Job Description:
Job Title: Nuclear Medicine And PET/CT Lead
Location: Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
Permanent/fixed term contract: Permanent
Salary range: upto £56000 per annum (dependent on experience and qualifications)
Full time/part time Full Time, 37.50 hours per week
Other: £3000 Golden Hello (one off payment for new joiners only)
As a the Lead Radiographer / Technologist at Bupa our clients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra tine and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and everyday.
We make health happen
We are an internationally recognised hospital located in the heart of Kensington, London, and receive both UK and international patients. We are committed to providing the highest quality healthcare for patients.
About The Cromwell Hospital
The Cromwell Hospital is a major private hospital in West London providing outpatient and Inpatient service. The hospital has 114 beds and 4 suites, 6 theatres, medical and surgical wards, CDU, level 2 and 3 full intensive care facilities, paediatrics, diagnostics, physiotherapy, and a dedicated day surgery unit.
The radiography services we provide at the Cromwell Hospital includes; Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT, MRI, CT, General/Xray, and Mammography. We also partner with Genesis Care who are onsite offering therapeutic services.
The department is ISO 9001:2015 accredited, and we provide a range of nuclear medicine examinations for many types of cancers, heart disease, gastro, endocrine, and neuro disorders.
How you’ll help us make health happen:
As the deputy to the Superintendent, you’ll work towards preparing for the installation of our new scanner. This will include preparing all paperwork (SOP’s, clinical protocols, ect), ensuring safe and efficient services, assist in the growth of the department by supporting with the recruitment of new staff into the service as the business grows.
You’ll have overall responsibility in the delivery of current and future services, providing specialist clinical expert knowledge and skills, leadership, auditing, preparing and participating in CQC inspections, operational and strategic business planning to both Nuclear Medicine and PET/ CT.
You’ll perform all types of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT procedures, showing flexibility of shared tasks to ensure that we provide the best quality Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT service in a pleasant environment for both staff and patients, ensuring that a high quality, cost-effective service is delivered.
You’ll be an effective communicator with excellent organisation ensuring appropriate staffing levels and preparing rota on Health Roster. Attention to detail, able to work collaboratively with other modalities in radiography, and able to perform IV cannulation and administer radioactive injections and other license products confidently.
It is essential that you have used PACs. You’ll be familiar with Siemans and GE scanners with experience as a radiation protection supervisor, and also have work on paediatric cases.
The service is open Monday to Friday 8am-6pm
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
1. HCPC Registration (if Radiographer)
2. Technologists Nuclear Medicine (if not radiographer)
3. B.Sc. Hons in Diagnostic Radiography or Diploma of Radionuclide Imaging or equivalent. (essential)
4. Substantial, post-graduate experience in a relevant post. (essential)
5. Postgraduate studies in Radionuclide Imaging (desirable)
6. Paediatric cases (essential)
7. PACs trained (essential)
8. Participated in audit process (essential)
9. IV Competency (locally or nationally certified)
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
10. Payment of Professional Registration fees (if applicable)
11. Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
12. Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
13. An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
14. Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
15. Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
16. Various other benefits and online discounts
17. Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony
£3000 Golden Hello (one off payment for new joiners only)
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.