Nuclear Medicine Clinical Technologist ApprenticeshipNuclear Medicine Clinical Technologist Apprenticeship in Bath

New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. You will work alongside high calibre staff, many of whom have a national and international reputation for specialist expertise and world-class care, focusing on providing the best services to our patients. The CQC recently rated the care we provide as outstanding.

The Trust provides acute treatment and care for a catchment population of around 500,000 people in Bath, North East Somerset and West Wiltshire. Our values; Everyone Matters, Working Together, Making a Difference, represent our aspiration for the type of hospitals we want to be. You can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

We are proud of our innovative approach to improving patient care and experience and we regularly receive national recognition for the quality of the care we provide. We were recently named as a centre of excellence by LUPUS UK in recognition of our approach to the management of lupus, and honoured at the Nursing Times Awards for our patient safety improvement work. The quality of our environment and our food has also been praised; awarded two Construction Excellence Awards for our IT building, and also presented with a prestigious Soil Association catering mark for the food we serve.

The beautiful, historic City of Bath is one of the most visited cities in the UK outside of London. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Bath is a wonderful place to live, work and play. The hospital is served by great transport links from the city centre, by Park & Ride services from the centre of town and Odd Down, and is accessible via national cycle route 24, 244 and the beautiful Two Tunnels Greenway.

If we receive high level of applications, the vacancy may close early. So, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. If you feel you need additional time, please contact recruitment to discuss if we can help.

Do you have an interest in the application of science and technology in healthcare? Do you possess good interpersonal and analytical skills? Would you like to pursue a well paid career with good prospects helping patients on a daily basis? Want to earn a salary while you train? If so, this could be the position for you! We're pleased to announce this rare and exciting opportunity to join our friendly, dedicated Nuclear Medicine team (part of the Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering) as an apprentice Clinical Technologist.

We are a regional centre of excellence for Nuclear Medicine - our department is well equipped with state of the art technology including our own PET-CT Scanner as well as two dual-headed gamma cameras (both SPECT, one with diagnostic CT) and in-vitro counting facilities. The successful applicant will be involved in all aspects of the service throughout their apprenticeship with ample opportunity for research and development project work.

Applicants should be numerate, computer literate and possess at least two good A-Levels (Grade C or above), one of which should be in a scientific subject. As part of the apprenticeship, you will undertake a professionally accredited BSc (Hons) Degree qualification in Healthcare Science (Medical Physics Technology) and upon successful completion of the apprenticeship be eligible for entry on the professional register for clinical technologists (RCT). There may be an opportunity to join the department permanently at the end of your training but please note that your new found skills as a nuclear medicine clinical technologist will be in high demand as there is a national shortage of trained staff!

For further information please contact Dr Edward Matthews, Head of Medical Physics & Bioengineering on01225 824084 or edwardmatthews1@nhs.netor Martyn Evans, Head of Imaging Physics on01225 824087 or martynevans@nhs.net.