Site Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (Salisbury District Hospital) Town Salisbury Salary £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata if part time Salary period Yearly Closing 26/09/2024 23:59
Job overview
Are you a dynamic and innovative Medical Physicist ready to take on a senior leadership role?
Our hospital is seeking an enthusiastic Lead Medical Physicist to head and enhance our Medical Physics service. Your expertise will ensure compliance with radiation safety legislation and uphold the highest standards of care for both patients and staff. In this pivotal position, you will serve as the Medical Physics Expert (MPE) for diagnostic radiology and as our Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA). If you are not registered for either but have previous experience, we would welcome your application but please include details of how you would be in a position to apply within the year. Here, you will be given the opportunity and support to develop into and apply for registration into those positions but your appointment may be at Band 8a fixed-term for 12 months or until registrations.
Why Join Us?
- Benefit from strong regional networks and partnerships, including collaboration with the Medical Physics department at the Royal United Hospital Bath.
- Take advantage of our commitment to education and training through learning opportunities, mentoring, and leadership courses.
- Lead a service with the freedom to innovate and develop both the service and your team.
- Working in a service sitting within a wider department with strong multi-disciplinary working relationships.
Main duties of the job
This is your chance to step into a leadership role where your skills and vision will be valued and supported. Join us and make a significant impact on our Medical Physics service and the quality of care we provide.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop our Medical Physics service, working closely with the Consultant Clinical Scientist and other key colleagues.
- Ensure adherence to radiation safety regulations and provide expert advice on radiation protection.
- Collaborate with Clinical Radiology to utilise specialist diagnostic imaging equipment across main and peripheral sites.
- Play a crucial role in shaping a robust medical physics team, appointing key roles, and fostering professional support within regional networks.
For more details, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
For an informal chat about the job or the service/department, please contact Dr Duncan Wood on duncan.wood@nhs.net.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Registrations and Qualifications
* Clinical Scientist, registered with the HCPC
* Masters degree in Medical Physics
* Honours degree in physics or related science - Awarded - 2nd class or higher - in Medical Physics or related science
* Certified as a Medical Physics Expert (MPE) in Diagnostic Radiology under IR(ME)R-2017 – or eligible to apply within 1 year
* Certified as a Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) under RPA2000 – or eligible to apply within 1 year
Knowledge and Skills
* Extensive experience in Diagnostic Radiology physics and radiation protection
* Working at a senior level in team and service management
Experience
* Effective planning and organisational skills with a track record in delivering service plans and developments.
* Completing risk assessments and managing action plans to mitigate against these risks.
* Knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and regulations including IRR and IRMER.
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-
* Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
* Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
* An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)
* Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
* Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
* An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
* Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
* Cycle to work scheme
* Uniform provided (where required)
* On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
* On site health and fitness club
* Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.
GETTING TO WORK
We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.
The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.
OTHER INFORMATION
If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
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Name Dr Duncan Wood Job title Consultant Clinical Scientist (Head of Department) Email address duncan.wood@nhs.net Telephone number 01722 429121
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