Practice Educator - Principal Clinical Scientist (DX&RP)

at  The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Practice Educator - Principal Clinical Scientist (Diagnostic & Protection)
We are seeking a clinical scientist with significant knowledge & experience to join our growing team of ~30 scientists, technologists and administrators. We deliver scientific support to clinical radiology departments in the North West of England and train a number of healthcare science practitioners and clinical scientists annually plus support those developing Radiation Protection Adviser, Laser Protection Adviser, Medical Physics Expert and Consultant qualifications.
This is a rare opportunity for practice education and leadership development within radiation protection & radiology physics. The post is 50% practice educator and 50% clinical scientist. This mix will allow you to maintain CPD through service delivery while educating the future workforce. We will accept part time applications.
We have funding for 3 years to support the Practice Educator component. If funding dries up, we hope to be able to support this work continuing based on the training quality and capacity effectiveness demonstrated, or the post may become 100% standard 8A Principal Clinical Scientist after 3 years.
We are ideally looking for someone with recognition as MPE and/or a certificate of competence as RPA (or expected to gain one within 12 months). We need you to have significant experience in this field, therefore at least 3 years post registration will be expected (or equivalent breadth and depth).
Manage delivery of the Group’s training programmes and to provide support to trainees. This includes planning, delivery of training, exploring innovative techniques to deliver experiences and assessing students e.g. simulation. This is to improve the quality and capacity of the training offered.
Training students within the NW region / nationally will be encouraged to deliver efficiencies to UK workforce development. This may include collaboration with the imaging academy.
The post holder can train up to their level of competence. Building on your already significant experience, it is expected that areas of weakness will be studied independently / with colleagues to bring you to a sufficient competence across the discipline, to be able to teach to at least clinical scientist level.
You will work within the RPA Body, providing radiation protection advice to diagnostic and interventional radiology/cardiology departments and dental practitioners. You will be the primary radiation protection contact for specified organisations.
In addition, as Medical Physics Expert you will provide support for the optimisation of diagnostic and interventional radiology, developing and maintaining a close working relationship with the radiographic and clinical teams in these organisations.
A detailed knowledge of the regulations and imaging equipment is essential to support these activities.
Line management and contributing to group management is also a key part of the role.
We are the Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Protection Section of the Imaging Physics and Radiation Protection Group within CMPE, based at The Christie in Manchester.
The group is active in research and development, currently working on projects including fluoroscopy skin dose and QA of cone beam CT. Professional activities are supported with recent involvement in the IPEM
Medical and Dental Guidance Notes, FGDP Guidance Notes for Dental Practitioners and EFOMP/EURADOS working parties on patient dosimetry.
Manchester is a hub for sport, music and culture as well as a friendly, vibrant city. The Christie is located 4 miles to the south of the City, in close proximity to Didsbury and Chorlton where there are many independent shops, restaurants and bars. There are a number of National Parks nearby and, for travelling further afield, Manchester International Airport (with flights to over 200 destinations) is minutes away while London is only 2 hours by train.
Due to the large regional service in the North West and formation of Imaging Networks, although the post is based at The Christie in Manchester, there may be scope to be based at another NHS Trust within the Greater Manchester or Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Systems. This might appeal to those who prefer living in the open countryside over city/suburb living.

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