Consultant Clinical Scientist

Barts Health Nhs Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major health organization is seeking an experienced Consultant Clinical Scientist to join their Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology Physics team. The postholder will manage compliance with radiation safety legislation and provide expert guidance across multiple hospital sites. They will lead a dedicated team focused on ensuring the safety of staff and patients. Candidates should have significant RPA, RWA, and MPE experience in radiation physics. This rewarding leadership role is an opportunity to contribute to innovative research and development projects.

Qualifications

• Experienced scientist at consultant level with extensive RPA, RWA and MPE experience in radiation physics.

Responsibilities

• Manage implementation and audit of radiation safety legislation.
• Provide expert advice to hospital managers and clinicians.
• Lead the delivery of scientific support services in radiation safety.

Skills

RPA

RWA

MPE

Radiation physics

Scientific leadership

Job description

Overview

The Radiation Safety Section is based at the Royal London Hospital. You will be expected to work on all Trust and client sites.

The postholder will work at the top level of professional expertise to manage the implementation and audit of legislation, codes of practice, and other relevant guidance in radiation safety. They will be part of the senior leadership team in the Radiation Safety Section, leading on the Trust-wide delivery of comprehensive scientific and technical support services that includes radiation protection advice, quality assurance for all x-ray imaging equipment, a personal dosimetry service for the assessment of x-ray dose to staff, radiation safety surveys, and a consultation service for scientific support relating to x-ray imaging.

The postholder will be appointed as RWA, RPA and MPE for the Trust and provide expert advice to hospital managers, clinicians, other staff groups and patients in the Trust and other specified organisations.

Responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Consultant Clinical Scientist to join our Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology Physics team. The successful candidate will be an experienced scientist working at consultant level with extensive RPA, RWA and MPE experience in radiation physics and an interest in providing scientific leadership and strategic development for the radiation physics team in a very rewarding senior position.

The Radiation Safety group is a friendly and dedicated team who work hard to engage with staff throughout the organisation to ensure the safety of staff, patients and visitors to the Trust. The team are involved with all aspects of the equipment life cycle of 250 items of imaging equipment over multiple sites in addition to delivering a comprehensive audit schedule. There is a strong commitment to innovation, research and development.

Qualifications

Experienced scientist at consultant level with extensive RPA, RWA and MPE experience in radiation physics.

Equal Opportunities

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

Application Information

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

We are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Travel & Sustainability

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle-to-work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.