Assistant Physicist

We are recruiting for an Assistant Physicist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
**At the heart of everything we do are our core values**:  Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
As an Assistant Physicist you will perform quality assurance tests on a range of x-ray imaging systems.
You will support clinical scientists in auditing patient radiation dose, performing radiation surveys, commissioning advanced imaging systems.
The post holder will analyse data gathered on radiation safety and quality assurance surveys and prepare reports with recommendations for correction or improvement.
In conjunction with a Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA), you will perform Critical Examinations on new installations as required.
You will also assist in providing technical support, referring complex problems to a senior member of the scientific team, as appropriate.
You may also be required to travel between Hospital sites.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
**We run the following hospitals**:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.