Clinical Scientist (Medical Physicist)

NHS Jobs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a senior role in its Institute of Nuclear Medicine, based at University College Hospital. The post holder will contribute to a high quality clinical nuclear medicine service, with emphasis on multidisciplinary teamwork, professional development, and patient safety.

We perform over 20,000 studies per year with PET/MR, PET/CT and SPECT/CT imaging, and run an extensive radionuclide therapy programme.

Job description

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. The post holder must maintain high professional standards and have a commitment to continuing professional development. Effective communication, teamwork, adaptability and a commitment to delivering a safe, high quality clinical service are essential attributes for success in this post. The Institute of Nuclear Medicine has an international reputation for excellence in academic and clinical nuclear medicine. We are located in University College Hospital, providing a comprehensive nuclear medicine service that now undertakes over 20,000 studies per year to patients referred from UCLH and hospitals throughout the UK. In addition to the extremely varied clinical workload, we have an extensive and internationally recognised internal research programme. We collaborate with both local and external researchers and are actively involved in the Trusts NIHR BRC-funded programme for translational research and with its clinical trials portfolio. Our key strengths include the exploitation of PET and SPECT-based multimodality imaging, and access to a range of experimental PET and SPECT tracers. We are developing cutting-edge techniques for oncological, neurological, and cardiac imaging, and are centrally involved in a very rapidly expanding and developing radionuclide therapy programme. We have a wide range and expanding portfolio of equipment which includes PET/MR, three PET/CT systems, and four SPECT/CT systems, together with DXA bone densitometry and a full range of supporting nuclear medicine instrumentation. A wide range of routine and innovative experimental inpatient and outpatient radionuclide therapy procedures are also performed. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* * UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

£58,133 - £65,261 Per annum inclusive of HCAS

£58,133 - £65,261 Per annum inclusive of HCAS