Senior Nuclear Medicine Physicist

• To plan, organise and implement integrated computer information systems for handling, analysing and interpreting Nuclear Medicine data and provide specialist expertise in the analysis of such data.
• To ensure the successful training of trainee Clinical Scientists
• Provide highly complex and specialised scientific support as the Medical Physics Expert as defined in the Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposures) Regulations 2017 (IRMER17) with regard to development of new techniques, problem solving and data analysis to nuclear medicine clinicians, technologists and senior managers
• Develop and deliver day-to-day management of the Quality Assurance programme for nuclear medicine equipment within the Trust.
• Planning and providing routine quality assurance, performance assessment, auditing assessments in support of Nuclear Medicine equipment. This involves high precision, complex measurements and safe and rapid preparation of radioactive test sources
• Acceptance testing of new nuclear medicine installations across the Trust and for Service Level Agreement customers.
• Day to day troubleshooting of all nuclear medicine equipment across the Trust and for Service Level Agreement customers.
• Provide day-to-day supervision of junior nuclear medicine physics staff, trainee clinical scientists and scientific visiting staff.

Essential

• First Degree in a Physical Science
• MSc in Radiation Physics or equivalent subject or equivalent experience
• State registration as a Clinical Scientist
• Certification as a Medical Physics Expert (MPE) for nuclear medicine or the ability to achieve within 3 months

Desirable

• 1st or 2nd class honours degree
• PhD in a relevant topic

Essential

• Proven competence and understanding of nuclear medicine physics and radiation protection
• Specialist expertise to act as a Radiation Protection Supervisor.
• Self-motivated / ability for problem solving & decision making
• Able to prepare and administer radioiodine capsules to patients and provide specialised advice on contact restrictions to patients
• Specialist training and practical experience in a wide range of nuclear medicine equipment and computer applications

Desirable

• Teaching at postgraduate level
• Previous involvement in research and development activities
• Previous involvement in a range of radionuclide therapies including novel therapy.

Essential

• Significant experience in Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Safety Physics (in specialist Nuclear Medicine diagnosis and therapy, equipment troubleshooting, interpreting and ensuring compliance with legislation, understanding radiation risks)
• Experience in Nuclear Medicine Quality Assurance
• Teaching experience
• Day to day supervision of junior staff

Desirable

• Experience of computer programming e.g. Matlab, IDL, python.