Maternity cover for PET-CT Service manager

Job summary

The PET-CT Service Manager provides a managerial and highly specialist technical service role to the Trust in order to deliver a safe, highly specialised diagnostic patient service.

You will be responsible for supporting the management of the day to day PET-CT service and team. This includes arranging staff rotas, patient bookings, radiopharmaceutical provision, patient administrations, daily equipment QC and equipment selection.

Management of the service includes continuous improvement and development of the service through the quality system, which is registered to ISO 9001:2000.

You'll be the lead trainer in PET-CT and responsible for ensuring the team has been adequately trained in their duties including use of equipment, handling radioactive material and basic life support as well providing appropriate structured training for new staff or trainees in the field of PETCT.

In this role you will work closely with the Service Lead for Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, the Head of Nuclear Medicine, Technologists and Radiographers in PET and the PET admin team.

This is a maternity cover opportunity for 13.5 hours a week; ideally split over a week. You will need to be a registered Radiographer or Clinical Technologist.

Main duties of the job

There is a need to be part of the clinical team twice a week, with one day a week dedicated to admin work relating to managing the service.

You'll be the point of contact for queries from the PET admin team and Nuclear Medicine staff who may have clinical queries.

The role needs to work closely with the Service Manager of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT.

It requires a flexible work ethic to ensure smooth running of the service throughout its operational hours Monday to Friday.

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