Clinical Scientist Service Manager

Leeds Teaching Hospital Nhs Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a Clinical Scientist Service Manager to lead radiology physics services, ensuring imaging quality, patient protection, and equipment commissioning.

You will work with clinicians, radiographers and engineers to maintain QA programmes across CT and X-ray systems, take responsibility for service delivery and supplier liaison, with a focus on safety and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead radiology physics services and QA programmes for diagnostic imaging to ensure patient safety and high image quality.
• Coordinate commissioning of new equipment and ensure correct calibration and testing of X-ray systems.
• Liaise with clinicians, radiographers and engineers to evaluate, procure and accept test capital equipment.
• Take operational responsibility for service delivery and ensure robust coverage of radiological physics.

Job description

Clinical Scientist Service Manager

CAPTION:

• Company: NHS Jobs
• Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year
• Hours: Full-time
• Location: Leeds, LS1 3EX
• Job type: Permanent
• Posting date: 25 Sept 2026
• Closing date: 23 Oct 2026

Summary

For questions about this job, contact: Dr Robert Farley Head of Medical Physics & Engineering [e-mail]

Shortlisting date: Friday 29/10/26
Interview date: Monday 16/11/26

What you will bring to the role

Plan, maintain and develop scientific and technical support to diagnostic X-ray imaging, including imaging quality assurance programmes, advice on equipment specification, commissioning new equipment, advice on and measurement of patient doses, and investigation of complex faults that may impact on image quality or patient safety. Ensure physics input is provided to support the work of Radiology departments. Advise Radiology staff on a wide range of complex scientific, technical and clinical issues relevant to the use of X-ray equipment for patient care. Take operational responsibility for the physics services being managed. Ensure that instrument quality assurance and quality control programme for X-ray equipment (such as CT scanners and other complex X-ray systems such as that used for interventional vascular radiology) is correctly carried out to required guidelines and standards. Ensure that all imaging and related equipment is functioning correctly. Ensure that appropriate equipment is available and calibrated, for the monitoring of radiation levels, x-ray parameters and image quality. Investigate and resolve complex equipment problems. Carry out fault-finding on complex equipment and other complex equipment to determine the cause of subtle or non-reproducible system faults. Liaise with suppliers regarding equipment breakdown, and arrange for the maintenance and servicing of identified items of equipment. Work closely with clinicians, radiographers, technical staff and other physicists for the evaluation and purchase of capital equipment, providing appropriate technical and scientific support. Take responsibility for the acceptance testing and commissioning of such equipment. Ensure cover is arranged to ensure robust Radiological Physics service delivery.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients. We are Responsible, Open and Honest, One Team, Kind

Our Trust priorities

• Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
• Our priorities: People, Improvement and Innovation, Partnerships, Outcomes, Sponsorship

Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.