Job Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

NHS Band 7 Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Hours Per Week: 37.5 full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Job Purpose:

• To manage own work, for areas of responsibility.
• To participate in scientific support and clinical services for Nuclear Medicine Physics.
• To participate in scientific support for Nuclear Medicine and other departments, including external contracts.
• To maintain own registration, by performing/recording own CPD.
• To train other Clinical Scientists, including Route 1 Trainee Clinical Scientists and Route 2 Trainee Clinical Scientists.

Key Responsibilities

• Areas of responsibility are defined and delegated by the Head of Nuclear Medicine Physics and Bone Densitometry and the Deputy Head of Nuclear Medicine Physics.
• Manage own work. Entailing highly complex and highly specialised scientific support, for equipment management, radiodiagnostic tests, radiotherapeutic treatments and radiation protection. Ensuring scientific services are prioritised and performed, to the required standards in the required timescales, via responsive strategies.
• Accurate and appropriate use of specialised complex software, including application software (e.g. Microsoft Office) and utility software (e.g. clinical applications).
• Participate in and propose changes to review/revision of Standard Operating Procedures, managed via the Quality Management System (QMS). For example, incorporating guidance, policy and research.
• When discharging duties to communicate with members of multi-disciplinary teams, like clinicians, duty holders and managers, in consideration of different roles/responsibilities and different expertise/experiences, to ensure the optimal outcome for patients and services.

For full job details, please refer to enclosed

Qualifications

Essential

• Undergraduate Degree (BSc or MPhys) in Physics (Or Related Physical Science)
• Postgraduate Degree (MSc or MPhil) in Medical Physics
• Registration as Clinical Scientist with Health and Care Professions Council

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to prioritise, plan and perform own work, to meet dynamic priorities of service.
• Ability to take initiative, lead and organise team work, to achieve long-term aims of service.
• Ability to work at sites in Portsmouth, and as applicable, elsewhere in Hampshire.
• Ability to communicate highly complex information, in verbal and written forms, to patients, professionals and public.
• Good theoretical knowledge and practical experience of Nuclear Medicine and PET.
• Application of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to practically solve problems.
• Highly developed physical dexterity and accurate data analysis for practical work.
• Application of radiation protection for safely working with ionising radiation.
• Advanced computational and numerical skills.

Desirable

• Experience of training Clinical Scientists.
• Planning, performing, publishing and presenting research.

Personal Qualities

• Flexibility regarding patterns of working, for example, occasional planned and unplanned early starts and late finishes.
• Flexibility regarding approach to arriving at optimal outcomes.
• Diplomacy and collaboration in multi-disciplinary team working.
• Discretion and compassion in distressing emotional circumstances.

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026