# PET-CT and Nuclear Medicine Advanced Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Swansea Bay University Health Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Swansea Bay University Health Board
- **Location:** Singleton Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Advanced clinical practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £58,379 - £65,723 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14T09:33:04.120Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Swansea/Swansea/Swansea_Bay_University_Health_Board/Radiotherapy/Radiotherapy-v8196882
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8196882?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://sbuhb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### 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

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Satisfactory Standard/Enhanced DBS clearance including Adults and Children’s Barred List check
- Ability to travel between Health Board and regional service locations in a timely manner
- Flexible approach to service needs, including participation in extended-day, evening or weekend working where required

### Experience

**Essential**

- Significant post registration clinical experience within speciality area
- Experience of operational service management, workload coordination, prioritisation and deployment of a multidisciplinary workforce
- Evidence of autonomous advanced clinical decision-making and management of complex or non-routine patients and imaging situations
- Significant experience of leadership, staff management, supervision, specialist teaching, competency assessment and support for professional development
- Experience of clinical governance, incident investigation, risk management, audit, quality assurance and development of policies, procedures or protocols
- Evidence of supporting, participating in or undertaking research, audit, peer review or service evaluation and translating findings into practice
- Evidence of effective multidisciplinary and cross-service working
- Formal line-management experience, including performance, attendance or capability management

**Desirable**

- Experience managing and implementing change
- Experience of research, publication, conference presentation, procurement, business planning or budget management

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Full Masters level qualification (or equivalent) encompassing all pillars of Advanced Practice and relevant to the area of advanced practice
- Advanced clinical skills and experience relevant to imaging specialism
- Professional HCPC or RCT registration
- Evidence of maintaining a Continuous Professional Development portfolio

**Desirable**

- Leadership and Management qualification
- Other Postgraduate qualifications
- Qualification or formal training in non-medical, image interpretation/reporting

### Aptitude and Skills

**Essential**

- Expert clinical reasoning, critical appraisal, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to make, communicate and document complex autonomous decisions
- Strong leadership and organisational skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities, unpredictable workloads and service pressures
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, including negotiation, influencing, conflict resolution and delivery of complex or sensitive information
- Ability to provide expert clinical guidance, motivate and develop others, work across professional boundaries and act as a credible Advanced Practice role model
- Demonstrates the Swansea Bay University Health Board values and behaviours
- Ability to analyse and present clinical, operational and performance information and use it to support improvement
- Competent use of relevant clinical, imaging and information systems

**Desirable**

- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh

## Documents

- [jdps (pdf, 305.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10568430)
- [oh form (pdf, 640.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10505749)
- [privacy notice (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2372)
- [applicant guide (pdf, 624.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1728)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2849)

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