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Salary for this role£57,528 – £64,750 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

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Role description

Job summary

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

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

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, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Date posted

23 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF2780N

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Hampshire

PO6 3LY

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Clinical, Professional and Regulatory

Essential

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

Essential

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.

Leadership and Management

Essential

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.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

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.

Information Technology

Essential

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

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.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.