologist | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Darlington, DL3 6HX

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 12 Oct 2026

Closing date: 11 Nov 2026

Interview Date: 26th November 2026

Hours: 37.5 hours/week

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