UCLH is a leading healthcare provider committed to delivering world-class patient care, research, and education. We are seeking a highly skilled, experienced and motivated scientist to lead, manage and develop our MRI Physics team within the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at UCLH.
This role presents a fantastic opportunity at a time when MRI provision at UCLH is increasing with an additional 3 scanners in the new development at Bedford Passage. You will lead a team that is also expanding with an additional 2 new staff to make a total of 5 MRI scientists.
As the Head of MRI Physics, you will bring energy and passion as you provide strategic leadership and management to the MRI Physics Section. You will oversee the delivery of essential clinical support services, drive innovation and research, and collaborate with key stakeholders to advance the scope and breadth of the MRI service.
You will have a strong academic background, significant experience in clinical MRI physics, and be able to act as an MRI Safety Expert. You will have proven leadership and management skills, a strong understanding of healthcare regulations and standards, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the Head of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, with the Senior Management Team within Medical Physics and with senior leaders of clinical and research services across the Trust, developing strong and productive working relationships focused on delivering and implementing strategic plans that align with the Trust's objectives.
You will act as the lead MR Safety Expert for University College Hospital, UCLH at Grafton Way, UCLH at Westmoreland Street, RNENTED, Macmillan Cancer Centre and the new development at Bedford Passage. Similar roles apply to work carried out for Trust customers.
Your team has significant commitments to support MRI clinical services in and related to Radiology, Neonatology, Fetal Medicine, Proton Beam Therapy and Nuclear Medicine. You will be accountable for the performance of your team and for business planning to manage the quality, risks, resources and expectations of the service users. You will ensure your team effectively and efficiently manage programmes of work in the areas of innovation and translational clinical research.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specializes in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
1. 1st or 2nd Honours degree in a Physical Science or equivalent
2. Masters degree or equivalent experience
3. State Registration as a Clinical Scientist with the HCPC
4. PhD degree or equivalent research experience
5. Professional Institute Membership
6. IPEM certification as an MRSE, or able to apply for certification within a reasonable timeframe.
Scientific and Technical
Essential
1. Specialist knowledge at the MR Safety Expert level to act as the Lead MRSE.
2. Advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in MRI
3. Knowledge of quality assurance of MRI equipment
4. Knowledge and experience of clinical applications of MRI
5. Understanding of relevant national standards, guidelines and legislations relevant to MRI including MHRA, IEC, CEMFAW, Caldicott, GDPR, COSHH and Health & Safety at Work Act
6. Knowledge of DICOM standards and anonymization
7. Knowledge of medical Device legislation
8. Knowledge of NHS standards for Digital Risk Management
Clinical
Essential
1. Advanced knowledge of clinical practice and the role of MRI Physics
2. Knowledge of relevant anatomy, physiology and pathology
3. Good understanding of the hazards and risks of MRI in the clinical environment
4. Knowledge and understanding of quality and risk management as they apply to MRI Physics
Management and Leadership
Essential
1. Knowledge of good people management practice including recruitment, performance and disciplinary policy.
2. Understanding of quality and performance management and their application to MRI Physics
Desirable
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1. Knowledge of appropriate standard and systems of financial accountability in a public sector organisation
Scientific and Technical
Essential
1. Experience of a scientific healthcare environment
2. Experience of a variety of computing systems and application packages
3. Experience of image acquisition with a clinical scanner
4. Experience of image processing techniques
5. Experience of quality assurance of clinical MRI equipment
6. Experience in risk assessment and installation of MRI units
7. Experience of at least one programming language used for research (e.g. python, matlab)
Management and Leadership
Essential
1. Experience of providing services in a healthcare environment
2. Experience of supervision, training and/or management of scientists / trainees
3. Experience of managing resources within a project
4. Experience of supervising service development and research activities
5. Experience of participating in committees / working groups involving scientific and technical information
6. Experience of working with a Quality Management System
Desirable
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1. Experience of MRI Pulse sequence programming
Scientific and Clinical
Essential
1. Ability to apply knowledge and experience in making judgements regarding the safe operation of clinical MRI equipment
2. Ability to provide MRI safety advice in a clinical setting
3. Ability to perform options appraisals based on a range of information and judgements
4. Ability to provide advice on the use of clinical MRI equipment for patient diagnosis, management and treatment for routine care and when planning and implementing a research programme
5. Skill at approaching scientific and technical problems in a logical manner
6. Ability to initiate and self-manage Quality Improvement and translational Research projects
7. Ability to introduce changes to improve the clinical service
8. Ability to organise own workload
9. Good computing skills including programming skills and using signal and image processing applications and knowledge of higher programming language (e.g. Matlab, Python etc.)
10. Able to operate a range of clinical MRI systems
11. Good data analysis skills
Communication
Essential
1. Good track record of disseminating scientific work through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations consistent with career stage
2. Ability to produce clear and unambiguous reports and procedures which can be understood by staff and stakeholders from a variety of professions
3. Ability to communicate complex information at postgraduate level to other professional groups
4. Ability to communicate with patients in a relaxed, caring and professional manner
5. Able to train groups of other professional staff
6. Able to deliver teaching and training on complex subjects
7. Ability to communicate with Trust management and convey technical information at an appropriate level
8. Ability to create strong working relationships with other departments and external clients
9. Ability to negotiate solutions to problems where conflicting views exist
10. Able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations
Management and Leadership
Essential
1. Ability to manage and develop staff effectively and sympathetically, to lead a multi-disciplinary team and to prioritise effective management of the workload of others.
2. Ability to motivate staff and inspire confidence
3. Ability to manage change and introduce new technologies and working practices
4. Ability to implement policies and procedures in own work and to advise on policy and procedure review, development and implementation in services provided by others
5. Ability to assess impact of policy / procedure changes on safety and service provision.
6. Ability to take and articulate a strategic view of the Department's work
7. Ability to articulate and report the status of assigned projects and systems
8. Values: Evidence of self-motivation, initiative and enthusiasm
Specific personal Qualities
Essential
1. Able to exercise initiative to solve problems, under supervision, when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence
2. Able to prioritise and manage own time and workload under pressure
3. Ability to act as a line manager and work as part of a team
4. Great attention to detail
5. Commitment to develop and communicate the contribution of MRI Physics to healthcare
6. Ability to use computer software to gather, organise and process information
7. Research and development track record
8. Record of presenting work at scientific meetings
9. Willing to work some unsocial hours
10. Willing to work with biological analogues
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospital
25 Grafton Way
London
WC1E 6DB
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