Job summary
- Main area
- Nuclear Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - Ad Hoc
- Job ref
- 359-BANK13540
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone Hospital
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £21.80 per hour
- Salary period
- Session by session
- Closing
- 06/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Bank Nuclear Medicine Radiographer/Technologist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We are looking an enthusiastic and experienced Radiographer or Medical Technologist to join the staff bank to help support our busy and friendly Nuclear Medicine teams at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. The Nuclear Medicine service receives approximately 3000 referrals every year. You must have exceptional standards and consistently deliver the highest quality patient-focused care.
Main duties of the job
Our Nuclear departments have two GE Discovery 670 SPECT/CT, which is staffed by 7 Radiographers / Technologists and 3 Consultant Radiologists. Advanced practice is encouraged and we undertake Radiographer-led cardiac stressing. Cross-site working will be part of the role.
The core working hours of the department are 8am-8pm Monday to Friday and a flexible approach to working patterns is essential. Maidstone Hospital is a large Oncology centre and many of the patients are referred for NM imaging and treatments. We also undertake cardiac and general imaging and therapies. We are the first centre in Kent to offer radium-223 therapy. Pembury hospital is a modern PFI and carries out all aspects of general nuclear medicine including paediatrics.
If you have excellent communication skills, enjoy being part of a busy team are hard-working, adaptable and flexible with solid Nuclear Medicine experience we would like to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England. We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre. In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East. Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. |
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to contact the department as informal discussion about the post requirements / departmental visit prior to application will be a shortlisting criterion for interview.
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact Tristan Barnden, Lead Superintendent Radiographer (01622 225047 [email protected]) or Filipa Alves, Superintendent Radiographer (01892 834733 [email protected])
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Appropriate Nuc Med qualification
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate in Nuc Med
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant UK Nuc Med experience
Desirable criteria
- Nuc Med experience at a senior level
CPD
Essential criteria
- Evidence of CPD
Applicant requirements
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tristan Barnden
- Job title
- Lead Superintendent
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 225047
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