Research Scientist

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual to join the Nuclear Medicine Physics team as a pre-registration Research Scientist within the Durham, Darlington and Hartlepool unit of Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering on a 12-month fixed term basis.

The unit performs approximately 7,000 nuclear medicine imaging, non-imaging and therapy investigations across the three departments.  SPECT-CT is undertaken in an expanding number of examinations at the University Hospital of Hartlepool, and Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham have recently installed new gamma cameras.  Bone densitometry is also performed at University Hospital of North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital.  The unit provides specialist advice and support to other centres, including the Breast Unit at University Hospital of North Tees where radioactive Iodine-125 seeds are used for breast tumour and nodal localisation prior to excision surgery.  Work to build a new state-of-the-art central radiopharmacy at the University Hospital of North Durham has commenced and is due to complete in the autumn.

• Interview Date Thursday, 23 May 2024
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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This is a fixed term post that will provide the successful applicant an excellent opportunity to work with a friendly team and gain experience in a nuclear medicine department supporting the work of 6 clinical scientists and 18 technologists within the unit.  It will provide additional experience to anyone wishing to pursue the STP in Medical Physics.

The successful applicant will support the clinical scientists in all aspects of service provision, including equipment testing, database management, quality systems management and promoting research and development within the unit.

Working base will be the University Hospital of Hartlepool, however the successful applicant will be expected to travel between 4 hospital sites (University Hospital of Hartlepool, University Hospital of North Tees, University Hospital of North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital) to aid in service provision.

Applicants must have an appropriate science degree, although applicants with a BSc (Hons) degree and relevant experience will be considered.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to discuss the post and/or visit the department.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.