Senior Radiographer/Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Health & wellbeing support

NHS Car Lease schemes

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, 쇼핑

Job summary

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Radiographer/Nuclear Medicine Technologist to join our radiology team. You will provide advanced radiopharmaceutical services and contribute to QA, ensuring safe and effective imaging and therapy alongside colleagues.

The role requires independent practice across radiopharmaceutical operations, with duties including administration of radiopharmaceuticals and other drugs, and performing SPECT/CT and other

Qualifications

• Experience handling radiopharmaceuticals and QA procedures.
• Ability to administer radiopharmaceuticals and non-radioactive drugs per guidelines.
• Perform advanced nuclear medicine procedures including SPECT/CT.

Responsibilities

• Work independently at an advanced level across radiopharmaceutical operations and QA.
• Sub-dispense and administer radiopharmaceuticals and non-radioactive drugs.
• Perform advanced nuclear medicine diagnostic and non-imaging procedures, including SPECT/CT.

Skills

Radiopharmaceutical handling

Quality assurance

Radiopharmaceutical admin

Nuclear medicine procedures

SPECT/CT

Job description

To provide basic radiation protection advice to patients and carers with respect to the investigation being performed. To refer to senior staff or appointed Radiation Protection Advisor for more detailed radiation protection advice where necessary. To gain intravenous access as necessary for the individual investigation in accordance with departmental procedures. To be capable of doing so in adult patients presenting with a range of clinical conditions. To administer pharmaceuticals using other access routes, for example by subcutaneous or oral routes where required by individual examination protocols, including sentinel lymph node injections prior to breast surgery. To administer radioactive medicinal products, together with any adjunct drugs as required by the individual procedure being performed.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Radiographer/Nuclear Medicine Technologist to join our team. The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Work independently at an advanced level across a range of radiopharmaceutical operations and quality assurance procedures.
• Sub-dispense and administer radiopharmaceuticals and non-radioactive drugs in line with departmental guidelines.
• Perform advanced nuclear medicine diagnostic and non-imaging procedures, includingSPECT/CT.

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, 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. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.