Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lead

Company Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Job Description

NHS Band 8a Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum

Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5 hrs

Contract Type: Permanent

Do you have significant experience as a Radiographer/Clinical Technologist in Nuclear Medicine?

Are you are looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to a friendly team and our patients?

If so, we are looking for a Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lead, to join recently merged clinical/scientific services for Nuclear Medicine.

Nuclear Medicine undertakes imaging tests using 3 SPECT/SPECT-CT scanners. Additionally, the section undertakes non-imaging tests and radionuclide treatments.

You will work with the Head of Section and Practitioner, to deliver the imaging service, including leading a team of radiographers/technologists.

Therefore, leadership/management qualifications/experience are advantageous.

Along with extensive knowledge of clinical tests in Nuclear Medicine, including considerations like health and safety, infection prevention and control and medicines management.

Please feel free to get in touch via email, or phone if you have any questions, or would like to arrange a visit to see the department.

Please refer to the Job description for further details.

Qualifications

• Essential

• BSc (Hons) Radiography (Diagnostic) and HCPC Registration.

• Or

• Recognised equivalent qualification and voluntary registration for Nuclear Medicine Technologists.

• Leadership and management training.

• Desirable

• MSc (Hons) Radiography or recognised equivalent qualification.

• Radiation Protection Supervisor.

• Experience

• Essential

• Evidence of extensive post-registration experience in Nuclear Medicine.

• Evidence of leadership/management experience including budgets and staff.

• Experience of Quality Management Systems and service improvement developments.

• Experience of compliance with clinical governance and radiation protection governance.

• Desirable

• Change management to develop services.

• Research leadership experience.

• Skills & Knowledge

• Punctual, reliable and professional.

• Positive attitude and flexible approach.

• Ability to gather and analyse complex data, and present in verbal and written form.

• Ability to critically evaluate information and solve complex problems.

• Ability to work with accuracy and speed.

• Strong organisational skills in combination with attention to details.

• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, to work as part of multidisciplinary teams.

• Act as a role model for more junior staff.

• Ability to show compassion and sensitivity during difficult and distressing situations involving both staff and patients.

• Leadership and Management

• Strategic planning for service development.

• Ability to lead on service transformation.

• Manage own and team work, efficiently and effectively completing tasks when competing priorities.

• Ability to take initiative and make decisions, meeting clinical, professional and regulatory requirements under pressure.

• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams, recognising and respecting different roles.

• Clinical, Professional and Regulatory

• Expert knowledge of clinical practice, including clinical governance and clinical procedures.

• Detailed knowledge of professional requirements, including training and CPD for different professionals.

• Comprehensive knowledge ensuring compliance with legislation for radiation protection.

• Communication and Partnership Working

• Excellent verbal and written communication.

• Ability to communicate effectively complex information to wide audiences,

• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective internal and external partnerships.

• Information Technology

• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.

• Advanced IT skills, including general systems like Microsoft Office and clinical systems like CRIS, PACS and proprietary clinical software.

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026

Smoke Free Policy:

All of our hospitals operate a strict no smoking policy. Smoking cigarettes or tobacco products is not allowed on any of the grounds or in any of the buildings run by us. This applies to patients, staff, carers and visitors to Trust premises.

Our goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone we care for and, by making sure that our NHS services are smoke-free, we benefit the health of people who use our services as well as the health of the people who work for us.