Job summary
Several exciting opportunities have arisen to join the MRI Physics Team at UHB NHS Foundation Trust, following expansion of our services and a valued member of the team moving on to a leadership position elsewhere. A total of 1.7 WTE 8a posts are available for experienced and motivated HCPC registered Clinical Scientists, currently structured as one full-time post and one 0.7 WTE post, although other configurations would be considered. Candidates with less experience who are not yet HCPC registered are encouraged to apply for the band 7 post also available.
We are part of RRPPS, which provides radiation protection and physics services within UHB and to external providers mainly in the Midlands and South West regions. We provide a wide range of MRI physics support for clinical and research activities on 16 "in-house" MRI scanners across the four UHB hospital sites, the Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM) Imaging Centre and Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, along with approx. 30 MRI scanners across numerous external providers. Current exciting developments include a dedicated paediatric intra-operative scanner and a radiotherapy-planning scanner.
This is an excellent opportunity to take a leadership role within a growing team and to develop your own areas of specialist clinical MR physics support and research interests. Flexible working arrangements and active engagement with regional and national networks are strongly encouraged.
Main duties of the job
To take a lead role as part of the MRI Physics Team in providing a wide range of scientific and technical support for clinical MRI services within UHB and external customers of RRPPS, including:
* Taking a lead in delivering scientific support for one or more specialist areas or advanced applications of MRI in order to deliver service improvements and optimise patient care in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
* Providing MR Safety Expert (MRSE) advice and support for scanning patients with implants and devices, conducting safety surveys of MRI facilities, reviewing and developing safety framework documentation for compliance with relevant guidelines and legislation.
* Developing, performing and overseeing routine Quality Assurance and Acceptance Testing (AT) of clinical MRI equipment including data acquisition, analysis and reporting as appropriate.
* Planning and delivering of MR safety and physics training to various staff groups including trainee medical physicists, clinical technologists, radiographers and other imaging staff.
* Active participation and leadership of R&D projects aimed at improving clinical MRI services as agreed with the Lead MRI Physicist.
For informal enquiries, please contact Nigel Davies: nigel.davies@uhb.nhs.uk
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
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*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
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Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Health & Care Professional Council registration as a Clinical Scientist
- *Honours (first or second class) degree in physical science or equivalent
- *Higher degree (MSc or equivalent) in medical physics or related field
Desirable
- *PhD with a focus on MRI methods & applications
- *Corporate membership of IPEM or other relevant professional body
- *IPEM MRSE Certificate of Competence (or likely to achieve this within ~2yrs)
Experience
Essential
- *Advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in MRI and spectroscopy
- *Specialist knowledge of MR safety and extensive experience in the clinical environment
- *High level of understanding of the hazards and risks arising from the use of MRI in the clinical environment and how to mitigate them, sufficient to act as MRSE
- *Extensive knowledge and experience of techniques and equipment employed to measure the performance of MRI equipment
- *Extensive knowledge and experience of clinical applications of MRI
- *Specialist knowledge and experience in one or more advanced MRI techniques
- *Understanding of the needs for ethics protocols and patient confidentiality, research and clinical governance
- *Understanding of relevant national standards, guidelines and legislations relevant to MRI including MHRA, NRPB, IEC, ICNIRP, CEMFAW, Caldicott, GDPR, COSHH and Health & Safety at Work Act
Desirable
- *Experience of working with a Quality Management System
- *Experience of supervision, training and/or management of scientists / trainees
- *Record of disseminating scientific work through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations
- *Specialist knowledge and experience in other non-Ionising radiations (NIR) including ultrasound, coherent light sources (e.g. Lasers) and incoherent optical radiations (e.g. ultraviolet, blue light etc) as applicable to healthcare
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Good interpersonal and communication skills
- *Good scientific writing and presentation skills for a wide range of audiences
- *Able to operate a range of different clinical MRI systems
- *Good data analysis skills
- *Scientific programming experience in languages such as Python, C++, MATLAB
Desirable
- *Experience of MRI Pulse sequence programming and/or image reconstruction
- *Knowledge of DICOM standards, anonymization, storage and management of complex and large MRI datasets
- *Full driving licence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Health & Care Professional Council registration as a Clinical Scientist
- *Honours (first or second class) degree in physical science or equivalent
- *Higher degree (MSc or equivalent) in medical physics or related field
Desirable
- *PhD with a focus on MRI methods & applications
- *Corporate membership of IPEM or other relevant professional body
- *IPEM MRSE Certificate of Competence (or likely to achieve this within ~2yrs)
Experience
Essential
- *Advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in MRI and spectroscopy
- *Specialist knowledge of MR safety and extensive experience in the clinical environment
- *High level of understanding of the hazards and risks arising from the use of MRI in the clinical environment and how to mitigate them, sufficient to act as MRSE
- *Extensive knowledge and experience of techniques and equipment employed to measure the performance of MRI equipment
- *Extensive knowledge and experience of clinical applications of MRI
- *Specialist knowledge and experience in one or more advanced MRI techniques
- *Understanding of the needs for ethics protocols and patient confidentiality, research and clinical governance
- *Understanding of relevant national standards, guidelines and legislations relevant to MRI including MHRA, NRPB, IEC, ICNIRP, CEMFAW, Caldicott, GDPR, COSHH and Health & Safety at Work Act
Desirable
- *Experience of working with a Quality Management System
- *Experience of supervision, training and/or management of scientists / trainees
- *Record of disseminating scientific work through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations
- *Specialist knowledge and experience in other non-Ionising radiations (NIR) including ultrasound, coherent light sources (e.g. Lasers) and incoherent optical radiations (e.g. ultraviolet, blue light etc) as applicable to healthcare
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Good interpersonal and communication skills
- *Good scientific writing and presentation skills for a wide range of audiences
- *Able to operate a range of different clinical MRI systems
- *Good data analysis skills
- *Scientific programming experience in languages such as Python, C++, MATLAB
Desirable
- *Experience of MRI Pulse sequence programming and/or image reconstruction
- *Knowledge of DICOM standards, anonymization, storage and management of complex and large MRI datasets
- *Full driving licence
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
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).
