Trainee Radiation Protection Technologist

Job overview

Our Radiation Protection Technologists support users of X-rays and radioactive substances at 10 hospitals, 3 Community Diagnostic Centres, mobile mammography and CT units, and a large number of private dental and veterinary clinics.

We are looking for a technically minded person to join our team as a trainee Radiation Protection Technologist. You may be

• A graduate (or are soon to graduate) with a degree in a scientific or engineering subject, or equivalent qualification and experience who we would train through the 2-year IPEM Clinical Technologist Training Scheme to RCT registration as a Clinical Technologist in Radiation Physics, or
• Have, or will soon have, A level, BTEC or equivalent scientific/technical qualifications who we would train through a three-year degree apprenticeship scheme, leading to a BSc Healthcare Science (Radiation Physics) from UWE Bristol and RCT registration as a Clinical Technologist in Radiation Physics.

Graduate entrants would be expected to be employed at NHS Agenda-for-Change (AfC) band 5 (starting at £32,073) and degree apprenticeship entrants on AfC band 5 Annex 21 (starting at £23,378). On successful RCT registration as a Clinical Technologist in Radiation Physics, the new registrant would be eligible for internal training towards a permanent band 6 Specialist Clinical Technologist post.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job will include

• Undertake training to achieve RCT registration as a Clinical Technologist within an appropriate timeframe.
• To help imaging departments to ensure that radiation doses to staff, patients and others are kept as low as reasonably achievable while maintaining good diagnostic image quality.
• Testing of a wide range of X-ray imaging systems, principally in healthcare settings, but including some veterinary and other systems, and providing reports and recommendations to clients.
• Advising clients on best practice and radiation regulatory requirements. This may involve some delivery of basic training.
• Travel, on average several times a week, sometimes long distance (e.g. Newcastle). The department has access to pool cars, but use of own car may be necessary at times when these are unavailable.

More information on the role and the department can be found in the job description, at hullmedicalphysics.uk and hullrad.org.uk, and by contacting John Wilson ([email protected], 01482 461409) or Tim Wood ([email protected], 01482 461332).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.