Nuclear Medicine Senior Staff Nurse

Job summary

The Nuclear Medicine department at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dedicated Senior Staff Nurse to join our team. The successful applicant would be based in the Nuclear Medicine department but will support the delivery of Nuclear Medicine, PET-CT and radiopharmacy in all aspect of the service.

This will involve dispensing and injecting radiopharmaceuticals, supporting Myocardial Perfusion Stress tests and assisting with day to day patient care as required. The post holder will be the designated champion for Infection Prevention in the department and will work with the Nuclear Medicine Service Manager to ensure the delivery of the highest standards of patient care. The staff member may be required to rotate through other areas of Imaging as required on the basis of clinical need.

Experience in these areas is desirable, but not essential, however the applicant must be a registered nurse.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to dispense, check and administer radioactive pharmaceuticals and adjunct drugs. This will include the infusion of adjunct drugs to support myocardial perfusion stress tests and Morphine HIDA.

Effective leadership and organisational skills are essential in our busy department with our teams in striving for the highest standards of care for all of our patients.

The Nuclear Medicine department is part of the Imaging Directorate at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM). The department consists of a diverse staffing group comprising of technologists and radiographers, who perform the full breadth of the Nuclear Medicine workload including radiopharmacy work and SPECT-CT investigations, assistant technologists, nursing staff and integrated radiology and physics support. Such a combination of staff ensures a ready availability of expertise when and where it is required.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke University Hospital

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke University Hospital

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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