Clinical Technologist

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Résumé du poste

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Nuclear Medicine Clinical Technologist (Band 6) to join the Darlington Memorial Hospital team. You will perform radiopharmaceutical administration, bone densitometry (DEXA) and contribute to a comprehensive nuclear medicine service, including quality control and patient care.

The role offers opportunities for training, development, and cross-site work within the department, with interview on 26 November 2026 and 37.5 hours per week.

Qualifications

Degree in Clinical Physiology or Clinical Technology required.
Post-graduate diploma in Nuclear Medicine or equivalent.
Expect to be on the Voluntary Register for Clinical Technologists or working toward registration.

Responsabilités

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

Connaissances

Team player

Patient handling

Work under pressure

Safety awareness

Formation

Degree in Clinical Physiology

Post-graduate Nuclear Medicine diploma

Registration or working toward registration

Outils

DEXA bone densitometry

Radiopharmaceutical handling

IT software knowledge

Description du poste

Urgent treatment centres

Employer heading

Clinical Technologist

Band 6

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

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 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

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.

Interview Date: 26th November 2026
37.5 hours/week

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

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

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

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

Person specification

KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

A good knowledge and understanding of all relevant safety principles, standards and legislation applied to the clinical use of radioactive material & associated physiological measurement equipment in the UK e.g. ECG recording.
Good knowledge of IT software packages
Detailed knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology relevant to area of work

Desirable criteria

Radiopharmaceutical manufacturing and dispensing
Some knowledge of the physics and engineering principles involved in the operation of complex nuclear medicine equipment
Knowledge of bone densitometry (DEXA)

Skills

Essential criteria

Patient handling skills of a high order
Literacy, numeracy and accuracy of a high order
The ability to work under pressure.

Experience

Essential criteria

Substantial Nuclear Medicine experience.

Desirable criteria

Practical experience in radiopharmaceutical manufacturing and dispensing.
Practical experience of bone densitometry (DEXA)

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree in Clinical Physiology or Clinical Technology, or a degree or equivalent qualification in another relevant subject e.g. Applied Physics, Radiography or Biomedical Science.
A post-graduate diploma in Nuclear Medicine or equivalent experience.
Completion of recognised training scheme
Expected to be on the Voluntary Register for Clinical Technologists or working towards registration

PERSONALITY/DISPOSITION

Essential criteria

Flexibility of approach
Team player

CORE BEHAVIOURS

Essential criteria

Aligned to Trust Values and Core Behaviours

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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