Job overview
Join Our Innovative Medical Physics Team!
Are you an HCPC-registered Medical Physicist looking for an exciting opportunity to grow and collaborate in a dynamic healthcare environment? Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated Band 7 Medical Physicist to join our forward-thinking team.
The post involves performing a range of advanced healthcare science activities in radiology physics across the Trust. The post-holder will work in the Medical Physics service and will perform clinical, scientific and technical tasks related primarily to ionising radiation to support Radiology and other departments. Across the Trust and its community sites there are nine DR Rooms, two CT scanners, two MRI scanners, two Cardiac Cath Labs, a DEXA scanner, gamma camera and two Fluoroscopy rooms.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
1. Deliver high-quality medical physics services, ensuring the safety and efficacy of treatments and technologies.
2. Collaborate with colleagues across Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust and RUH Bath to enhance service delivery across the ICS.
3. Participate in training and development activities to ensure compliance with best practices and standards.
4. Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement within the department.
About You:
1. HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist is essential.
2. Strong communication skills and a passion for collaborative working.
3. A commitment to professional development and contributing to a high-performing team.
4. Flexibility to travel to RUH Bath and work across the ICS as required.
Please see attached job description for full list of roles and responsibilities.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be performing advanced clinical, technical, and scientific activities in specialist areas of the department and Trust. The role is to support ionising radiation protection and radiology physics services and includes routine QA and acceptance checks on X-ray imaging equipment including dose optimisation and investigation of incidents and problems. Such equipment is located within Radiology, Theatres, and outlying centres. You will work with colleagues in providing and delivering training and supervision to healthcare professionals on the safe use of ionising radiation. Supporting the Senior Leadership Team in policy and service developments across the department so having a flexible attitude is important.
You will be required to work independently, managing and prioritising your own workload but clearly within defined policies and guidance. There is the potential for clinical work (e.g. DEXA scanning) as well as advising and contributing to teams in other clinical measurement areas. In your clinical work you will be required to work autonomously, having their own patient caseload, and work to become a lead specialist in that area.
You will be communicating with healthcare professionals at all grades, at times requiring persuasive and negotiation skills. Some information provided to or received from this group will be complex in nature, such as test results or patient condition. You may also be required to communicate directly with patients, some of whom may have communication limitations or physical and learning needs. Information may therefore be needed to be communicated with carers/partners, always respecting the dignity and rights of the patient.
Please refer to the Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered with HCPC as a Clinical Scientist
Desirable criteria
1. Medical Physics Expert
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. MSc in Medical Physics
2. BSc in Physics or related field, 2i or higher
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Experience in Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Knowledge of ionising radiation legislation, including IRR and IR(ME)R.
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Experience of working on own initiative, within defined policies and organising and prioritising own work, but also able to propose and implement changes.
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:
1. 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
2. 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
3. An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual)
4. Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
5. Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
6. An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
7. Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
8. Cycle to work scheme
9. Uniform provided (where required)
10. On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
11. On site health and fitness club
12. On site car parking
13. 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.
SEASONAL RESPIRATORY VACCINATIONS
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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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
1. Medical Physicist Band 7_JD (DOC, 117.5KB)
2. Facts about Salisbury (PDF, 214.5KB)
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