Band 8b Chief Clinical Technologist (Nuclear Medicine)

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the country. This exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Technologist with experience at a senior level to manage, lead and shape the Nuclear Medicine services provided across the Trust. The post holder will have management duties across the comprehensive Nuclear Medicine, PET and radionuclide therapy services provided. This includes the 4 Nuclear Medicine sites (including a specialist paediatric service) and the PET centre. Working together with others you will oversee and manage operational and strategic matters for the technical team and service provision.

With plans in the pipeline for a new PET centre (est 2026-7) and recent expansion of the Radiopharmacy and Radionuclide therapy teams this year this is an exciting time to help shape the future of this service. The department already has a Veriton 64 slice CZT camera alongside 5 other SPECT-CT systems. This includes the new Siemens ProSpecta system. Our on-site Radiopharmacy produces isotopes for both NM and PET.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the operational management of Nuclear Medicine Clinical services across the Trust and at nearby Birmingham Children's Hospital. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills and have significant experience in both managing services and staff. You will work together with other senior staff to ensure there is consistent and standardized service delivery across the sites. You will oversee responsibility for the organisation of routine work (ensuring KPIs are met) and be familiar in planning and implementing service developments. Together with other key staff across the department you will input into strategic plans for the service including workforce plans, major equipment changes and other big service changes. You will oversee the recruitment and selection processes for the Technical and support team and work together with others to ensure that the training needs of staff are met. You will be required to attend a number of management meetings at both Departmental and Divisional Level with the ability to provide both written and oral reports when required. The successful applicant will be expected to maintain some clinical duties including the dispensing and administration of radioactive materials; acquisition of images, analysis and calculation of results and disposal of radioactive waste material when needed.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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