# Healthcare Science Assistant Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-science-assistant-practitioner/7b3d04b1-8971-4e58-9f43-fe32b0f67a74 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-science-assistant-practitioner/7b3d04b1-8971-4e58-9f43-fe32b0f67a74.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Freeman Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Assistant practitioner - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-05T00:02:05.494Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Trustwide/The_Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Imaging_Physics_Radiation_Safety/Imaging_Physics_Radiation_Safety-v8335809 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8335809?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to join a small professional team, based in the Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering department at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. The team provides a highly regarded quality assurance programme for ultrasound equipment in over 50 hospitals and health centres across the North East and North Cumbria. We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated healthcare science assistant practitioner to play a major role in the delivery of our quality assurance programme for ultrasound equipment used in radiology departments, antenatal clinics, echocardiography units and other clinical departments across the region. - Interview Date Wednesday 27 October 2026 - 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week - You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy. NO AGENCIES PLEASE ### Main duties of the job If you’re successful in your application, you’ll perform quality assurance measurements on ultrasound equipment in hospitals and health centres throughout the region, liaise with sonographers and other clinical employees in those hospitals and health centres and, together with more senior colleagues, prepare draft reports for the users of the equipment. For appointment at Band 4, you’ll need a minimum of an NVQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent in a science, engineering or radiography-related subject, together with additional training to diploma level or equivalent. In addition, the job involves frequent travel to other hospital sites, so you'll need a current full UK driving licence and a willingness to drive. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Performs a number of healthcare science technical activities, e.g. performs tests on ultrasound equipment in a range of hospital and other healthcare settings across the region. - Maintains technical records in relation to activities carried out - May be required to supervise, organise and allocate work and/or train less experienced staff in own area - Is involved in service development projects. Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. ## Person Specification ### SKILLS **Essential** - Some specialist skills and knowledge in medical or scientific equipment relevant to the working area - Proficient keyboard skills - Good communication skills - Standard driving skills - Ability to provide accurate oral and written reports **Desirable** - Ability to perform quality assurance measurements on ultrasound scanners or other electronic equipment - Ability to plan own workload within set priorities ### KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Knowledge of IT software packages at a level equivalent to GCSE Grade C or above - Some knowledge of clinical hazards and infection control **Desirable** - Some knowledge of medical ultrasound technology, other ultrasound technology, or other medical imaging technology - Some knowledge of quality assurance methodology ### EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Some previous experience of working with medical or scientific equipment relevant to the working area **Desirable** - Previous experience of computing, quality management, medical physics or a related subject - Previous experience of working with ultrasound scanners or other medical imaging equipment - Previous experience of working with staff from NHS or other medical imaging departments ### QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a science, engineering or radiologyrelated subject - GCSE Grade C in English Language and Mathematics, or equivalent - Additional theoretical or applied training to diploma equivalent level - Clean, full driving licence ## Documents - [newcastle staff benefits (pdf, 274.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2721) - [behaviour and civility charter (pdf, 93.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2922) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 121.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10659389) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.