Job overview

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated assistant physicist to join our team of nuclear medicine 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 nuclear medicine whilst supporting our team to drive regulatory compliance and provide the best patient care.

Within the trust, the physics group supports a range of equipment across nuclear medicine and PET/CT including SPECT/CT systems, PET/CT systems, gamma counting equipment, dose calibrators and interoperative probes.

There is a comprehensive molecular radiotherapy service including I-131 for benign thyroid conditions, Y-90 Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) and Lu-177 Dotatate for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumours. We are also involved in the delivery of several novel therapeutic tracers for research purposes.

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 with the organisation, preparation and delivery of molecular radionuclide therapies
• Communicate with patients to organise molecular radionuclide therapies
• To monitor and decontaminate rooms following their use by patients who have received treatment with unsealed sources
• Assist in data analysis, particularly taking personal responsibility for ensuring that all data collected is accurate
• Store and retrieve measured data
• Perform initial analysis and judgement on data to ensure that it follows expected trends.  For example, this may involve entering data in spreadsheets, plotting graphs and comparing results. 
• Assist with the processing of data from one computer format to another
• Enter data in a variety of computer systems
• Assist physicists performing routine complex QA on nuclear medicine equipment.  This may involve helping collection, assembly and set up of equipment and performing routine tasks under supervision.
• Assist in routine care and checks of all equipment in use in the department, including appropriate storage.

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 environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.