Head of Radiation Protection and Consultant Clinical Scientist

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Stevenage seeks a Head of Radiation Protection and Consultant Clinical Scientist. The role involves leading radiation protection activities, managing clinical scientists, and providing scientific support across various imaging departments. Ideal candidates should be HCPC registered and have expertise in diagnostic radiology. A flexible work environment is offered, supporting work-life balance.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Clinical Scientist qualified to act as RPA and MPE in diagnostic radiology.
• Experience to work at consultant scientist level.

Responsibilities

• Lead on radiation protection and medical physics activities.
• Provide specialist scientific advice to radiology and imaging users.
• Line manage senior clinical scientists and promote staff development.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership in radiation protection

Education

HCPC registration as Clinical Scientist

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Head of Radiation Protection and Consultant Clinical Scientist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. The post holder will also support a number of external Trusts under service level agreements.

The radiation protection department is part of the wider radiation services team at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and provides specialist scientific advice and technical support to radiology, and other users of imaging including radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, breast screening, ultrasound and MRI. The Radiation Protection Department includes scientific and technical support services, radiation protection advice, quality assurance for imaging equipment, a personal dosimetry service for the assessment of dose to staff, radiation safety surveys. The Trust is part of the ImageEast network, and the post holder will lead on medical physics contribution to several workstreams. The post holder will act as the lead Radiation Protection Adviser and Medical Physics Expert for the Trust and other staff groups and patients in the Trust and other specified organisations.

Responsibilities

• Lead on radiation protection and medical physics activities across the Trust and other specified organisations.
• Provide specialist scientific advice and technical support to radiology and other imaging users including radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, breast screening, ultrasound and MRI.
• Oversee scientific and technical support services, radiation protection advice, quality assurance for imaging equipment, personal dosimetry, and radiation safety surveys.
• Lead on medical physics contributions to workstreams within the ImageEast network.
• Line manage senior clinical scientists and technologists; lead on staff development and training, including trainees undertaking the STP programme or equivalent, MPE and RPA training and HSST.
• Work with local clinical and managerial service leads to ensure organisations meet statutory obligations for the safe use of ionising radiation.
• Support external Trusts under service level agreements as required.

Qualifications and Experience

• HCPC registered Clinical Scientist, qualified to act as an RPA and MPE in diagnostic radiology with sufficient experience to work at consultant scientist level.
• Excellent communication skills to lead on radiation protection and scientific support to several employers including NHS Trusts.
• Ideal: MPE and RPA certification already held. If you have begun working towards these and can submit a portfolio within twelve months of appointment, we would still like to hear from you.

Organisation and Values

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

Work Environment and Flexibility

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.