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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Clinical Scientist in Magnetic Resonance Physics
Accepting applications until: 04-May-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 04-May-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Guy's and St Thomas'
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 9RT
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc. H.C.A.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Healthcare Science
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
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a permanent Clinical Scientist in Magnetic Resonance Physics (AfC Band 7).
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The main purpose of this post is to provide Magnetic Resonance (MR) Physics support to Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London (KCL) within the King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre, as well as external MRI providers.
Working for our organisation
Guy's & St Thomas' is situated in the heart of London on the banks of the River Thames with excellent transport links throughout the capital and beyond, and easy access to all that London has to offer. Additionally, the Trust offers a wide range of staff facilities and benefits.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details about the post, please see the attached job description and person specification attached.
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.
Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good (1st or 2nd class) Honours degree in a relevant subject
- Relevant MSc or equivalent
- HCPC State registered or in final phase of an approved scheme (STP, route 2, international equivalence)
- Advanced knowledge of patient procedures and of problems arising from system errors, equipment failure and clinical factors
- Advanced specialist knowledge of MR techniques and clinical applications
- Understanding of hazards posed by, and precautions needed with intense magnetic fields & radiofrequency fields
Desirable criteria
- Completion of Scientist Training Programme (or equivalent) in Medical Physics, ideally in Imaging using Non-ionising Radiation
- Relevant PhD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Highly developed specialist knowledge across the full range of working procedures and practices in MR physics, building on theoretical knowledge and practical experience
- In-depth experience of reconstruction or postprocessing of MR images
Desirable criteria
- Specialist training and practical experience with a wide range of MR/ systems
- Previous research experience
- Experience of coding such as Matlab and Python / Pytorch and/or pulse sequence development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to prioritise and manage own work
- Able to exercise own initiative.
- Understanding of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods
- Able to deal with occasional distressing (occasional work with patients) or complex and unpredictable situations
- Able to prepare and deliver highly complex information (teaching, training and conferences)
Desirable criteria
- Able to concentrate frequently when subject to unpredictable working patterns
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr. Caitlin O'Brien
- Job title
- Head of MR Physics
- Email address
- [email protected]
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