Assistant Practitioner PET-CT

Job summary

Due to service expansion we are looking for applicants who demonstrate commitment to our Trust values. TheNuclear Medicine department at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Wirral is busy and dynamic, and houses a Siemens Symbia Intevo Gamma Camera with SPECT-CT, carrying out a wide variety of examinations. We also provide a busy Radium therapy service. Our PET-CT service is delivered using a Siemens Biograph mCT flow PET-CT scanner.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool site houses a digital Siemens Biograph Vision and also provides Radium therapy service.

We work collaboratively with Alliance Medical in providing the PET-CT service as part of the NHSE National Contract. We also carry out non-contract work such as scanning to aid with radiotherapy planning and clinical trials.

You would be required to work flexibly with the department moving towards extended days and Saturday working in PET-CT as the service develops, and supporting CCC-L and CCC-W.

If you want to be part of our fantastic team whilst helping to support the Trust with our vision for providing the best cancer care in the country, then we want to hear from you.

Applicants without an Assistant Practitioner qualification will be considered for a band 3 role and uplifted upon completion.

Start Date after 1-Apr-26

Main duties of the job

Select appropriate existing acquisition protocols and carry our specialist imaging procedures under supervision, in line with the Assistant Practitioner Scope of Practice.

Prepare daily patient lists and prepare the order of radiopharmaceuticals.

Perform equipment quality control.

Receipt and prepare radiopharmaceuticals for administration.

Prepare the patients for the examination, including explaining the procedure, cannulation and blood glucose measurement, answering queries, assisting with personal care as required and advising on basic radiation protection measures.

Dispense individual patient doses.

Assisting with organising and managing the workflow in the department in collaboration with the radiographic team.

To assist the Clinical Specialist in training of rotational B3 Assistants.

Keep accurate records of all procedures (including use of CRIS, RIS, PACS, Meditech, PrOFS, etc.)

Assist the housekeeping ordering of consumables, recording and managing fault repairs, etc.

Maintain CPD

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive