Consultant Physicist

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking an experienced Consultant Clinical Scientist for their Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology Physics team. The ideal candidate will manage radiation safety compliance, provide expert advice, and work with complex imaging equipment. This role requires experience in radiation physics, strong communication skills, and a collaborative mentality to ensure patient safety and promote innovation within the team. Applications from diverse backgrounds are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Experience of providing radiation safety advice in radiology.
• Experience in performance testing of a range of DR modalities.
• Experience in interpreting situations and ensuring compliance with legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage implementation and audit of legislation and codes of practice in radiation safety.
• Deliver comprehensive scientific and technical support services.
• Provide expert radiation protection advice to hospital staff and patients.

Skills

Ability to understand and operate diagnostic imaging equipment

Ability to analyze complex data

Good verbal and written communication skills

Education

HCPC Registered clinical scientist

Certificated RWA

Certificated MPE

Certificated RPA

Completion of HSST or equivalent experience

Job description

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. We are committed to providing our patients with outstanding care and seek a consultant clinical scientist who shares this vision.

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.

**Interviews will be held on 22nd January 2026**

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is 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. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and 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.

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

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person Specification

Experience

• -Experience of providing radiation safety advice in radiology
• -Experience in performance testing of a range of DR modalities
• -Experience of the techniques employed to measure the performance and radiological safety of state-of-the-art, highly complex X-ray imaging equipment.
• -Experience in developing and delivering training courses across different levels
• -Experience in interpreting different situations and judging and communicating measures required to ensure compliance in areas that relate to the legislation and uses of radiation in medicine.
• -Experience in writing and using software to analyse data and extract information.
• -Experience of managing and supervising staff
• -Experience of providing radiation safety advice in nuclear medicine / radiotherapy / university uses of radioactive materials
• -Experience in developing and using Access databases or similar
• -Experience in automating the extraction, analysis and reporting of performance data, patient dose data, etc

Skills

• -Able to understand and operate a wide range of highly complex diagnostic imaging equipment
• -Able to analyse complex data
• -Able to devise methods of analysing data
• -Able to interpret and apply relevant guidance and legislation
• -Able to work off-site alone according to SOPs and to use initiative in non-standard conditions
• -Good verbal and written communication skills
• -Able to communicate complex information to many different groups of staff, i.e. at a range of levels including consultant medical staff and executive level Trust management

Knowledge

• -Knowledge of patient dosimetry techniques and software
• -Specialist knowledge of the techniques employed to measure the performance and radiological safety of a range of X-ray imaging equipment, including performance and radiological safety of state-of-the-art, highly complex X-ray imaging equipment.
• -Specialist knowledge (RPA level) of radiation protection legislation in healthcare and biomedical research
• -Specialist knowledge (RWA level) of radioactive waste management and relevant legislation
• -High level of understanding of patient and staff risks arising from radiation exposure and of the image quality requirements for a range of diagnostic imaging procedures
• -Knowledge of national standards, professional and other guidelines relevant to the specialist area
• -Appropriate knowledge of clinical applications of DR equipment and protocols
• oKnowledge of governance processes
• oKnowledge of regulatory framework, requirements and methods
• oKnowledge of a programming language or platform such as IDL (VisualBasic, C, Python, R, Matlab or experience with database design and use

Qualifications

• -HCPC Registered clinical scientist
• -Certificated RWA
• -Certificated MPE
• -Certificated RPA
• -Completion of HSST or equivalent experience

other

• -Ability to prioritise work and produce work in a timely manner
• -Able to train and supervise clinical scientists and technicians
• -Able to work effectively as a member of a team
• -Occasional requirement to work extended hours
• -Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.