# Assistant Physicist - Healthcare Science Practitioner

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Health science services
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 Pa inclusive
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-13T12:52:07.002Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Medical_Physics/Medical_Physics-v8134495
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8134495?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you a graduate who is interested in a career in medical physics? We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic individual as an Assistant Physicist - Healthcare Science Practitioner.

This post provides an ideal starting point for someone wishing to pursue a career as a Healthcare Science Practitioner or who may wish to gain experience prior to applying for the Clinical Scientist training (STP) in Medical Physics. The post will involve practical work including assisting with; delivery of I-131 therapies, QA on radiotherapy units, planning and QA of external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. The department has excellent experience in education and training in medical physics, and hosts the London North Medical Physics Training Consortium.

The service has 4 Varian TrueBeam linacs, 2 Accuray Radixacts, a CT scanner, an Xstrahl unit and an Elekta Flexitron HDR brachytherapy unit. The department delivers stereotactic cranial radiotherapy (SRS) and SABR for a range of sites. Planning is carried out on Raystation, Eclipse, Elements (SRS) and Oncentra Brachy. You will participate in the roll out of projects being undertaken by the department, including AI for auto-contouring.

The Radiation Physics &Radiobiology Department has close links with Imperial College.

Candidates are strongly encouraged  to arrange an informal visit.

### Main duties of the job

- Assist with the provision of technical and scientific support to all aspects of the work of the Radiation Physics Department
- Assist with the measurement of radiation output from treatment machines such as high energy linear accelerators and high-activity radioactive sources used to produce therapeutic radiation beams.
- Assist with quality assurance of treatment machines.
- Assist with computerised treatment planning, for patients undergoing radiation therapy for cancer.
- Assist with the delivery of the radioiodine service (I-131 service).
- Assist with on-going projects within the department such as SABR, SRS & IGRT, SGRT, AI auto contouring/planning and radiobiology.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Project work involving extensive measurement and analysis of data
- Ability to perform routine measurements on treatment machines with guidance where required
- Advanced knowledge of WORD, EXCEL and POWERPOINT, etc. for scientific report writing, preparation of presentations and program/spreadsheet development.

**Desirable**

- Treatment planning for simple sites (e.g. breast and prostate)
- Previous experience of the healthcare environment

### Education/ Qualifications

**Essential**

- BSc in a Science or Engineering Discipline or equivalent, involving data measurement and analysis
- Maths and Physics A level or equivalent

### Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

**Essential**

- Diligence and attention to detail commensurate with clinical nature of systems to be supported
- Numerate
- Ability to deal with occasional distressing circumstances. (The work involves contact with patients with cancer).
- Ability to maintain clarity of purpose in a clinical environment within which there is constant emotional pressure

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 445.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10450672)
- [assistant physicist (pdf, 472.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10432307)
- [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427)

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