Job summary
Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.
The Trust includes St Bartholomew's Hospital, The Royal London Hospital, Newham University Hospital , Whipps Cross University Hospital and Mile End Hospital. A brand new hospital is being developed at the Whipps Cross site with Government investment, offering new and exciting opportunities for service development and delivery. We provide radiation safety support for all uses of ionising radiation in the Trust. The Barts and the Royal London sites have been built and equipped under a PFI and have a wide range of digital imaging equipment. The Barts Heart Centre, a new state of the art cardiac facility, has 10 cardiac angiography labs and 1 interventional theatre, with space for a further theatre. We also provide services to a specialist paediatric hospital and to other external clients
Main duties of the job
This permanent post is part of expanding the team to provide closer MPE / RPA working with the clinical departments and being more integrated into the clinical teams
You must be registered with the HCPC as a Clinical Scientist 0r close to achieving registration
The Radiation Safety Section is based at the Royal London Hospital. You will be expected to work on all Trust and client sites.
Informal enquiries and visits are welcome and can be arranged by contacting Julie Horrocks at j.horrocks@nhs.net
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support and assist with the management and provision of specialised diagnostic radiology physics support, radiation safety services, patient and personal dosimetry to the Trust and to other organisations who have contracts with Clinical Physics. The post holder will be expected to work on all Trust sites and to travel to sites where external contracts are held. The post will report to one of the designated site lead 8B/8C physicists
Would be expected to supervise some aspects of the Band 5 and Band 6 work. Would assist with supervision of clinical scientist trainees
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support and assist with the management and provision of specialised diagnostic radiology physics support, radiation safety services, patient and personal dosimetry to the Trust and to other organisations who have contracts with Clinical Physics. The post holder will be expected to work on all Trust sites and to travel to sites where external contracts are held. The post will report to one of the designated site lead 8B/8C physicists
Would be expected to supervise some aspects of the Band 5 and Band 6 work. Would assist with supervision of clinical scientist trainees
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oBSc (Hons) Physics or equivalent
- oMSc in Radiation Physics or equivalent experience.
- oNHS STP training in medical physics or equivalent experience
- oRegistered Clinical Scientist, or expectation to achieve registration within 1 year
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in radiation safety applied to use of ionising radiation in medicine and of diagnostic radiology physics
- oAble to performance test a wide range of diagnostic x-ray imaging equipment - simple to mid-range systems on own, more complex systems with supervision
- oProficient in Excel, Word, Access: able to set up databases and spreadsheets and extract information.
- oUnderstanding of patient and staff risks arising from radiation exposure and of the image quality requirements for a range of diagnostic imaging procedures Able to produce written reports within a defined timescale.
Knowledge
Essential
- oSpecialist knowledge in radiation and imaging physics as applied in medicine
- oSpecialist knowledge of the techniques employed to measure the performance and radiological safety of a range of X-ray imaging equipment.
- oKnowledge of radiation protection legislation in healthcare and biomedical research
Desirable
- oAwareness of national standards, professional and other guidelines relevant to the specialist area
- oKnowledge of a programming language such as IDL, VisualBasic, C, or experience with database design and use
Skills
Essential
- oAble to understand and operate a wide range of diagnostic imaging equipment
- oAble to analyse complex data
- oAble to devise methods of analysing data
- oAble to interpret and apply relevant guidance and legislation
- oAble to work off-site alone according to SOPs and to use initiative in non-standard conditions
- oGood verbal and written communication skills
- oAble to communicate complex information to many different groups of staff, i.e. at a range of levels.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oBSc (Hons) Physics or equivalent
- oMSc in Radiation Physics or equivalent experience.
- oNHS STP training in medical physics or equivalent experience
- oRegistered Clinical Scientist, or expectation to achieve registration within 1 year
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in radiation safety applied to use of ionising radiation in medicine and of diagnostic radiology physics
- oAble to performance test a wide range of diagnostic x-ray imaging equipment - simple to mid-range systems on own, more complex systems with supervision
- oProficient in Excel, Word, Access: able to set up databases and spreadsheets and extract information.
- oUnderstanding of patient and staff risks arising from radiation exposure and of the image quality requirements for a range of diagnostic imaging procedures Able to produce written reports within a defined timescale.
Knowledge
Essential
- oSpecialist knowledge in radiation and imaging physics as applied in medicine
- oSpecialist knowledge of the techniques employed to measure the performance and radiological safety of a range of X-ray imaging equipment.
- oKnowledge of radiation protection legislation in healthcare and biomedical research
Desirable
- oAwareness of national standards, professional and other guidelines relevant to the specialist area
- oKnowledge of a programming language such as IDL, VisualBasic, C, or experience with database design and use
Skills
Essential
- oAble to understand and operate a wide range of diagnostic imaging equipment
- oAble to analyse complex data
- oAble to devise methods of analysing data
- oAble to interpret and apply relevant guidance and legislation
- oAble to work off-site alone according to SOPs and to use initiative in non-standard conditions
- oGood verbal and written communication skills
- oAble to communicate complex information to many different groups of staff, i.e. at a range of levels.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
