Nuclear medicine
Band 8a
Nuclear medicine technologist Band 8a jobs in the UK
Consultant / clinical lead · 8+ years post-qualification
Nuclear medicine practitioners deliver SPECT, SPECT/CT and PET/CT imaging using radiopharmaceuticals.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £55,690 – £62,682 (2025/26 AfC)
- Typical experience
- 8+ years post-qualification
- Where these roles sit
- Tertiary cancer centres · Regional NM departments · Private PET providers
What the person spec usually requires
- Consultant-level practice or departmental clinical lead
- Published / presented research or service-level QI
- Strategic responsibility for a service line or modality
- Active in regional / national professional networks (SoR, BSIR, BMUS, IPEM)
Core Nuclear medicine skills panels score
- Radiopharmaceutical handling (IRR/IRMER)
- PET/CT protocols
- Patient prep & cannulation
- Radiation protection
How to get shortlisted
- Articulated vision for the service, mapped to trust strategy
- Demonstrated influence beyond the department (region, national body)
- Financial and workforce literacy
- Track record of developing others into Band 7
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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