# Clinical Scientist in Nuclear Medicine Physics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-scientist-in-nuclear-medicine-physics/77f23998-a15f-4ba5-858e-8513ddb34609 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-scientist-in-nuclear-medicine-physics/77f23998-a15f-4ba5-858e-8513ddb34609.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Health science services - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner) - **Contract type:** Permanent: 6 months probationary period. - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-13T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-30T23:02:04.701Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/St_Georges_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Radiation_Protection_Diagnostic_Radiology/Radiation_Protection_Diagnostic_Radiology-v8159324 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8159324?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Nuclear Medicine Physicist to join a dynamic team providing physics support to St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust within the GESH hospital group and at contracted sites. The Nuclear Medicine department has two Siemens Intevo SPECT/CTs, one Siemens Symbia SPECT, two gamma counters and multiple gamma probes. A radioiodine therapy service is managed and delivered by Physics, additionally support to external departments and support to a fleet of PET/CT mobiles. The department is an avid trainer of STP trainees and you will have the opportunity to actively contribute to training. The role would suit a recent STP graduate or those nearing completion or imminently due to obtain HCPC registration. ### Main duties of the job This post holder works as part of a team providing Medical Physics support to the Nuclear Medicine Department as part of the Nuclear Medicine Physics Group. The postholder provides specialised clinical scientific, technical and computing support to diagnostic and therapy services in the Nuclear Medicine Department. Direct patient contact is through the administration of radionuclide therapy and giving individual radiation protection advice. The postholder will support other scientific staff in the provision of a Medical Physics service to external sites. This includes nuclear medicine and PET‑CT services at both mobile and fixed site facilities. This involves performing calibrations and quality assurance, developing clinical imaging protocols, optimisation and service development and research projects. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities *****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role***** ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Current clean UK driving license ### Skills **Essential** - Able to quickly gather data and evaluate information to provide immediate problemsolving support to other professionals in Nuclear Medicine, such as to deal with equipment fault issues, or patient study problems, or to deal rapidly with non-standard issues in instrumentation testing. - Able to communicate Medical Physics based information clearly, for day-to-day support to non-clinical scientists and other physics group members, and able to influence other professionals to follow advice. - Able to control electro-mechanical computer controlled imaging systems, for testing and support during patient studies. - Able to plan and execute a personal contribution to scientific research projects, following good scientific method, and contributing scientific input to multi-disciplinary projects. Able to present scientific papers at national and international conferences. **Desirable** - Able to teach and train other professionals and trainees ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of Research and Development methodology, and experienced in writing scientific and technical reports - UK NHS Hospital based experience in Nuclear Medicine in a substantive physics role. **Desirable** - High level language computer programming - Experience with VBA ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good (1st or 2nd class) Honours degree in a relevant scientific discipline - MSc in Physics or Medical Physics \[or equivalent\] - IPEM Diploma or equivalent in Medical Physics - State registration as a Clinical Scientist or graduating from STP **Desirable** - PhD in Physics ## Documents - [jd and person specification (pdf, 274.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10462528) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.