Clinical Scientist in Nuclear Medicine Physics
Job Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Nuclear Medicine Physicist to join a dynamic team providing physics support to St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust within the GESH hospital group and at contracted sites.
The Nuclear Medicine department has two Siemens Intevo SPECT/CTs, one Siemens Symbia SPECT, two gamma counters and multiple gamma probes. A radioiodine therapy service is managed and delivered by Physics, additionally support to external departments and support to a fleet of PET/CT mobiles. The department is an avid trainer of STP trainees and you will have the opportunity to actively contribute to training. The role would suit a recent STP graduate or those nearing completion or imminently due to obtain HCPC registration.
Main duties of the job
This post holder works as part of a team providing Medical Physics support to the Nuclear Medicine Department as part of the Nuclear Medicine Physics Group. The postholder provides specialised clinical scientific, technical and computing support to diagnostic and therapy services in the Nuclear Medicine Department. Direct patient contact is through the administration of radionuclide therapy and giving individual radiation protection advice.
The postholder will support other scientific staff in the provision of a Medical Physics service to external sites. This includes nuclear medicine and PET-CT services at both mobile and fixed site facilities. This involves performing calibrations and quality assurance, developing clinical imaging protocols, optimisation and service development and research projects.
About us
With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St. George's is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.The main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, a wide variety of specialist care services are provided and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good (1st or 2nd class) Honours degree in a relevant scientific discipline
- MSc in Physics or Medical Physics [or equivalent]
- IPEM Diploma or equivalent in Medical Physics
- State registration as a Clinical Scientist or graduating from STP
Desirable
- PhD in Physics
Experience
Essential
- Experience of Research and Development methodology, and experienced in writing scientific and technical reports
- UK NHS Hospital based experience in Nuclear Medicine in a substantive physics role.
Desirable
- High level language computer programming
- Experience with VBA
Skills
Essential
- Able to quickly gather data and evaluate information to provide immediate problemsolving support to other professionals in Nuclear Medicine, such as to deal with equipment fault issues, or patient study problems, or to deal rapidly with non-standard issues in instrumentation testing.
- Able to communicate Medical Physics based information clearly, for day-to-day support to non-clinical scientists and other physics group members, and able to influence other professionals to follow advice.
- Able to control electro-mechanical computer controlled imaging systems, for testing and support during patient studies.
- Able to plan and execute a personal contribution to scientific research projects, following good scientific method, and contributing scientific input to multi-disciplinary projects. Able to present scientific papers at national and international conferences.
Desirable
- Able to teach and train other professionals and trainees
Other
Essential
- Current clean UK driving license
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Blackshaw Road
London
SW17 0QT
United Kingdom
