Healthcare Science Practitioner in Poole

University Hospitals Dorset are looking for a Healthcare Science Practitioner to assist in the provision of diagnostic radiology physics and radiation protection services throughout East Dorset, covering a range of medical imaging modalities. You will assist in the physics support to various imaging services across the hospital sites and the region.

Main duties of the job:

• Entering information relating to the work of the group into databases and spreadsheets and ensuring all issues are followed up by scientific staff.
• Booking visits to clients.
• Booking rooms for and arranging meetings with the various QC and client groups.
• Development of spreadsheets and databases as required by the scientific staff.
• Day to day monitoring of the QC spreadsheets used by clients, ensuring all issues are followed up by scientific staff.
• Assisting the radiology physicists with administrative work as required.
• Assisting in reviewing and writing departmental protocols and procedures, updating them to correspond with current best practice and/or legislation.
• Creating and maintaining records of equipment QC testing and audits.
• Preparation of documentation and equipment for work outside the department.
• Organisation of training meetings for external clients.

Job responsibilities:

• Liaise with other Professional Staff, both inside and outside the Trusts, regarding relevant aspects of the Medical Physics service.
• Participate in the Departments teaching activities, delivering training to internal and external clients.
• Provide and receive complex information, where high levels of understanding and interpretation are required, such as explaining the significance of adverse findings from QC testing of equipment that may require the users to take it out of service and arrange corrective action.

Analytical and judgemental Skills:

• Acquire and maintain knowledge of appropriate NIR equipment and clinical techniques throughout the district in so far as they affect radiation exposure and/or image quality.
• Work through scientific and technical problems on a regular basis, requiring analysis of complex results using highly specialised and complex scientific equipment and techniques, with a high degree of accuracy.
• Regular requirement for prolonged concentration, both in conducting tests and in analysing data and producing reports, where advice is given.

Person Specification:

• A good honours degree in Physics or related subject and/or equivalent knowledge/experience.
• Registration with The Register of Clinical Technologists (currently voluntary, but may soon be required).
• A knowledge of a range of routine and non-routine healthcare science duties acquired through training & experience.
• Able to use Excel, Word, Access etc. to set up documents, spreadsheets and databases and extract information.
• Able to use specialised scientific software to analyse complex data.
• Some knowledge of a range of medical imaging applications including radiation protection legislation is desirable, although full local training will be given.
• Understanding of risks arising from a range of medical imaging applications.
• Able to speak and write English as necessary to undertake the role.
• Confident speaking on the telephone.
• Full UK driving license held for over 1 year.
• Able to prioritise and manage own work.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.