Healthcare Scientist Specialist (Clinical Scientist) - Band 7/8a
Company: Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group
- Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
- Employment type: Full-time
- Posted: Yesterday
- Offer language: English
Job description
Please note we open to recruiting candidates with less experience to a Band 7 position, please see person specification for minimum requirements.
We're looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Scientist with experience of working with MRI and ultrasound to join our Radiation Protection & Diagnostic Radiology team in Lincoln.
- Act as a clinical scientist specialist for MRI providing expert advice on safety, equipment QA and imaging protocols
- Provide specialist scientific support to users of MRI for equipment purchase, acceptance testing, commissioning and lifetime performance testing.
- Manage the work of clinical scientists and technologists involved in this work
- Undertake research and development in all scientific aspects of the work of the department
- Participate in the training of clinical scientists, technologists, other healthcare professionals and students
- Act as a medical physics specialist for other areas of non-ionising radiation as determined by the head of service
- Participate in the provision of scientific support to non-ionising radiation services (UV, lasers, ultrasound, etc.).
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: David Platten Job title: Head of Radiation Protection & Radiology Physics Email address: david.platten@nhs.net Telephone number: 01522573672
William Adlard, william.adlard@nhs.net
