Group Head of Medical Physics

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Group Head of Medical Physics

The closing date is 27 October 2025

We are looking to recruit a Consultant Clinical Scientist with significant experience to lead and manage the Medical Physics services across the University Hospitals Tees Group.

University Hospitals Tees is a hospital group formed by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to enable closer working across the two organisations.

Medical Physics services within the group are primarily located at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and consists of Radiotherapy Physics, Clinical Measurement, Medical Photography, and Nuclear Medicine Services.

It is essential that the applicant has wide experience and can offer leadership and oversight within all areas of Medical Physics including the development of other specialist services required by the group.

Main duties of the job

To lead, manage and be responsible for Medical Physics services providing safe, effective, and efficient services at the UHT Hospital sites across the Tees valley. Medical Physics services are established with a large, diverse group of healthcare science staff providing a wide range of highly specialised and complex functions that include: Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Safety (inc. non-ionising radiation), Radiotherapy Physics, Clinical Measurement, and Medical Photography. This will involve the provision of expert advice to medical and clinical staff; management of compliance with statutory obligations; management of radiation safety across the organisation; and the management of senior specialist staff.

Ensuring that Clinical Governance systems and processes are developed and maintained to enable full review and understanding of all departmental Clinical Governance activities.

To actively develop collaborative relationships with other individuals and organisations in pursuit of group strategic objectives including active involvement in the development of networked clinical and scientific services.

To work in partnership with other senior professionals to help ensure that the Group's key performance areas are monitored, results are reported, and actions are addressed in a timely manner.

About us

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviour
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skill
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification Qualifications

• HCPC registered Clinical Scientist.
• Track record of training and developing staff.

Knowledge

• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people and organisations.
• Evidence of positive leadership skills and the ability to transform and lead a team to work effectively together.
• Effective project management and business planning skills.
• Ability to negotiate and influence across professional and organisational boundaries
• Ability to work strategically.
• Ability to produce reports for use internally and externally to the Group.

Experience

• National or international reputation in one or more fields of Science and Engineering applied to healthcare.
• Experience in a senior healthcare professional role and managing a service
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development and developing scientific practice
• Evidence of a track record of effective management of change
• Evidence of a track record of developing scientific practice.

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust