Job Description

Contribute to the routine clinical scientist activities in the PET Centre, including quality control testing and maintenance of medical devices. Take part in the medical physicist duty scanning rota, providing technical support and first line troubleshooting to the PET Centre routine scanning operation. Contribute to the development and optimisation of protocols and procedures for clinical and research scanning and incorporate recent advances in PET-CT and PET-MR methodology into clinical practice. Ensure that all new procedures are appropriately tested, validated, documented, and communicated to all relevant groups.



Play a leading role in the conduct of quantitative PET studies, taking responsibility for all technical aspects and co-ordination of specific PET clinical research studies. This will involve working closely with clinical researchers/collaborators and performing methodology development and statistical data analysis as appropriate. Contribute to clinical research methodology development, implementing and validating novel techniques, and take a hands-on role in the acquisition, analysis, and publication of research data. Work alongside others to provide expertise in data processing and handling for PET-CT and PET-MR data, including for total body PET data, such as studies looking at biodistribution, pharmacokinetics and dosimetry for new compounds.



This will include the development of new data processing procedures and writing/documenting software tools and utilities for data acquisition, transfer and analysis. Play a leading role in designing, implementing and managing bespoke data storage, sharing and analysis platforms for our research data, working closely with other experts and stakeholders to create and maintain a system that is robust and future-proof. Provide expertise in the management of PET image and raw data flows and data migrations, including knowledge of the DICOM protocol, PACS systems and basics of networking. Develop and advise on radiation protection procedures for the scanning suites and the cyclotron/laboratory facilities, promoting the highest level of regulatory compliance and best practice.



Write and review specialised protocols, working procedures, risk assessments and other documentation, including for complex research protocols. Contribute to departmental and divisional teaching and training activities including delivering lectures and contributing to student examinations where appropriate. Train and provide advice to junior staff. Provide advice and support on matters within your expertise relating to the administration of radioactive substances and patient radiation exposure, including drafting ARSAC and Ethics committee submissions.



Ensure the PET Centres compliance with all relevant regulations including the Ionising Radiations Regulations and the Ionising Regulations Medical Exposures Regulations, Environment Agency permits, and the General Data Protection Regulations. Give clear, adequate, and appropriate radiation safety advice to staff in the PET centre, researchers, members of the public etc. Liaise with clinical, technical, administrative, and scientific staff and with clinical collaborators, industrial suppliers and collaborators, and representatives of regulatory bodies, communicating material of a specialist and complex nature clearly. Write technical reports and scientific papers for publication.



Make presentations for technical meetings and scientific meetings both within the department and at scientific conferences. Undertake other tasks and responsibilities appropriate to the position as necessary, including working flexible hours if required. The role will require the post holder to be physically on site for most of the working time. The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.