Job Description

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Scientific & Clinical To act as a Medical Physics Expert as defined in the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017, e.g. to provide expert medical physics, radiation protection and dosimetry advice to clinical staff on technology and diagnosis; to others in the Trust or outside. To provide expert medical physics support to the provision of nuclear medicine within the Trust and to its external customers To deputise for the Head of Section if required To supervise other staff, as agreed with the Head of Section. To assess competency of trainees and recommend when staff are competent to carry out procedures unsupervised.



To provide expert advice in the event of technology failure; to determine when technology is fit for clinical use. To manage quality assurance work of the Medical Physics department for relevant systems. Clinical Service Development To identify areas where service improvements can be made and work as part of multidisciplinary teams. To implement new and improved techniques so that patients gain maximum benefit from the available equipment To take responsibility for the development and evaluation of new equipment, accessories, techniques, and highly complex specialist nuclear medicine software & associated systems Teaching and training To provide teaching and training of students, radiographers, technologists, physicists, clinicians, management and members of the public on relevant aspects of nuclear medicine as required Research and Development Research and development are necessary for continuous improvement of nuclear medicine and for the implementation and development of the potential of new equipment and facilities and the development of new diagnostic techniques and methods.