Medical Physics Associate Practitioner

Job overview

The North Wales Medical Physics Department encompasses a wide range of highly specialised scientific and technical services which are provided to hospitals and clinics across beautiful North Wales.  The department is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to carry out, and support, a range of physiological measurements, equipment calibration and other technical duties across hospitals and clinics in North Wales.

You will need to have qualifications or equivalent experience at Level 4, direct patient contact experience, and knowledge and skills in the use of various IT packages.  We are looking for a team player who is a quick leaner with a good attention to detail, can work flexibly and has the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out skilled and varied work mainly in the Clinical Engineering Section and may also rarely undertake some tasks in the Radioisotope Section.  Main areas of work include:

• Carrying out Doppler ultrasound measurements unsupervised on patients in out-patient and ward settings.
• Assisting with the provision of a wide range of clinical engineering specialist services, both diagnostic patient testing and equipment management, at various sites throughout North Wales, occasionally working unsupervised to well-defined local protocols and national standards.
• Assisting with radioisotope measurement and radioisotope equipment testing.
• Assisting the RPA with some elements of radiation protection including environmental radioactive contamination surveys
• Operation of specialised test equipment and evaluation and analysis of results using computers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac