Assistant Physicist

Job description

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated assistant physicist to join our team of diagnostic radiology physicists within the Radiological Sciences Unit (RSU).

This post would suit a graduate with a physics background who is looking to gain initial experience in diagnostic radiology and radiation protection whilst supporting our team to drive regulatory compliance and provide the best patient care. The position offers excellent oportunities for learning and developing skills and will broaden your experience across all aspects of Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Safety.

Within the trust, the physics DR team provide and support a broad range of clinical services, teaching and research in all imaging related healthcare disciplines - radiology (diagnostic, screening, interventional), breast and cardiology - and research and development is encouraged.

The post is within the Radiological Sciences Unit (RSU) offering an environment in which there is a wide experience of Imaging Physics. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is the UK's first Academic Health Science Centre.

The AHSC aims to bring together the delivery of healthcare services, teaching and research in a partnership for the purpose of improving the health of its patients, advancing clinical teaching and scientific invention and innovation. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Values

Main duties of the job

• Assist other members of the team in performing quality control testing of x-ray imaging equipment, located both within and outside the Trust. This may involve helping with the assembly and set up of equipment and performing routine tasks under supervision
• Assist in data analysis, particularly taking personal responsibility for ensuring that all data collected is accurate
• Perform initial analysis and judgement on data to ensure that it follows expected trends and complies with relevant legislation, national and local standards. This may involve entering data in spreadsheets and plotting graphs and comparing results
• Enter data in a variety of computer systems
• Assist in routine care and checks of all equipment in use in the department, including appropriate storage
• Store and retrieve measured data
• Assist other members of the team in the acceptance and commissioning of new complex x-ray imaging and associated equipment
• Assist other members of the team with the measurement and calculation of patient doses and the optimisation of patient radiological procedures
• Assist with audits of X-ray facilities and radiation working arrangements
• Assist with the assessment of the adequacy and integrity of radiation protection shielding in X-ray facilities
• Assist in other duties as required by the Senior and Principal Radiological Physicists
• Act as an operator under the definitions of IR(ME)R, in accordance with Trust policies and practices

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

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.

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 environme