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Job summary

Main area
Medical Physics
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-SCCS-1989
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trustwide
Town
London
Salary
£37,259 - £45,356 Pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Assistant Physicist - Healthcare Science Practitioner

Band 5

 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

 Are you a graduate who is interested in a career in medical physics? We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic individual as an Assistant Physicist - Healthcare Science Practitioner.

This post provides an ideal starting point for someone wishing to pursue a career as a Healthcare Science Practitioner or who may wish to gain experience prior to applying for the 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, 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 (two of which are being replaced with two Accuray Radixacts), a CT scanner, an Xstrahl unit and an Elekta Flexitron HDR brachytherapy 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.

Candidates are strongly encouraged  to arrange an informal visit.

Main duties of the job

  • Assist with the provision of technical and scientific support to all aspects of the work of the Radiation Physics Department
  • Assist with the measurement of radiation output from treatment machines such as high energy linear accelerators and high-activity radioactive sources used to produce therapeutic radiation beams.
  • Assist with quality assurance of treatment machines.
  • Assist with computerised treatment planning, for patients undergoing radiation therapy for cancer.
  • Assist with the delivery of the radioiodine service (I-131 service).
  • Assist with on-going projects within the department such as SABR, SRS & IGRT, SGRT, AI auto contouring/planning and radiobiology.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc in a Science or Engineering Discipline or equivalent, involving data measurement and analysis
  • Maths and Physics A level or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Project work involving extensive measurement and analysis of data
  • Ability to perform routine measurements on treatment machines with guidance where required
  • Advanced knowledge of WORD, EXCEL and POWERPOINT, etc. for scientific report writing, preparation of presentations and program/spreadsheet development.
Desirable criteria
  • Treatment planning for simple sites (e.g. breast and prostate)
  • Previous experience of the healthcare environment

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Diligence and attention to detail commensurate with clinical nature of systems to be supported
  • Numerate
  • Ability to deal with occasional distressing circumstances. (The work involves contact with patients with cancer).
  • Ability to maintain clarity of purpose in a clinical environment within which there is constant emotional pressure

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claire Hardiman
Job title
Head of Radiation Physics
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 331 11725
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