Healthcare Support Worker (Nuclear Medicine)

A position is available for a Health Care support Worker to work in the Nuclear Medicine department at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The Christie is situated in South Manchester and is an international leader in cancer research and development. It is the largest cancer treatment centre of its kind in Europe.

You would form part of a multi-disciplinary team that provides the clinical Nuclear Medicine service to patients of The Christie. The team provides a specialist imaging service using two SPECT-CT cameras and a PET-CT scanner., 1. To be part of a multidisciplinary team providing diagnostic and therapeutic services.
2. To undertake some non-clinical duties caring for patients and their relatives to aid the smooth running of the department.
3. To undertake a range of housekeeping duties.
4. To assist with test kit and equipment preparation and radiation contamination monitoring

Applicants should have a good general education, experience of working in a hospital or care home environment, sympathetic and caring manner and effective communication and inter-personal skills.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

The Nuclear Medicine Department at The Christie offers a specialist range of tests which are focussed on diagnosing and assessing cancer, including non-imaging tests, gamma camera imaging and PETCT scanning. We also provide a wide range of radionuclide therapy.

The Nuclear Medicine service is supported by the complementary skills and expertise of radiopharmacists, radiopharmacy technicians, radiographers, clinical technologists, medical physicists, physics technicians, nurses, healthcare assistants, and a dedicated administration team.