MRI Medical Physicist

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a highly motivated MRI physicist to join the Non-Ionising Radiation Section within the Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering department. The Non-Ionising Radiation Section is comprised of 6 (soon to be 7) physicists, 3 of which work full time in MRI providing physics services for 5 static scanners, 2 mobile scanners, and various external contracts. This is a very exciting time to join the team with 3 new MRI scanners having been installed into a brand new build on-site in Summer 2022.

Main duties of the job

The group is innovative, technology driven and provides a wide range of scientific support for clinical activities in the Trust and to a number of external healthcare providers. The group provides support at all stages of the MRI equipment lifecycle, including specification, acceptance testing, equipment advice, user training, protocol development and optimisation, quality assurance (QA), PACS connectivity and decommissioning. In addition, the section provides MRI physics teaching and safety advice. The post is based at St George's Hospital but some travel and overnight stays in support of external contracts will be required.

The successful candidate will have a master's level degree in a relevant subject and should be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of MRI theory. HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist and experience in a healthcare setting supporting MRI is desirable. However, we are prioritising potential over experience and will provide onsite training if necessary. If successful, we will provide continuing STP training to STP applicants who have not yet completed their training.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their 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, they provide a wide variety of specialist care 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. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.