Nuclear Medicine Site Lead (ORC) inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED FRI 18 OCT 2024

We are seeking an enthusiastic, hardworking and talented person to lead our team of Nuclear Medicine Technologists and Radiographers on the Oxford Road Campus, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). This is an exciting opportunity for an established and experienced specialist in the area of Nuclear Medicine imaging to lead and manage a large and diverse team, ensuring that the care and service provided is the best it can be.

You will join our friendly, collaborative and multidisciplinary team, providing a service to referrers from across the region. The role demands experience of leading a team through change, excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to interact with a range of disciplines along with excellent patient communication. You should have an awareness and aptitude for excellent patient focused care.

This is a leadership post within the directorate of Nuclear Medicine, you will be expected to act as a line manager, feed into the senior management structure for the directorate and maintain some clinical competencies and HCPC or RCT registration as part of your employment with the trust.

The site lead will support the Directorate Manager, Clinical Director and Chief Radiopharmacist with operational management of services within the directorate. You will work closely with a team of senior Medical Technologists, delegating tasks appropriately to oversee the efficient day-to-day running of the clinical services provided by the Nuclear Medicine Directorate.

It will be necessary to liaise with Nuclear Medicine site leads across the trust and with admin and senior leadership to ensure effective waiting list management, utilising the resources available.As site lead you will be responsible for line management and professional development of the technologist group and for representing needs of this group within the senior leadership team. You will contribute to activities around service delivery, clinical governance, resource management, performance, communication and engagement.

About us

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at

Were looking forward to hearing from you!