Clinical Technologist

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Clinical Technologist

Band 6

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus.

Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

An opportunity has arisen to join our team of Nuclear Medicine Clinical Technologists based at Darlington Memorial Hospital. You will contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive Nuclear Medicine and DEXA service performing approximately 4200 patient examinations per year.

Registered radiographers and science graduates interested in developing a career as a nuclear medicine technologist are welcome to apply.

• Interview Date: 26th November 2026
• 37.5 hours/week

The successful candidate will put patient care at the centre of their work and demonstrate excellent team working skills. Working at other sites within the Department will occasionally be required.

Nuclear Medicine services at Darlington, Durham and Hartlepool are provided by the Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Directorate of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals. The team of around 30 technologists, nurses, clinical scientists, administration staff, radiologists and cardiologists work collaboratively across the three sites, and have a strong history of staff development and training. Opportunities for role development and ongoing training will be available for the right candidate.

If you are a registered radiographer but do not have sufficient nuclear medicine experience, you would be supported to study and attain a Post-Graduate Diploma in nuclear medicine, to be achieved within 2 years. You would be appointed on Annex 21 of Band 6, salary will be 70% and 75% of the top of Band 6 in your first and second years, respectively.

Science graduates (without state registration as a radiographer) would be supported to study and attain a Post-Graduate Diploma in nuclear medicine and complete the IPEM in-service training scheme to achieve state registration as a clinical technologist within 3 years. You would be appointed on Annex 21 of Band 6, salary will be 65%, 70%, and 75% of the top of Band 6 in your first, second, and third years, respectively.

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