Diagnostic Radiological Physicist

• Contribute to the development and delivery of day-to-day management of the Quality Assurance programme for x-ray equipment within the Trust and Service Level Agreement customers.
• Providing routine quality assurance, performance assessment, auditing in support of x-ray equipment. This involves high precision, complex measurements and safe use of radiation.
• Acceptance testing of new radiological physics installations across the Trust and for Service Level Agreement customers.
• Day to day troubleshooting of x-ray equipment across the Trust and for Service Level Agreement customers.
• Contribute to the development, use and maintenance of software applications support in support of the clinical use and Quality Assurance of imaging equipment
• Provide day-to-day supervision of trainee Clinical Scientists
• Teach specialised information to large groups (>20 people) within the Trust and on external courses.
• Participate in and support research and development within Radiological Physics, RSU and Imaging
• Take part in clinical audits
• Present their scientific findings at conferences; the impact of this could be national / international.

Essential

• Honours degree in a relevant subject
• MSc in Medical Physics or equivalent
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or ability to achieve this within a reasonable timescale

Essential

• Relevant experience in radiation safety applied to use of ionising radiation in medicine and of diagnostic radiology physics
• Experience in DR quality assurance (able to test a wide range of diagnostic x-ray imaging equipment - simple to mid-range systems independently, more complex systems with supervision
• Understanding of patient and staff risks arising from radiation exposure and of the image quality requirements for a range of diagnostic imaging procedures
• Some experience of working in a clinical environment

Essential

• In-depth specialist knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines
• Ability to interpret and apply such relevant guidance and legislation
• Able to work independently providing specialist advice to the Trust
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (specifically Word & Excel); able to set up databases and spreadsheets and extract information

Desirable

• Experience of computer programming e.g. ImageJ
• Statistical analysis techniques
• Knowledge of wider clinical issues and their implications
• Good communication of complex physics to staff with a range of backgrounds