Head of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering

NHS; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in Wolverhampton is seeking a Head of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering to lead a skilled team. The ideal candidate must hold a valid HCPC registration, significant leadership experience, and a strong background in Medical Physics. This role involves strategic leadership, managing a £9m budget, and ensuring high-quality patient care. The Trust promotes a supportive work environment with flexible arrangements to achieve work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Holds valid HCPC registration.
• PhD or equivalent evidence of research training.
• Holds or working towards RPA certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across diagnostic imaging and radiation protection physics.
• Manage a budget of around £9m ensuring cost-effectiveness.
• Support strategic planning and manage Research and Development.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent written and verbal communication

Extensive experience in Medical Physics

Knowledge of UK radiation legislation

Education

PhD or equivalent in research

Relevant first degree and MSc in radiation physics

MBA/PgD or equivalent in management

Job description

Head of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering

We are seeking an experienced and innovative clinical scientist to lead our Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering service. This senior role offers the chance to guide a highly skilled and enthusiastic team to ensure the safe and effective delivery of specialist support across the Trust.

As Head of Department, you will provide strategic, professional and operational leadership across diagnostic imaging and radiation protection physics, radiotherapy physics, nuclear medicine physics and clinical engineering. You will work closely with clinical and managerial colleagues across the Trust to maintain high standards of quality, safety and regulatory compliance that supports a modern patient-centred care approach.

A requirement for this role is certification as a Medical Physics Expert (MPE) and be active in one area of medical physics practice. You will act as the Trusts lead on the portfolio of services and be part of the Divisional Management team. Ideally you will have (or be working towards) RPA certification.

You will lead and develop a multidisciplinary team that promotes a culture of learning and continuous improvement. You must be HCPC-registered with significant leadership experience and a strong record of delivering complex technical services in healthcare.

If you are passionate about advancing medical physics within the NHS and want a role where your expertise will make an impact, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will be a State Registered Consultant Clinical Scientist and the scientific and managerial lead for Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering. You will advise the Trust on all aspects of the field and provide strategic leadership across services including radiotherapy physics, nuclear medicine, radiopharmacy, diagnostic radiology, non-ionising radiation, specialist computing and medical equipment management. You will be professionally accountable for the delivery of these services ensuring high-quality patient care.

The role includes managing service leads, overseeing business performance, clinical governance, and health and safety and working closely with clinical colleagues to ensure alignment with Trust and Divisional goals. You will manage a budget of around £9m and ensure services remain cost-effective. It is desirable to be a Radiation Protection Adviser or working towards certification, and you will oversee the department's ability to provide radiation protection and medical device advice to the Trust and contracted organisations.

You will support strategic planning, manage Research and Development within the department and lead education and training activities. You will also ensure staff are appropriately qualified, experienced, and state registered where required.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the post advertised

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Holds valid HCPC registration
• Relevant first degree and MSc in radiation physics
• PhD or equivalent evidence of research training
• Holds or working towards RPA certification
• MBA/PgD or equivalent in management

Experience/skills

• Extensive relevant experience in one discipline of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering
• Broad and well- developed knowledge across whole of MPCE disciplines
• Proven managerial and leadership skills
• Expert understanding of relevant UK ionising radiation legislation

Communications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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.