Band 8B Senior Principal Physicist and Site Lead, Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology Physics, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
Position: Band 8B Site Lead Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology Physicist, and Patient Dosimetry Lead
Institution: Barts Health NHS Trust
Location: The Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Application closes at: Feb 6th, 2025 11:41
Here is an exciting opportunity for career development – Band 8B Site Lead Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology Physicist, and Patient Dosimetry Lead.
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 other external clients.
We are looking for a person with experience to act as the Radiation Safety Site lead at Newham University Hospital, and to also take in the lead in the patient dosimetry programme. You need experience as an MPE in Diagnostic Radiology and in radiation protection in healthcare to help lead the Radiation Safety services.
The aim of this post is to provide closer MPE / RPA working with the clinical departments and being more integrated into the clinical teams. You will also work with the site leadership teams on the site radiation protection programme.
You must be registered with the HCPC as a Clinical Scientist and have MPE certification. An RPA certificate of competence or the ability to submit an application within 6 months is also required.
The Radiation Safety Section is based at the Royal London Hospital. You will be expected to spend time at your lead site and to work on all Trust and client sites.
Informal enquiries are welcome and can be arranged by contacting Dr. Ruby Fong at ruby.fong1@nhs.net