Assistant Physicist - Northwood, United Kingdom - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
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Northwood, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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A vacancy has arisen within the diagnostic radiology and radiation protection physics team for a physicist at the start of their career.

The DR&RP physics team work as part of multi-disciplinary teams at a number of NHS Trusts and are part of a larger physics workforce at based Mount Vernon Cancer Centre.

The DR&RP section consists of Clinical Scientists and technologists who work with radiographers and radiologists at a number of Trusts.

The department work with a wide range of x-ray imaging systems across a range of modalities and manufacturers including advanced CT, mammography and interventional radiology systems.


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How do you demonstrate that you work to the Trust Values:
include examples from outside of your work/study experience

  • Please explain why you want to work in DR&RP physic
  • To perform quality assurance tests on a range of xray imaging systems
  • To support clinical scientists in auditing patient radiation dose, performing radiation surveys, commissioning advanced imaging systems
  • To perform some data analysis and processing
  • Personal initiative, a keen sense of responsibility, manual dexterity and a high degree of accuracy are expected in all duties. Although experience of working with radiation is desirable, it is not a requirement and appropriate training will be provided.
  • Travel between Hospital sites by car is a required for the role.
  • Investigate faults found, either at the survey or reported by the user, in order to inform maintenance engineers.
  • Assist in the performance of commissioning, acceptance and routine equipment surveys on complex, patient critical, Xray equipment
  • Analyse data gathered on radiation safety and quality assurance surveys and prepare reports with recommendations for correction or improvement.
  • In conjunction with a Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA), perform Critical Examinations on new installations as required.
  • Collaborate in the maintenance and development of procedures and work instructions related to the postholder's areas of work.
  • Assist in providing technical support, referring complex problems to a senior member of the scientific team, as appropriate.


At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care.

Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.


We run the following hospitals:


  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood


We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.

We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.

This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests.

Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen


ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.


In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder.


Please see attached - job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

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