Job requirements
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Satisfactory Standard/Enhanced DBS clearance including Adults and Children’s Barred List check
- Other
Ability to travel between Health Board and regional service locations in a timely manner
- Other
Flexible approach to service needs, including participation in extended-day, evening or weekend working where required
- Experience
Significant post registration clinical experience within speciality area
- Experience
Experience of operational service management, workload coordination, prioritisation and deployment of a multidisciplinary workforce
- Experience
Evidence of autonomous advanced clinical decision-making and management of complex or non-routine patients and imaging situations
- Experience
Significant experience of leadership, staff management, supervision, specialist teaching, competency assessment and support for professional development
- Experience
Experience of clinical governance, incident investigation, risk management, audit, quality assurance and development of policies, procedures or protocols
- Experience
Evidence of supporting, participating in or undertaking research, audit, peer review or service evaluation and translating findings into practice
- Experience
Evidence of effective multidisciplinary and cross-service working
- Experience
Formal line-management experience, including performance, attendance or capability management
- Qualifications
Full Masters level qualification (or equivalent) encompassing all pillars of Advanced Practice and relevant to the area of advanced practice
- Qualifications
Advanced clinical skills and experience relevant to imaging specialism
- Qualifications
Professional HCPC or RCT registration
- Qualifications
Evidence of maintaining a Continuous Professional Development portfolio
- Aptitude and Skills
Expert clinical reasoning, critical appraisal, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to make, communicate and document complex autonomous decisions
- Aptitude and Skills
Strong leadership and organisational skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities, unpredictable workloads and service pressures
- Aptitude and Skills
Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, including negotiation, influencing, conflict resolution and delivery of complex or sensitive information
- Aptitude and Skills
Ability to provide expert clinical guidance, motivate and develop others, work across professional boundaries and act as a credible Advanced Practice role model
- Aptitude and Skills
Demonstrates the Swansea Bay University Health Board values and behaviours
- Aptitude and Skills
Ability to analyse and present clinical, operational and performance information and use it to support improvement
- Aptitude and Skills
Competent use of relevant clinical, imaging and information systems
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience managing and implementing change
- Experience
Experience of research, publication, conference presentation, procurement, business planning or budget management
- Qualifications
Leadership and Management qualification
- Qualifications
Other Postgraduate qualifications
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Qualification or formal training in non-medical, image interpretation/reporting
- Aptitude and Skills
Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Job overview
We are seeking an experienced, highly motivated Clinical Technologist or Radiographer to join our Nuclear Medicine (NM) and PET-CT team at Singleton Hospital, Swansea, as an Advanced Practitioner in PET-CT and Nuclear Medicine.
Applicants must be either a qualified Radiographer with current HCPC registration or a Clinical Technologist registered with the Register of Clinical Technologists (RCT). The successful candidate will have substantial specialist experience in NM/PET-CT or Radiography, together with evidence of advanced clinical practice, leadership, staff development and service improvement.
Working with a high degree of professional autonomy, the post-holder will provide advanced clinical expertise and operational leadership across the service. They will manage complex clinical and operational situations, support workforce coordination, and contribute to clinical governance, quality assurance, radiation safety and statutory compliance.
As the department prepares to introduce a new static PET-CT service, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in implementing, establishing and developing this service, which will primarily support cancer pathways.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead service development at a significant stage in the department’s growth. The post offers considerable scope to advance specialist practice, support research and innovation, and help shape the future delivery of PET-CT and NM services within Swansea Bay University Health Board.
Main duties of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for PET-CT and Nuclear Medicine Advanced Practitioner with Swansea Bay University Health Board in Swansea, Wales. It is listed as a Band 8 Advanced clinical practitioner role. The advertised salary is £58,379 - £65,723 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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