Assistant Physicist - Healthcare Science Practitioner London, England
Job description
Are you a graduate who is interested in a career in medical physics? We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic individuals as an Assistant Physicist - Healthcare Science Practitioner for a period of one year.
These posts provide ideal starting points for someone wishing to pursue a career as a Healthcare Science Practitioner or who may wish to gain experience prior to starting Clinical Scientist training (STP) in Medical Physics. The post will involve practical work including assisting with; delivery of I-131 therapies, QA on radiotherapy units, assisting with planning and QA of external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. The department has excellent experience in education and training in medical physics, and hosts the London North Medical Physics Training Consortium,
The service has five Varian TrueBeam linacs, a CT scanner, an Xstrahl unit and an Elekta Flexitron unit. The department delivers stereotactic cranial radiotherapy (SRS) and SABR for a range of sites. Planning is carried out on Raystation, Eclipse, Elements (SRS) and Oncentra Brachy. You will participate in the roll out of projects being undertaken by the department, including AI for auto-contouring.
The Radiation Physics &Radiobiology Department has close links with Imperial College and departmental staff deliver medical physics modules on M.Sc. programmes.
2 post available
AIM OF THE ROLE:
The main role of this post is to support the clinical scientific service to Radiotherapy.
KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
Physicists, mechanical & electronic engineering technicians, Mould Room technicians, Radiotherapy Department clinical staff. The post-holder reports to the Head of the Radiotherapy Physics Section and the supervised work is carried out in a clinical environment and involves liaising with clinical scientists, technicians, radiographers, nurses and medical staff.
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.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
