Senior Clinical Scientist; Radiation Physics

Senior Clinical Scientist (Radiation Physics)

The closing date is 21 January 2026

You will contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive Radiation Physics service across diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, non-ionising radiation, and radiation protection. The role includes:

• Providing expert scientific and technical support to clinical imaging services
• Contributing to quality assurance, equipment testing and optimisation
• Delivering radiation safety advice across a diverse range of environments
• Supporting equipment commissioning and service development
• Taking an active role in training, supervision and service resilience planning

Our department is a large and collaborative group of physicists, technologists and trainees who work closely across multiple hospital sites. We maintain a supportive environment where team members are encouraged to develop broad skills to ensure a resilient and flexible service. Cross‑training and professional development are core parts of how we work.

• A well‑established role within a stable, experienced team
• Opportunities to expand your scope of practice depending on your interests and experience
• Access to excellent training, CPD, and involvement in trust‑wide and regional projects
• Close links with UCL, research partners and national professional network
• The chance to contribute to service development in a busy and forward‑thinking department

• Provide high‑level scientific and technical support to imaging and interventional and neuro interventional clinical services
• Provide high-level scientific support to users of radioactive materials
• Contribute to laser and ultrasound QA and safety audits where applicable
• Support a wide range of training courses both in‑house and to UCLH customers
• Lead and contribute to radiation protection, quality assurance, and clinical risk assessment
• Support service users across the trust, offering specialist advice and practical solutions
• Engage in the development of new services, equipment commissioning, and service improvement
• Help create a resilient workforce by contributing to training, supervision, and mentoring

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top‑quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

• Bachelor's degree plus Master's degree in Medical Physics
• Formal Medical Physics training, including substantial content of Imaging with Ionising Radiation and Radiation Protection, delivered through a recognised training scheme e.g. IPEM
• UK State Registration as a Clinical Scientist through the HCPC
• Either have obtained MPE certification or very close to submitting portfolio for MPE certification
• Doctoral degree (PhD), or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Membership of SRP

• Significant post‑graduate experience specifically in radiation protection and diagnostic radiology
• A thorough knowledge of the principles and practice of radiation safety in a clinical context, to include a full understanding of: the physics of radiation protection, and the principles of operation of radiation detectors
• Current diagnostic and therapeutic radiological procedures; operation of current diagnostic radiology equipment and image processing workstations
• Equipment calibration, quality assurance and performance assessment
• Principles and practice of external radiation dosimetry, sufficient to perform estimates of the patient dose arising from non‑standard procedures
• Current methodologies for the processing and analysis of radiological and CT imaging data
• Windows operating system and PC applications software
• Highly developed specialist knowledge of radiation protection sufficient to act as an…