Senior Nuclear Medicine Physicist

Job overview

We are offering a fixed term contract of up to a year for maternity cover with our friendly, enthusiastic team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge as a Band 8a Senior Nuclear Medicine Physicist.

We work in a large, newly refurbished department that offers a wide range of diagnostic procedures and therapies, including SIRT, PRRT and PSMA. We have three SPECT/SPECT-CT systems, a PET-CT scanner and a large radiopharmacy. This year we are installing state-of-the-art imaging equipment in the form of 3D SPECT-CT and LAFOV PET-CT machines. We also provide MPE/physics support for four Nuclear Medicine departments at regional hospitals. We are a forward-thinking group with close ties to the University of Cambridge, and we are involved in some exciting research projects, especially early phase MRT trials.

We are keen to make our service the best that it can be, and that includes a commitment to developing our team professionally. You would be encouraged to lead on your own projects, and supported in working towards registration as a Higher Specialist Scientist.

Candidates expecting to submit their MPE portfolio soon are encouraged to apply; appointment would initially be at a lower banding, pending registration.

If you would like to find out more about the position, please contact Sarah Heard ([email protected]) to arrange an informal chat or a visit.

Main duties of the job

Playing a lead role in the delivery of scientific services and radiation safety support to the Nuclear Medicine department, including advice at MPE level.

Providing similar support in person and remotely to our partners across the region.

Initiating and managing R&D projects and audits to ensure that we are applying best practice and optimising our procedures.

Participating in the duty physics rota (therapies, dosimetry, equipment QC, troubleshooting etc.).

Managing and training junior physicists, and providing radiation training to NM & PET staff and other hospital groups working with ionising radiation.

Full details are in the Job Description attached.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities. Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 28th May 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 10th June 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.