Site: Southampton General Hospital
Town: Southampton
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (PA) Pro rata
Closing: 07/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for a detailed job description for the role.
Main duties of the job
The DEXA team at UHS are delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity for a customer-focused, driven, and enthusiastic individual as part of our outstanding service.
This fixed term role (1 year) will allow the successful candidate to support this expanding service, allowing us to continue to offer timely scans to our local and wider community and participate in exciting patient research studies. The candidate will be required to be patient-facing, providing a high-quality dual energy X-ray Absorptiometry scanning service (DXA), offering bone densitometry measurement service to in/outpatients, private patients, and research volunteers.
Please review the attached person specification document for more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you use this document when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers during shortlisting.
Please note this is a patient-facing, clinical role.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on-site and remote working. Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees can access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work, situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Specific to this role, we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
UHS offers fantastic training and development, giving you the best possible opportunities to achieve the career you want. Development of our staff is central to the delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective care. We can offer opportunities to develop within a supportive environment, and our staff survey results reflect our commitment to facilitate your career progression.
As per the job pack, responsibilities include a range of technical, scientific, advisory, clinical, and research skills. The main role will include providing a bone densitometry measurement service to patients referred to the DEXA service. Direct patient care is a large part of the role, supporting patients through their attendance and providing advice and guidance. DEXA also supports a number of patient research studies alongside their diagnostic referrals.
We are looking for a flexible, enthusiastic, passionate individual to join our ever-growing service. They will need to hold the relevant qualifications and/or experience for the role, as specified in the job pack. The individual will need to demonstrate working well both individually and as part of a team.
The service works Monday to Friday, largely core hours. Flexibility to shift patterns is desirable but can be discussed if successful. The department holds scans at UHS, but movement between buildings may be required.
Person specification
Trust Values
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Qualifications, knowledge, and experience
* Relevant degree or equivalent level of knowledge or qualification
* Scientific background
* Experience in a clinical environment
* Ability to follow protocols
* Able to cope with the demands of unwell patients
* Demonstrate clarity and breadth in use of verbal and written communication in relation to the patient group
* Physical capabilities to undertake the role including long periods of standing and assisting patients with mobility needs
* Manual Handling training
* National Osteoporosis Society certificate of competence or ISCD accreditation
* Interest in bone health
* Child protection training
* Understanding of infection control
* Ability to work in unpleasant conditions e.g., temperature/smells
* Ability to work with children
Skills and competencies
* Communication
* Organisational skills
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
Getting to work should be as easy as possible, and that’s why we have introduced the UHS travel promise – a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff can apply for a permit to use our park & ride facility. Eligibility for on-site parking is dependent on the nature and requirement of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes, and ultra-low emission cars.
Our commitment to equality
Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, and age.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Alison Beaumont
Job title: Hiring Manager
Email address: alison.beaumont@uhs.nhs.uk
Additional information:
Nanette Kinnaird, Manager,
Email: nanette.kinnaird@uhs.nhs.uk
Ph: 02381 205541
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