Clinical Technologist - Healthcare Science Practitioner
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Job overview
Are you passionate about healthcare and technology? Do you hold technical skills, have an eye for accuracy and have an understanding of diagnostic medical imaging?
If so, we invite you to join our dynamic team at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) as a Clinical Technologist in Radiation Science.
UHBW is one of the largest and most prestigious NHS Trusts in the United Kingdom, committed to delivering exceptional patient care and staying at the forefront of medical innovation. UHBW is at the heart of a diverse and vibrant community, and our staff is the driving force behind our success.
You will play a vital role working with our x-ray imaging equipment. You will work closely with clinical teams and healthcare science specialists, helping to provide a safe radiation workplace and optimising clinical imaging to ensure patient safety.
Main duties of the job
You will work within the Radiation Science Services (RSS) team to provide a diagnostic radiation imaging and radiation and laser protection service. RSS provide a service to all departments within UHBW using ionising radiation, and to external customers in the region.
- Quality assure a range of x-ray imaging equipment
- Work with team members to analyse quality assurance results and produce reports to users of ionising radiation
- Contribute to the development of protocols to evaluate radiation imaging technologies
- Manage the calibration service for the radiography quality assurance meters
- Provide, with others, a staff radiation dose monitoring service
- Carry out staff and environmental dose surveys
- Perform routine patient dosimetry calculations
- Contribute to the training of clinical technologists and new or less experienced employees in own work area.
- Assist radiography staff in quality assurance
- Act as an operator under the definitions of the IR(ME)R17 regulations in accordance with Trust policies
- Assist in the physics quality assurance service for artificial optical radiation equipment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy
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This advert is for Clinical Technologist - Healthcare Science Practitioner with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in Bristol, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 18 Jun 2026.
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