Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Senior Nuclear Medicine Physicist
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated clinical scientist to join our team of nuclear medicine physicists within the Radiological Sciences Unit (RSU).
About the Role
The successful applicant will be a HCPC registered clinical scientist who is certified to act as a Medical Physics Expert (MPE) in nuclear medicine and is passionate about leading improvement and delivering the best patient care.
Key Responsibilities
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Support of Equipment:
- Supports a range of equipment across nuclear medicine and PET/CT including SPECT/CT systems, PET/CT systems, gamma counting equipment, dose calibrators and interoperative probes.
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Molecular Radiotherapy Service:
- Provides a comprehensive molecular radiotherapy service including I-131 for benign thyroid conditions, Y-90 Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) and Lu-177 Dotatate for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumours.
- Involved in the delivery of several novel therapeutic tracers for research purposes.
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External Contracts:
- Supports 5 gamma cameras and two PET/CT scanners through external contracts.
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Research and Training:
- Active in clinical and academic research, participating in several commercial and Imperial led clinical trials.
- Significant involvement in the training of clinical and healthcare scientists and MSc teaching in conjunction with Imperial College London.
Job Duties
- 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.
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Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Equal Opportunities
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental Sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Chloe Bowen
- Job Title: Head of Nuclear Medicine Physics
- Email Address: chloe.bowen1@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 020 331 18412
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