Hospital Physicist

1KOMMA5° Commercial Solutions GmbH; Jyväskylä; On-site; EUR 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Sairaala Nova in Jyväskylä seeks a hospital physicist to lead clinical neurophysiology within the Hospital Physics Unit. You will supervise EEG, ENMG, evoked potentials, and rTMS investigations, contribute to actigraphy and sleep studies, and support intraoperative monitoring.

The role includes training, project work, and procurement; you will collaborate across the multidisciplinary team. Permanent post under the SOTE agreement with a structured induction and potential for career development;

Qualifications

• Applicants must have a hospital physicist qualification for this permanent post.

Responsibilities

• Act as the responsible physicist for clinical neurophysiology within the Hospital Physics Unit and provide the associated medical-physics expertise.
• Provide specialist support for EEG, ENMG and evoked-potential investigations.
• Contribute expertise to actigraphy and sleep investigations ( PSG, Pol-Amb, MWT ).
• Undertake active role in rTMS patient work and expert handling of equipment and treatment technology.
• Participate in readiness for spinal-orthopaedic intraoperative monitoring.
• Improve examination methods and operational practices in the clinical-neurophysiology remit.
• Train staff and contribute to projects and equipment procurements.
• Stand in for the senior physicist in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary clinical-neurophysiology team.

Skills

Medical-physics

EEG

ENMG

Evoked potentials

Actigraphy

PSG

rTMS

Clinical neurophysiology

Training

Procurement

Education

Hospital physicist qualification

Specialist training in clinical neurophysiology

Tools

EEG equipment

Intraoperative monitoring equipment

Pol-Amb equipment

rTMS equipment

Job description

Official title: Sairaalafyysikko (sairaalafysiikan yksikkö, Sairaala Nova, Jyväskylä) — Hospital Physicist

Location: Sairaala Nova, Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland | Employment information: Permanent post under the SOTE collective agreement; working-time arrangement not stated

The role combines accountable clinical-neurophysiology physics with broader specialist support inside the Hospital Physics Unit. As the responsible physicist, the postholder provides expertise across named neurophysiological investigations and takes an active patient-facing and technical role in rTMS. Development of examinations and local operations is an integral responsibility rather than a separate activity. The remit also includes training, project and procurement work, multidisciplinary cooperation, intraoperative-monitoring readiness and defined deputy duties in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine. The position is permanently placed in the Hospital Physiology operating site at Sairaala Nova.

Responsibilities

• Act as the responsible physicist for clinical neurophysiology within the Hospital Physics Unit and provide the associated medical-physics expertise.
• Provide specialist support for EEG, ENMG and evoked-potential investigations within the Sairaala Nova clinical-neurophysiology service.
• Contribute expertise to actigraphy and sleep and wake investigations, including the named PSG, Pol-Amb and MWT studies.
• Undertake an active role in rTMS patient work and serve as an expert in its equipment and treatment technology.
• Participate in Sairaala Nova's readiness for spinal-orthopaedic intraoperative monitoring.
• Improve examination methods and operational practices in the assigned clinical-neurophysiology responsibility area.
• Train staff and contribute specialist knowledge to projects and equipment procurements within the published remit.
• Stand in for the senior physicist in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine, including STV, STA and LFA responsibilities.
• Work in close cooperation with the multidisciplinary clinical-neurophysiology team at Sairaala Nova.

Qualifications

• Applicants need a hospital physicist qualification for this permanent Hospital Physics Unit post.
• A physicist in the final phase of specialist training may also be considered by the employer for the post.
• Suitability under Section 48 of the Communicable Diseases Act, including protection against varicella and measles, is required for the hospital role.
• The role is subject to the employer's assessment of the need for influenza and pertussis vaccination in this setting.
• No Finnish, Swedish or English language requirement is stated in the vacancy for this Hospital Physicist position.
• Preferred: Broad and deep knowledge of clinical neurophysiology is valued for the role's primary specialty focus.
• Preferred: Strong workplace-community and collaborative working skills are valued for multidisciplinary clinical-neurophysiology practice.
• Preferred: Initiative is valued in the published candidate profile for this specialist post.
• Preferred: Problem-solving ability is valued in the published candidate profile for the defined technical and clinical remit.

Skills and Competencies

• Medical-physics expertise is applied as the responsible physicist in the role's primary clinical-neurophysiology focus.
• EEG knowledge supports the specialist investigation work assigned within the Sairaala Nova service.
• ENMG expertise is used within the clinical-neurophysiology investigation remit of the permanent post.
• Competence in evoked potentials supports the listed investigation responsibilities for the Hospital Physicist.
• Actigraphy knowledge is relevant to the named sleep and wake investigation work in clinical neurophysiology.
• Experience of PSG, Pol-Amb and MWT relates directly to the stated sleep and wake studies.
• rTMS equipment and treatment-technology expertise supports the role's active patient and technical work.
• Method and service-development capability supports examination and operational improvement in the assigned area.
• Training, project, procurement and multidisciplinary collaboration skills support the Hospital Physics Unit's defined work.

Benefits and Employment Information

• Public-sector employment terms for this hospital-physics post include annual-leave accrual that is based on work experience.
• A structured induction plan for the Hospital Physicist is tailored to the appointee's previous skills and work history.
• The employer identifies strong managerial support and induction support from an experienced clinical-neurophysiology physicist colleague for this post.
• Support from experienced and skilled colleagues is included in the published employment information for the Hospital Physics Unit role.
• A probationary period applies to this permanent Hospital Physicist vacancy.
• The Hospital Physicist role is a Permanent post under the SOTE collective agreement; working-time arrangement not stated. The employer publishes pay of EUR 5,585.87 per month, plus possible experience-related supplements; 3% after 5 years and 8% after 10 years.