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Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This post is hosted by the East Anglian Regional Radiation Protection Service (EARRPS) based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. You will be based primarily within the service for the duration of your training although some of the rotations in the first year will be delivered in other departments in Cambridge and at other hospitals in East Anglia.
EARRPS is a high-quality scientific and technical advisory service in the field of radiation protection and diagnostic radiology physics. The service promotes systems of work that ensure the safety of patients, visitors and staff when using ionising and non-ionising sources of radiation such as x-rays, radioactive materials, lasers and UV cabinets. You will learn the knowledge and skills needed to deliver a wide range of services including imaging equipment performance testing and optimisation, radiation facility design and environmental monitoring, patient radiation dose assessment, regulatory audits and advice, instrument calibration, radioactive waste management and, teaching and training.
EARRPS delivers services across the region so there are opportunities within this position to gain experience of a wide range of technologies used in a variety of different healthcare settings. You will be supported by a large, friendly and supportive team of healthcare scientists and practitioners as well as joining a community of other trainees across medical physics. If you would like more information, please contact cuh.earrps@nhs.net
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
King's College London
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Katie Howard
Email: cuh.earrps@nhs.net
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Mount Vernon is located on the outskirt of London with easy access to the Metropolitan line for travel into central London as well as to greenbelt land and the Chilterns. We are a large regional cancer and the majority of training will take place at the cancer centre with some visits to neighbouring trusts. The ability to drive and access to a car is an advantage but is not required. As well as STP we also train scientists via “Route 2”, and consultant scientists on the HSST training program. We endeavour to provide a supportive learning environment and look forward to welcoming our next STP trainees to join us
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
King's College London
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Andrew Shah
Email: andrew.shah@nhs.net
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – Northern Training Consortium
The NTC is a well-established training consortium of 8 Trusts in the North East and North Cumbria, working together to deliver high quality training in the Physical Sciences. We currently have 29 STP trainees in the region, an experienced workplace training team including a dedicated training co-ordinator, and a trainee network providing peer support. The NTC has a strong record of keeping STP trainees in the region once qualified.
This Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology post will be mainly based at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, but the trainee will be expected to travel to other locations within the NTC (e.g. Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland, Carlisle and Middlesbrough) for some year 1 rotations and other training activities.
Local promotion details for post(s): Presentations from our open day on Jan 11th are available on our website https://northerntrainingconsortium.co.uk
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
Newcastle University
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Name: Judith Mott
Email: judith.mott1@nhs.net
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is one of the largest acute NHS Trusts and training centres in the UK, a tertiary centre for a number of medical specialties and a major Trauma centre for the East Midlands. We have access to an extensive range modern equipment, including 6 MRI, 9 CT, 4 Gamma cameras, over 100 diagnostic ultrasound scanners, a brand new PET scanner and 7 Linacs, plus many more in other centres which offers excellent opportunities to support your training.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
Newcastle University
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Jennifer Poveda and Maria Robinson
Email: jennifer.poveda@NHS.net and maria.robinson23@NHS.net
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. CT equipment includes 2 Canon Aquilion One, one GE Revolution and two GE Revolution Evo scanners. Our interventional service includes 2 Siemens cath labs, a Siemens Zeego and 2 Siemens fluoroscopy units. The Breast Screening service has 5 Siemens Revelation systems, including tomosynthesis and contrast enhanced mammography. A new build has recently been completed to accommodate three additional MRI scanners and a dedicated molecular radiotherapy suite. Our Nuclear Medicine department offers a range of functional imaging from our 3 Gamma Cameras and a range of therapeutic treatments. Our radiotherapy centre has 2 Varian Truebeams and a Big Bore CT.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Liverpool
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Dan Shaw
Email: Daniel.Shaw12@nhs.net
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
This post is based at Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford which is home to one of the largest medical radiation protection services in the UK. It consists of 24+ medical physicists, technicians and computer scientists providing comprehensive radiation protection, diagnostic radiology and x-ray engineering services to a wide variety of NHS Trusts, private healthcare providers, dentists, veterinary practices, industrial services and others. Experience and involvement will be gained in a huge range of new, novel and unusual areas as well as those essential to cover all aspects of the STP syllabus. The Medical Physics Department has over 120 staff working in 5 sections and during your time as an STP will have the opportunity to learn skills from all sections. The department currently has 12 STPS across the 3 year groups and so you will benefit from extensive peer support and guidance throughout your training.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
King's College London
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Mel Cunningham
Email: mcunningham1@nhs.net
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Liverpool
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
We are seeking an enthusiastic physicist to join the Medical Physics team at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS). UHS is one of the biggest employers in the region with a strong healthcare science workforce and close links to the University of Southampton. We benefit from good working relationships across Medical Physics and Clinical Scientific Computing which supports the delivery of high-quality training. First year rotations are almost entirely onsite at Southampton General Hospital, but travel to other sites may be required for some training activities, and there may be additional opportunities involving travel. Significant amounts of time will be spent at King’s College London for the MSc. This post is an excellent training opportunity for a motivated physicist to specialise in Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology in a large regional hospital.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
King's College London
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Fiona Wall
Email: Fiona.Wall@uhs.nhs.uk
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
RRPPS is the Radiation Protection Service of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, employing around 40 staff across scientific, technical and administrative disciplines. We provide both ionising and non-ionising radiation protection and medical physics services to the Imaging and Radiotherapy Departments of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals and to a number of external customers throughout the West Midlands.
Parts of the rotations and the specialism training will be based at RRPPS in Kings Norton, Birmingham. This means some travel around the region will be required throughout the training, but it is often possible to organise lifts with supervising staff and use of a departmental pool cars can be arranged during specialism.
Other rotations will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Heritage Building) Cancer Centre and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. These site and RRPPS are within walking distance of local train and bus routes.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Liverpool
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Debra Balderson
Email: healthcarescience@uhb.nhs.uk
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
The post will be within the Leicester Radiation Safety Service (LRSS), mainly based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. LRSS covers Leicestershire as a whole and some travel may be required, however there is a hopper bus service between the main sites. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is a large teaching trust with a Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) focusing on lifestyle, respiratory, personalised cancer treatment and prevention and cardiovascular allowing plenty of opportunities for development.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
Newcastle University
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Elizabeth Davies
Email: elizabeth.m.davies@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
You will be based in Brighton at the Royal Sussex County Hospital with occasional travel to the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath (inter-site bus travel available). The team also support Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Protection services at other Trusts cross East Sussex (such as Eastbourne and Hastings) – travel to external sites is typically by car-share. Some early starts and late finishes may be required due to clinical use of equipment but we aim to keep these to a minimum.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
King's College London
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Paul Colley
Email: p.colley@nhs.net