DXA Technologist

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Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Sheffield is looking for a part-time DXA Technologist to join the Metabolic Bone Centre. This role requires a degree qualification in a health-related field and a commitment to providing high-quality patient care. The successful candidate will join a small team dedicated to performing Bone Density scans in a supportive environment that values career development and work-life balance, with competitive salaries and benefits included.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Career development opportunities

Health and wellbeing packages

Qualifications

• Motivation to work in a healthcare environment.
• Knowledge of current health and safety regulations.
• Previous experience in a healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform Bone Density scans according to departmental protocols.
• Work in a small team of dedicated scan technologists.
• Request procedures as required for imaging and assessments.

Skills

Effective interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Ability to prioritize tasks

Ability to work independently

Teamwork skills

Education

Science or health-related degree

Registration with a Professional Body

ROS IR(ME)R certification

Royal Osteoporosis Society Certificate

Job description

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital, Metabolic Bone Unit Town Sheffield Salary £31,049 - £37,796 pa/ pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 25/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 06/02/2026

DXA Technologist

NHS AfC: Band 5

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Metabolic Bone Centre team located at the Northern General Hospital.

The Metabolic Bone Centre provides a high-quality diagnostic service, including the provision of densitometry and Vertebral Fracture Assessment imaging and seeing approximately 13,500 patients per year.

A Fracture Risk Assessment Service (FRAS) runs alongside specialised consultant-led metabolic bone clinics providing outpatient and day case services to the population of Sheffield and surrounding districts.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a part time (30 hours) Bone Densitometry (DEXA) Scanning Technologist to join our small team of dedicated scan technologists.

The role will require a science or health-related qualification at degree level and motivation to work in a healthcare environment.

The successful candidate will form part of the current scanning team performing Bone Density scans and requesting procedures according to the relevant departmental protocols.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Science or health-related degree or equivalent academic achievement
• Registration with an appropriate Professional Body
• ROS IR(ME)R certification for operators / referrers or equivalent training in radiation protection
• Royal Osteoporosis Society Certificate of Competency in Bone Densitometry

Experience

• Motivation to work in a healthcare environment
• Experience of Working in a Metabolic Bone Centre
• Knowledge of current health and safety regulations
• Previous experience in a healthcare environment
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Flexibility and ability to prioritise
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Awareness of confidentiality
• Committed to professional and personal development

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .

Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.