The Nuclear Medicine service is a specialised diagnostic and therapeutic service based across four sites: Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB), Heartlands Hospital (HH), Good Hope Hospital (GH) and Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH). The case mix is highly specialised, and this is reflected in the range of investigations and treatments that are provided.

The training lead role will be vital in overseeing training provided to the clinical team and supporting apprentices' and trainee staff members.

Main duties of the job

The training lead will have responsibility for:

- Facilitating training within specialities

Supervision of training clinical staff ensuring provision of effective and efficient training systems

- Liaison with the management team to ensure clinical staff have the ability and resources to carry out training opportunities

- Acting as the clinical staff representative in strategic planning and department performance review

- Initiating and organising audit's

- Creating the roster to align with the training needs of the staff across all four sites

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Hons Clinical Technology (nuclear medicine), Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent.
• Developed highly, specialist knowledge and experience across a range of work procedures (MSc level) -- gained from experience, short courses and study and to have rotated and actively participated in all areas of specialist work.
• Post Graduate Diploma or equivalent level of knowledge.
• Evidence of Continual Professional Development (CPD).
• Registered Clinical Technologist / Diagnostic Radiographer

Desirable

• Student assessment qualification (Level 3)

Experience

Essential

• Significant diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Experience
• Specialist experience in functional imaging
• Experience of dispensing and administering diagnostic and therapy Radiopharmaceuticals
• Experience delivering training, supervising students, mentoring and assessing.
• Expected to carry out specialist procedures with highly complex equipment, adapting protocols where necessary.
• Experience of working within a quality management system.
• Have a working knowledge of a range of specialist practice. Innovative skills required to develop work procedures.
• Evidence of direct involvement with the technical support for a clinical nuclear medicine department, covering a full range of in vivo and in vitro procedures, therapy applications and radiopharmacy.
• Possess a developed specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of nuclear medicine imaging and non- imaging procedures and analysis. Able to perform a full range of diagnostic test procedures on patients of all ages including paediatric.
• Possess specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of radiopharmacy with the ability to dispense and administer intravenous radiopharmaceuticals.
• Able to devise, write and implement investigational protocols and procedures.
• Expected to carry out specialist procedures with highly complex equipment, adapting protocols where necessary.
• Knowledge of the safe use of expensive and highly complex imaging, non-imaging and related equipment (& gt 50,000)
• Has knowledge of NHS working environment within the field of nuclear medicine / PET.
• Demonstrates a specialist theoretical and practical knowledge relating to the hazards posed by and the precautions required when dealing with ionising radiation arising from sealed and unsealed radioactive diagnostic and therapeutic sources and patients.
• Has a high degree of theoretical and practical knowledge of radiation protection issues and radioactive decontamination.
• Has a developed understanding of patient, staff and public risks arising from radiation exposure.
• Has a high level of knowledge of radiation protection and legislation relating to nuclear medicine i.e, Ionising Radiations Regulations, Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposure) Regulations, Radioactive Substances Act, Medicines Act Radioactive Substances, Transport Regulations and Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC) guidelines.
• Experience of working within a quality management system including the ability to take part in the development of a quality system.
• Demonstrates significant experience of providing and delivering teaching, training and assessment of junior staff.
• Able to manipulate scientific data (e.g. to present at national/scientific meetings etc)

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Able to use highly developed analytical, interpretation and judgemental skills to make decisions outside written protocols
• e.g. decide if deviation from protocol would be required to get best possible information from investigation.
• Able to critically analyse patient data and make judgements and decisions on format of investigation procedure.
• Able to identify normal and abnormal findings on a wide range of investigations
• Use analytical and judgemental skills when manipulating and analysing diagnostic imaging and non-imaging patient data for a full range of nuclear medicine investigations, considering complex facts and involving a range of options.
• Able to deal with complex and unpredictable technical/clinical situations.
• Evidence of management qualification or management experience (e.g. PDRS, attendance management, disciplinary etc).
• Evidence of managing a specialist area
• i.e. delivering an unsealed radionuclide therapy service to both in-patients and out-patients
• Evidence of managing project work.
• Evidence of supervisory, leadership and motivational skills.
• Evidence of organising a multidisciplinary team.
• Evidence of planning and organising the daily and future workload of a busy department
• Able to prioritise own work and others.
• Able to handle complaints from patients, relatives and other staff groups.
• Able to use and manipulate complex software packages for the acquisition and processing of patient data.
• Able to use and manipulate Word, Excel and PowerPoint e-mail and internet search engines.
• Able to use and manipulate database management systems e.g. Radiology Management System
• Able to manipulate scientific data (e.g. to present at national/scientific meetings etc)
• Possess manually dexterity for the manipulation of laboratory and related equipment e.g. precision pipetting, preparation of sterile radiopharmaceuticals.
• Able to manoeuvre patient wheelchairs, beds', imaging couches and chairs safely at all times.
• Able to manoeuvre medium/heavy equipment e.g. radionuclide generators, lead collimators, lead shielding.
• Able to safely undertake patient transfers from beds and wheelchairs.
• Able to perform basic life support.
• Able to concentrate for prolonged periods of time when analysing patient data using complex computer programs and spreadsheets.
• Able to concentrate for prolonged periods when handling and manipulating unsealed radioactive sources and biohazardous material.
• Able to work under pressure and in sometimes unpredictable circumstances.
• Able to work within strict time schedules and to deadlines.
• Able to deal with enquiries from patients, medical staff etc relating to diagnostic investigations, results etc.
• Able to organise and supervise a multidisciplinary team and demonstrate good team working abilities.
• Able to demonstrate excellent leadership and motivational skills.
• Able to demonstrate enthusiasm and show commitment.
• Able to demonstrate high level of self- motivation.
• Able to demonstrate a high degree of initiative.
• Able to deal with patients who may be upset, angry or confused and suffering a wide range of illnesses including psychiatric disorders and cancer.
• Able to deal with terminally ill patients of all ages (including paediatric) undergoing lengthy procedures.
• Able to show empathy and understanding towards patients of all ages undergoing lengthy investigations and also, to their relatives/carers.
• Able to deal with emergency medical crises including cardiac arrests.
• Calm under pressure
• Able to adapt working pattern / work flexibly.
• Excellent communicator. Ability to problem solve.
• Able to work cross-site when required.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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