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- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
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Head of Magnetic Resonance and non-ionising Radiation Physics
Closed for applications on: 24-Dec-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 24-Dec-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital
- Address
- Westminister Bridge Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £96,340 - £109,849 per annum inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8d)
Specialty
- Main area
- Healthcare Scientists
- Interview date
- 10/01/2025
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has opened in our Trust, to lead our Magnetic Resonance and Non-ionising Radiation Physics services. Our services support the Trust and its partners, and external healthcare providers. This entails a range of clinical services and research activity with close links to the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London. The post holder would also provide significant input to education and training of medical physicists, engineers and other professional staff at postgraduate level.
The post holder will work at a senior consultant level to coordinate the provision and development of highly complex and specialised clinical scientific and technical services in a range of areas, across the Trust and to other healthcare organisations.
The post holder will manage MRI, ultrasound, ultraviolet (UV) and visible light measurement, quality assurance and calibration services. This includes both internal services and external contracts delivering various aspects of MRI and NIR physics support, including: MR safety and QA, and protocol development; testing and calibration of UV and light meters in a UKAS-accredited facility, and; QA and test measurements on ultrasound devices, phototherapy equipment and other light sources.
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Some of the main duties of this job are:
- Providing scientific support and advice to consultant, clinical, scientific and technical staff on highly complex scientific and technical issues in medical physics, imaging and clinical measurement.
- Providing advice to the Trust Radiation Protection Committee on the safety of MR and US equipment, non-ionising radiation sources and related issues; with the support of Deputy Heads specialised in the specific areas of service.
- Facilitating the introduction of new technologies into diagnostic and therapeutic applications. This includes the use of advanced MRI, US and optical techniques in diagnosis and treatment in a range of clinical conditions.
- Managing MR physics and NIR physics staff, supporting their professional development as well as meeting the needs of the group and of the services we support.
- Managing and coordinating the scientific and technical work of staff engaged in projects, to ensure project objectives and targets are met.
An integral part of the role is to undertake scientific research and development to support the objectives of the Trust, in collaboration with partners in the King’s College London and other organisations. This will include securing funding for research from NHS, research council, charitable and industrial sources.
Working for our organisation
This service provides a range of specialist clinical technical services and provides highly specialised expertise to the Trust and external organisations.
Through our services, we ensure that magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound equipment and non-ionising radiation sources procured by the Trust are cost-effective, safe and meet current and future clinical requirements. Our services carry out acceptance and quality assurance testing to national and international standards and works with clinical colleagues to ensure new developments are implemented to improve patient care and imaging protocols are optimised to meet the needs of specific patients and groups.
Working with colleagues in King’s College London, the group is involved in a wide variety of MR physics work on a broad range of MR systems from 0.064T up to 7T, including intra-operative MRI, interventional MRI and PET-MR, additionally working at regional, national and international levels.
Similarly the work in ultrasound and Optical Radiation Protection benefits from working with specialised diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. Also of note, the team hosts one of two UKAS Accredited laboratory for the calibration of UV meters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description for this role is included as an attachment, to provide further detail beyond the outline above.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential criteria
- Good Honours degree in a relevant subject and a relevant MSc
- PhD or equivalent experience in a relevant subject
- State registered as a Clinical Scientist
Desirable criteria
- Membership or Fellowship of a relevant professional body
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive specialist experience in the medical application of MR and/or NIR Physics. This will include the use of specialist testing equipment employed to measure the safety and performance MR and NIR systems
- Extensive experience in interpreting different situations and judging measures required to ensure compliance with best practice and the safe use of MR and NIR in a range of clinical applications
- Experience in undertaking high quality research activity (at PhD level), proven by publications in peer review journals and membership of national and international organisations/committees
Desirable criteria
- Track record in attracting research funding from research councils and charitable bodies
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential criteria
- Expert knowledge of knowledge of a wide range of equipment, techniques and clinical procedures used in MR and/or NIR in healthcare, including instrumentation and current legislation
- Able to act as a Trust expert in the medical applications and safety of MR and NIR techniques and installations
- High level of understanding of risk management issues; and patient and staff risks arising from magnetic resonance imaging equipment and other NIR sources
- Good understanding of research governance issues as they apply to research projects, commercial clinical trials and multi-centre research
- In-depth understanding of relevant legislation, national and international standards, professional and other guidelines
- Able to manage a Section of clinical scientific and technical staff
Desirable criteria
- Good knowledge of strategic and general management at Diploma level or equivalent.
- Able to manage a number of complex projects including development of scientific and clinic services to the Trust and external Trusts.
Additional Information
Essential criteria
- Able to present scientific papers at national and international conferences
- Able to communicate effectively on complex issues with a wide range of different professional groups
- Able to train groups of other professional staff, including medical students; Able to deliver teaching and training on complex subjects
- Good negotiation skills; able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Anna Barnes
- Job title
- Joint Head, Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
You may also wish to contact:
Outgoing Head of MR Physics: [email protected]
Outgoing Head of Non-Ionising Radiation Physics: [email protected]
Joint Head of Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering: [email protected]
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