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Main area
Diagnostic Radiology Physics
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
196-LIS9823
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Town
London
Salary
£72,921 - £83,362 per annum inc. HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/09/2025 23:59
Interview date
22/09/2025

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Advanced Principal Physicist - Radioactive Substances

NHS AfC: Band 8b

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

Medical Physics provides scientific and technical support to a wide range of clinical and laboratory services in the Trust and to many external clients. With a large staff of scientific and technical personnel, and good facilities, the Department provides advice and support in applying physical science and engineering to a wide range of techniques and facilities in health care. The Radiation Safety and Radiology Physics group provide services to multiple Radiology, Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, PET and Radiotherapy services including those within GSTT. This post will act as co-lead in the area of Radioactive substances although some involvement in other areas is possible.

Main duties of the job

You will be working in the Radiation Safety and Radiology Physics Section of the Medical Physics Department and primarily based at the Guy's Hospital site, although you may lead work at any of the Trust locations and for a range of external contracts. The Radiation Safety and Radiology Physics team comprises of experienced scientists and technicians whose aim is to ensure the quality, safety and effectiveness of the use of radiation on patients in healthcare. 

The main duties of this role are to co-lead the work of the section in all aspects support to radioactive substance safety. 

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We provide a full range of hospital services for our local communities and we also provide specialist services for patients from further afield, including cancer, cardiac, kidney, women’s and orthopaedic services, and we are home to the Evelina Children’s Hospital. We have also merged with the Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital at the start of 2021, making us an even larger NHS Trust offering an even more extensive range and depth of services. See www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk

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. We also have a positive approach to corporate social responsibility and are keen to engage our staff in an agenda that ranges from promoting environmental sustainability to the creation of local employment opportunities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role is expected to act as lead RWA.  RPA and Nuclear Medicine MPE qualifications are highly desirable in a candidate. The postholder would likely be involved in providing MPE support for Nuclear Medicine for an external client. Additionally the postholder would work closely in support of the GSTT Nuclear Medicine team and KCL PET centre team. The successful candidate will have detailed experience of advising on compliance with the Environmental Permitting Regulations. Experience of design of laboratories and radionuclide facilities (such as radionuclide therapies) would be an advantage. The postholder will undertake line management functions.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Education

Essential criteria
  • Good (1st or 2nd class) Honours degree in a relevant subject
  • Relevant MSc or higher degree

Professional/ Statutory Registration

Essential criteria
  • State registration as a Clinical Scientist
  • RPA 2000 Certificate of Competence to act as a Radiation Waste Adviser
Desirable criteria
  • RPA 2000 Certificate of Competence to act as a Radiation Protection Adviser

Knowledge skill and experience

Essential criteria
  • Devolved operational line management experience for scientific and technical staff
  • Able to deliver teaching and training on complex subjects
  • Advanced knowledge of radiation protection issues in Nuclear Medicine (therapy and diagnostic) and radioactive laboratories
  • Specialist knowledge in other legislative areas such as Road Transport of Radioactive Materials, Radioactive Substances legislation, Radiation Emergency Preparedness etc.
  • Lab auditing experievce
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of mentoring and developing staff at lower grades, including appraisal

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ian Honey
Job title
Head of Radiation Safety and Radiology Physics
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02071883810
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