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Job summary

Main area
Radiological Physics
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-6219509
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£66,718 - £76,271 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 8B Principal Physicist, Radiological Physics and Radiation Safety

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

The Radiological Physics and Radiation Safety team at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit a Band 8b Principal Physicist. This is an exciting new post created due to expansion of our services. We are a friendly and dynamic team based at the Royal Free Hospital in central London, delivering diagnostic radiology physics services to our trust and several other NHS organisations. Working closely with our clinical colleagues, our aim is to provide a responsive, effective and high quality service for the benefit of patients and staff.

Main duties of the job

You must be an HCPC registered Clinical Scientist and hold a certificate of competence to act as a Medical Physics Expert for diagnostic radiology.  The team actively supports training and development and there will be plenty of opportunities for these activities.  We are a forward-thinking department, with team members involved in innovative work both locally and nationally. We support flexible, hybrid and part-time working.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be involved in the collation and analysis of patient doses including the implementation of dose management systems; optimisation of patient radiological procedures; play a lead role in the procurement, acceptance, commissioning and routine quality assurance of X-ray equipment; and provide general support for IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR17 compliance. A substantial part of the team’s work is providing services to the London and East of England regions’ Breast Screening Programmes and you will be actively involved in these activities.

Person specification

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Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Honours First Degree in Physics or equivalent, or containing a major physics component
  • Postgraduate degree or equivalent in medical or radiation physics
  • Successful completion of the MSC Scientist Training Programme in either Radiation Safety or Imaging with Ionising Radiation, or equivalent
  • HCPC registered as a Clinical Scientist
  • Certificate of competence to act as a Medical Physics Expert
Desirable criteria
  • Certificate of competence to act as a Radiation Protection Adviser

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Appropriate and sufficient experience to be appointable as an MPE for the group’s work
  • Appropriate and sufficient experience to be appointable as an operator under IR(ME)R
  • Active evidence of pursuing professional advancement (CPD)
  • Experience of supervising other staff and trainees
  • Experience of training a wide range of professionals in radiation safety
Desirable criteria
  • Appropriate and sufficient experience to be appointable as an RPA for the group’s work
  • Experience of setting up and supervising research projects

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claire Skinner
Job title
Head of Radiological Physics and Radiation Safety
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02078302158

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Telephone
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