Job summary
- Main area
- Imaging
- Grade
- Band 8B
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2044
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £70,387 - £80,465 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Principal Magnetic Resonance Physicist
Band 8B
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Join us as a Principal Magnetic Resonance Physicist on a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Based across our hospital sites, you'll provide expert MR physics support and MR safety advice across the Trust and external service partners. We're looking for an HCPC registered, experienced clinical scientist with the confidence to work autonomously and collaboratively.
Main duties of the job
- You will be involved in the delivery of expert scientific and technical support for MRI across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and its external partners.
- Acting as a senior member of the MR physics team, you’ll be responsible for overseeing MR quality assurance programmes, troubleshooting system issues, supporting procurement, and optimising clinical protocols.
- You will act as a recognised Magnetic Resonance Safety Expert (MRSE), providing high-level safety advice and guidance to radiographers, radiologists, and other clinical staff.
- You’ll also play a vital role in teaching and training STP trainees, junior staff, and postgraduate students. This role requires strong communication, advanced problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage complex projects independently while working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Honours Degree in a Physical Science
- MSc in Medical Physics or equivalent subject or equivalent experience
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Advanced professional training in magnetic resonance physics or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- 1st or 2nd class honours degree
- PhD in a relevant subject
Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven competence in understanding and application of MR physics and safety
- Specialist knowledge and understanding of regulations, recommendations and guidelines
- Self-motivated/ability for problem solving and decision making
- Able to work independently providing specialist advice to the Trust and SLA customers
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in application of MR physics in a clinical environment
- Specialist experience in MR systems, image acquisition and image processing
- Experience in giving responsible MR safety advice
- Experience in teaching and training junior staff members and STP trainees
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Quest
- Job title
- Head of MR Physics & MR Safety Expert
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 33130642
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