Main area: Nuclear Medicine
Grade: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (09:00 - 17:00 Monday - Friday)
Job ref: 225-EST-6678772
Employer: The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: New Cross Hospital
Town: Wolverhampton
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 13/12/2024
Senior Assistant Clinical Technologist (Nuclear Medicine)
Band 4
Job overview
The Senior Assistant Clinical Technologist will work within the Nuclear Medicine Section and will be expected to carry out a broad range of procedures involving radioactive materials to provide a clinical technical service. They will assist the clinical staff in undertaking complex nuclear medicine procedures including non-imaging diagnostic acquisitions and assisting in radionuclide therapeutic procedures. The post will involve direct patient contact and so will require a sensitive approach to the patients' needs and an awareness of the confidential nature of patients’ information. To communicate effectively with individuals within Medical Physics, external customers and contractors. It is mandatory that the post holder undertake further education and training to advance the role and, subject to mutual agreement, undertake a Nuclear Medicine Apprenticeship and associated degree level training. To develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
Main duties of the job
1. To be managerially and technically responsible to the Consultant Radiographer, with overall responsibility to the Head of Nuclear Medicine.
2. To take part in a work rota that will include duties in the Nuclear Medicine Physics Department (therapy and diagnostic). This will include planning own workload within this rota.
3. To assist the clinical staff in carrying out a broad range of nuclear medicine procedures and to be involved in direct patient contact, where skill and sensitivity will be essential. These will include diagnostic studies and also include assisting in therapeutic radionuclide procedures.
4. To carry out all duties that involve direct patient contact in a sympathetic and considerate manner, immediately reporting any clinical problems to the Consultant Radiographer (Nuclear Medicine).
5. To conform to safe working practices in the work area, particularly with regard to patient and staff safety.
6. To ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with the various current ionising radiation regulations.
7. To maintain and work with clinical staff ensuring departmental Standard Operating Procedures are kept up-to-date and are available on the department’s management system (Q-Pulse).
8. To participate in ensuring effective stock control for the clinical area, including ordering radiopharmaceuticals as requested by the clinical staff.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To assist in ensuring that all necessary quality assurance test procedures are carried as required and reporting any failures to the appropriate staff.
2. To assist in the carrying out of quality assurance test procedures on nuclear medicine equipment.
3. To undertake administrative tasks such as patient bookings PAS.
4. To undertake manipulation and handling of patient samples and radioactive substances following all required scientific, infection prevention and radiation procedures.
5. To undertake iv access training to obtain blood samples and then to take patient samples as required for various nuclear medicine procedures.
6. To record results and clinical details accurately onto ICE and Clinical Web Portal in accordance with written procedures.
7. To assist with pathology requests e.g., pregnancy and pre / post procedure blood tests to include registering requests and escorting patients if required.
8. To liaise with colleagues in other departments regarding appointments / chemotherapy / pathology results.
9. To assist with and once trained to undertake end of day procedures including contamination monitoring of department.
10. To assist with clinic preparation for assorted nuclear medicine procedures and then assist clinical staff in the running of these clinics.
11. To assist with the preparation and decontamination of patient treatment rooms.
12. To undertake routine audits of clinical and radiation procedures and assist in the improvement of such audits.
13. To assist with storage and disposal of radioactive waste.
14. To assist in the maintenance of records and any other administrative duties that may be required.
15. To participate in any research/development/clinical trials within the department and support such developments.
16. To complete CPD to the relevant required standard.
17. To comply with Trust Infection Prevention procedures appropriate to the tasks being undertaken.
18. To demonstrate a flexible approach to the needs of the Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering Department.
19. To conform to departmental policies and procedures.
20. To undertake any other duties that may be required by the Consultant Radiographer which are appropriate to the post.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 or equivalent in relevant discipline
* Qualifications suitable for university entry
* NVQ level 2 or equivalent with relevant skills
Study
* Willingness to attend further study
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