Nuclear medicine
Band 2
Nuclear medicine technologist Band 2 jobs in the UK
Imaging support worker / departmental assistant · Entry level — no formal qualification required
Nuclear medicine practitioners deliver SPECT, SPECT/CT and PET/CT imaging using radiopharmaceuticals.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £24,169 (2025/26 AfC, single spine point)
- Typical experience
- Entry level — no formal qualification required
- Where these roles sit
- Tertiary cancer centres · Regional NM departments · Private PET providers
What the person spec usually requires
- Patient escort, chaperoning, room turnover and stock control
- Basic patient handling and communication
- Supporting radiographers in plain-film, fluoroscopy and CT rooms
- Mandatory training: manual handling, IPC, safeguarding, IR(ME)R awareness
Core Nuclear medicine skills panels score
- Radiopharmaceutical handling (IRR/IRMER)
- PET/CT protocols
- Patient prep & cannulation
- Radiation protection
How to get shortlisted
- Customer-service or care experience — show the human side
- Reliability, teamwork and shift-work examples
- Genuine interest in progressing to assistant practitioner
- NHS values mapped explicitly to the job description
The route into Nuclear medicine
Either a direct BSc in Nuclear Medicine or a diagnostic radiography route plus PgCert/PgDip in Nuclear Medicine.
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