Job summary
Applications are invited for a band 7 Computer Scientist post in the Regional Radiation Protection Service (RRPS) within the Department of Medical Physics at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford.
The RRPS is one 5 sections within the Department of Medical Physics, which provides medical physics services to the hospital, especially to St Luke's Cancer Centre, and to a number of surrounding hospitals.
The RRPS provides comprehensive radiation protection, diagnostic radiology physics and X-ray engineering services to the Trust and outside services to corporate organisations, companies, private hospitals, dentists, vets and many others. The service is active in research and development and training, including organising courses both locally and at a national level.
Main duties of the job
The post holder's main duties will be to undertake specialised and complex systems development and support. A primary focus of the software development will be in the area of Java development primarily on existing systems, hence pre-existing Java development skills will be required. Other forms of programming, scripting and web development will also be important. You should have a good honours degree in a relative subject. Considerable experience in a software development or scientific computing setting is required. Expertise in large scale data manipulation/storage and experience with HPC and virtualisation are desirable.
About us
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
This post requires expertise and experience in applied computer sciences. The post holder will be a member of the Radiation Protection team, working on computational projects. A working knowledge of medical physics and imaging are highly desirable.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post requires expertise and experience in applied computer sciences. The post holder will be a member of the Radiation Protection team, working on computational projects. A working knowledge of medical physics and imaging are highly desirable.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good honours degree (upper second class or above) in computing or a physical or Biological/Chemical science.
- Excellent Systems Administration skills (Linux, Mac)
- Procedural Programming. E.g. Python, Perl
- Experienced Java programming skills
Desirable
- Experience in the application of scientific computing in an academic/ clinical/research setting
- Web Application Development (PHP, JSP, JavaScript)
- Demonstrable knowledge of virtualisation technologies
- Demonstrable knowledge of cloud computing
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence for creative problem solving in scientific computing or similar discipline
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to foster collaborative working relationships across different professional groups.
- Experienced in Database Design and administration
- Experienced in using Unix
Desirable
- Experience in the integration and mining of large-scale and heterogeneous data
- Clear evidence of achievement of applying or developing computational solutions to scientific problems
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good honours degree (upper second class or above) in computing or a physical or Biological/Chemical science.
- Excellent Systems Administration skills (Linux, Mac)
- Procedural Programming. E.g. Python, Perl
- Experienced Java programming skills
Desirable
- Experience in the application of scientific computing in an academic/ clinical/research setting
- Web Application Development (PHP, JSP, JavaScript)
- Demonstrable knowledge of virtualisation technologies
- Demonstrable knowledge of cloud computing
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence for creative problem solving in scientific computing or similar discipline
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to foster collaborative working relationships across different professional groups.
- Experienced in Database Design and administration
- Experienced in using Unix
Desirable
- Experience in the integration and mining of large-scale and heterogeneous data
- Clear evidence of achievement of applying or developing computational solutions to scientific problems
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).
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).
