Job overview
Are you looking for an interesting and rewarding job with good work-life balance in a stunningly beautiful rural location within easy reach of the West Midlands conurbation? If so, we would like to welcome you to join our friendly, supportive team.
We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible, highly motivated and experienced Radiographer to join our Nuclear Medicine Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. The working pattern will predominantly be 7.5 hour duties over a 7 day roster. The successful applicant must have a BSc (Hon) Diagnostic Radiography or DCR and current HCPC registration, or appropriate equivalent. Experience in Nuclear Medicine is essential. Nuclear medicine post graduate experience is desirable.
Main duties of the job
Carry out quality Nuclear Medicine imaging in line departmental protocols
To carry out clinical and administrative work as a Senior member of the Radiology team
Support the modality Superintendent Radiographer
Assisting in training other staff/ students
To provide a high-quality service for patients across the department
Maintain cannulation skills for the administration of radioisotopes.
Working for our organisation
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust have recently undergone an equipment upgrade within the Nuclear Medicine Department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and have a brand-new Siemens Pro.Specta.
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has a Philips Azurion Interventional lab, a Philips fluoroscopy room, 4 Philips DXR general x-ray rooms and 2 Philips mobiles. We have 3 state of the art Siemens CT scanners and 3 Siemens 1.5T MRI scanners also on the hospital site.
All Radiographers with more than 1 year post graduate experience contribute to the training and mentorship of undergraduate students and the department has an excellent on-site teaching environment.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of acute medical care for half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid-Wales and has been awarded over £300 million to invest in our hospitals. Shropshire is the largest inland county in the UK with Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, World Heritage sites and access to Mid Wales and the Welsh coast. There are good schools, amazingly affordable housing and a wide range of leisure pursuits.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.