Nuclear Medicine Radiographer / Technologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and motivated Radiographer or Clinical Technologist to join the Nuclear Medicine Team at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. You will support clinical services across both Ipswich and Colchester sites, performing a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Duties include IV administration, imaging, handling radioisotopes, contamination monitoring, and routine QA. The department uses Siemens systems and is investing in new installations.
Essential criteria
- Experience as student radiographer or student technologist in Nuclear Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Experience with handling Radiopharmaceuticals
- Experience with assay work
- Competent to administer IV.
- Radiography Degree or equivalent to allow registration onto HCPC or Clinical Technology Degree (Nuclear Medicine) or equivalent to allow admission onto RCT
- IV cannulation
- Knowledge of nuclear medicine legislation
- Anatomy and physiology and its clinical application
- Able to operate a gamma camera
- Able to operate a SPECT CT gamma camera
- Experience as student radiographer or student technologist in Nuclear Medicine
- Experience with handling Radiopharmaceuticals
- Experience with assay work
- Competent to administer IV.
- Radiography Degree or equivalent to allow registration onto HCPC or Clinical Technology Degree (Nuclear Medicine) or equivalent to allow admission onto RCT
- IV cannulation
- Knowledge of nuclear medicine legislation
- Anatomy and physiology and its clinical application
- Able to operate a gamma camera
- Able to operate a SPECT CT gamma camera
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £29,970 – £36,483 — matches the national scale.
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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Nuclear Medicine Radiographer / Technologist
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated Radiographer or Clinical Technologist (Nuclear Medicine) to join our small, highly skilled Nuclear Medicine Team at ESNEFT. You would be required to support the clinical service across both Ipswich and Colchester sites.
As a Radiographer appointed to this post, we would expect you to be registered with the HCPC. For a graduate Clinical Technologist in Nuclear Medicine appointed to this post you would be expected to join the Register of Clinical Technologists as a Nuclear Medicine specialist.
The Nuclear Medicine departments perform a wide range of Diagnostic and Therapeutic procedures including DaTscan, Neuroendocrine imaging, Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, I131 post ablation, Lutetium and Radium. Across both sites there are 4 Siemens systems: Siemens Pro Specta and Intevo SPECT CT in Ipswich, and a Siemens Evo, and Intevo Bold in Colchester, with a new installation due in Ipswich in 2027.
You will be expected to take part in a range of duties including IV administration, imaging, handling and assaying Radioisotopes, contamination monitoring, routine QA and data handling.
Main duties of the job
- To carry out any duties in Nuclear Medicine under the direction of the Chief
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