Clinical Scientist

Overview

Band : 8a £55,690 - £62,682 pro rata, per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

The closing date is 13 November 2025

Main duties

The Radiological Sciences Group at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth is seeking an enthusiastic physicist to join a friendly team who provide comprehensive physics support to radiology departments and clinical users of ionising radiation modalities within and outside of Portsmouth.

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Job responsibilities

We are looking to recruit someone who has or is close to holding Medical Physics Expert (diagnostic radiology) certification and/or who has a strong desire to develop their role to become a future Radiation Protection Advisor. A full development plan and support will be provided where required. Candidates should be HCPC registered and have several years of experience working at Band 7 level or equivalent in at least one of these areas: radiation protection (ionizing or non-ionizing) and X-ray physics. The role involves travel to other sites, so a driving licence is essential. Please include a full personal statement in your application detailing relevant experience.

Person Specification Qualifications

• BSc in Physics or Physical Science
• MSc (or equivalent e.g. MPhil) in relevant Medical Physics-related subject
• Registration with HCPC as Clinical Scientists in Medical Physics
• Extensive experience and highly specialized knowledge in X-ray physics and/or radiation protection
• Be on the UKs register for Medical Physics Experts (MPE) or Radiation
• PhD in related subject area
• Experience of leading and managing teams and projects
• Track record of presenting scientific papers at conferences/specialist interest groups
• Professional involvement with special interest groups, national working parties or advisory bodies
• Record of publications in peer reviewed journals, specialist publications

Experience

• Well-developed and effective communication skills, both written and spoken
• Able to organize own work, data, documentation
• Evidence of leadership and supervision of projects and the work of others
• Able to prioritise work according to service demands and competing pressures
• Able to develop policy and implement within own sphere of responsibility
• Well developed, analytical approach to problem solving
• Significant experience using computers and standard Microsoft Office applications (Excel and Word) to a high level
• Able to analyze facts and data methodically and accurately and extract significance
• Highly developed skills to perform complex scientific measurements and tests with high precision, speed and accuracy, occasionally in hazardous conditions
• Highly skilled in working carefully, safely and competently with highly complex & costly equipment
• Advanced skills for working safely with radiation sources, machines and of ionizing radiation legislation
• Well-developed skills for teaching and training to professional, clinical and support staff
• Able to balance competing priorities and demands within pressing time-scales
• Experience using advanced data handling packages and computer programming languages (e.g. Matlab, Image J etc)
• Experience of research and development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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