Clinical Scientist (Nuclear Medicine Physics)

Specific Core Functions: Regarding radiation protection, the post holder will adhere to and apply all trust policies and local procedures for: The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations for the storage and use of radioactive materials and the accumulation and disposal of radioactive waste. The Ionising Radiations Regulations for the protection of the public and staff. The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations for the protection of the patients. Under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations: Follow trust policies and local procedures for managing the sealed sources. Follow trust policies and local procedures for storage of unsealed and disposal of radioactive waste. Under the Ionising Radiations Regulations: Participate in review/revision of general radiation risk assessments, for service specific work. Perform as required any personal radiation risk assessments, for patient specific procedures. Follow the Local Rules. Under the Ionising
Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations: Participate in submission of new/amendment applications for Employer/Practitioner licences to the Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC). Participate in review/revision of IR(ME)R procedures. Participate in audit of compliance with IR(ME)R. Participate in equipment management. For example, acceptance testing and routing testing, also, updating SOPs and performing audits. For non-imaging equipment, like radionuclide calibrators, intraoperative probes and automatic sample counters. For imaging equipment, like SPECT-CT scanners and PET-CT scanner. Act as an operator, for non-imaging tests and radionuclide treatments. For non-imaging tests, like Glomerular Filtration Rate Tests and Bile Acid Malabsorption Tests. For radionuclide treatments, like radioiodine therapy for benign thyroid disease and thyroid cancer. Participate in implementation/optimisation of non-imaging tests, imaging tests and radionuclide treatments.
Supporting clinical trials. The post holder will adhere to and apply all trust policies and local procedures for health and safety, including moving and handling, infection control and COSHH, as applicable. Responsibilities frequently require the analysis of highly complex issues in order to advise on multiple potential options, drawing on advanced theoretical knowledge and practical experience. Providing advice involves communicating highly complex information to other healthcare professionals and acting with limits of knowledge and skills. Clinical advice occasionally involves exposure to highly emotional circumstances. Supplies and services will be ordered and obtained, according to procedures for Medical Physics and Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS Trust. To support the training of Route 1/Route 2 Trainee Clinical Scientists in Nuclear Medicine/PET. Additionally, as required to support the training of Radiographers/Technologists in Nuclear Medicine Physics. To deliver training in