Medical Physicist (Clinical Scientist)

Job summary

Whether starting your professional career and looking for an organisation that can support this crucial step or looking to further progress your hospital career, join our people and be a part of something special here at Salisbury.

In this role, you will play a key part in assuring compliance with radiation safety legislation and the provision of a high standard of care and clinical practice for patients and staff. Using specialist equipment across the Trust, including the DEXA scanner, you will work with colleagues to ensure appropriate referrals and scans are performed.

Join our colleagues in the Medical Physics team who embody our friendly value and offer support through learning and development opportunities. We offer access to mentoring to enable you to have the skills and confidence to deliver on your role.

We are committed to having a robust medical physics team to support the many related activities across the hospital and if you are looking to be a part of a team making a contribution to the valuable work then this post is for you. Opportunity to progress to taking a lead in some areas will be available.

Successful candidates will have HCPC registration and experience in Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine is desirable.

Main duties of the job

Working enthusiastically and collaboratively within the Medical Physics and Radiology teams to provide routine QA and acceptance checks on imaging equipment, including dose optimisation and investigation of problems. You will be encouraged to be involved with service development to ensure compliance with legislation, e.g. IRR ad IR(ME)R, and to undertake research and audits. Being part of the wider Clinical Science and Engineering department there are also opportunities to contribute to other healthcare science and clinical measurement initiatives.

For a more in-depth view on the roles and responsibilities for this particular post please read the job description and person specification.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk