Providing specialist technical scientific advice to Velindre University NHS Trust and client organisations on compliance with relevant radiation protection legislation.
Acting as Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA), with a focus on unsealed and sealed radioactive materials (including high activity sealed sources).
Acting as Radioactive Waste Adviser (RWA) for unsealed and sealed (including high activity sealed sources) radioactive materials.
Acting as Medical Physics Expert (MPE) in unsealed sources (nuclear medicine) and/or diagnostic radiology.
Acting as Qualified Person for the testing of radiation protection instruments.
Acting as Quality Lead for the Radiation Protection Service.
Main duties of the jobActing as a Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) for the service and to be appointed in this role by Velindre University NHS Trust and its client organisations, with a focus on unsealed and sealed radioactive materials (including high activity sealed sources).Acting as a Radioactive Waste Adviser (RWA) for the service and to be appointed in this role by Velindre University NHS Trust and its client organisations, for unsealed and sealed radioactive materials (including high activity sealed sources).Acting as a Medical Physics Expert (MPE) in unsealed sources (nuclear medicine) and/or diagnostic radiology in health care, medical research and development and teaching for Velindre NHS Trust and its client organisations.Acting as the Qualified Person for the testing before first use and subsequent routine performance testing of radiological protection instruments.Acting as Quality Lead for the Radiation Protection Service and to provide leadership towards an eventual status as a formally accredited service.Managing projects undertaken in support of developments in radiation protection both within Velindre NHS Trust and its client organisations.About usHere at Velindre University NHS Trust, we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service.
We also host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value-based healthcare through a wide array of roles.
We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver.
We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being accountable, bold, caring, and dynamic, ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities, then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more: https://velindre.nhs.wales/ Job responsibilitiesProvide specialist and highly complex advice to Senior Managers, Divisional and Operations Managers, Chairs of Radiation Protection Committees, Directors of Estates and all other staff seeking advice on matters relating to radiation protection throughout the RPS Cardiff client base.Provide specialist advice on specification and selection of a wide range of highly complex equipment to ensure patient and staff safety.Investigate occasions when statutory levels of concern have been exceeded and identify appropriate remedial action.Participate in the training of junior clinical scientists and technical officers with respect to radiation protection physics.Participate in the delivery of training courses on radiation protection to staff groups.Identify and liaise with manufacturers' representatives and colleagues at other centres on issues related to radiation protection.Organise and participate in the delivery of in-house seminars on radiation protection issues.Present and disseminate clinical results through oral or poster presentations at meetings and conferences.Undertake audits of compliance with radiation protection legislation.Demonstrate extensive knowledge and expertise across a number of subject areas related to radiation protection.Person SpecificationQualifications and KnowledgeMSc Medical Physics or equivalentUK HCPC Clinical Scientist RegistrationAccreditation as a Radiation Protection AdviserAccreditation as a Radioactive Waste AdvisorAccreditation as a Medical Physics ExpertIn-depth knowledge of ionising radiation protection metrology metricsPhD in Medical Physics (preferred)Publication record in radioactive materials and/or diagnostic radiology physicsEligibility to hold MIPEM, or FIPEMKnowledge of formal accreditation systemsExperienceExperience in radiation protection practiceExperience compatible with acknowledgment of Radioactive Waste Adviser statusExperience compatible with acknowledgment of Medical Physics Expert statusInvolvement in advising upon radiation protection legislationExperience developing and implementing quality management systemsSkills and AttributesAble to communicate complex scientific issues effectivelyGood negotiation skillsAdvanced computer analysis and data manipulation skillsTeaching skillsFamiliarity with medical image processing softwareOtherConsistent with Velindre University NHS Trust organisational valuesWelsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towardsDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be necessary.
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