King's College London

About Us

We are looking for an enthusiastic medical physicist to join our PET imaging team at King’s College London (KCL) & Guy’s and St Thomas’ (GSTT) PET Centre. The PET Centre is part of both King's College London's School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences (BMEIS) in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, and Guy's & St Thomas' National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust. 

We run a clinical PET service in parallel with an extensive programme of clinical research. Facilities currently include two cyclotrons, radiochemistry labs, three PET-CT scanners and a PET-MR scanner. We have recently installed two state-of-the-art Siemens Quadra Total Body PET-CT scanners. This is a very exciting time to join our team with ample opportunity to contribute to an ambitious programme developing the clinical and research capabilities of the department.

About The Role

The purpose of this post is to provide scientific, regulatory and technical expertise to support the operation and development of the clinical and research PET scanning activities in the PET Centre, working as a member of a team of medical physicists. We hope the successful candidate will have a leading role in the technical conduct of clinical PET studies in the department, taking responsibility for the design, set up and analysis of such studies. We also hope that the successful candidate will take a leading strategic and operational role in the development and oversight of systems to archive and manage the large datasets generated by our Total Body PET scanners, so a keen interest and expertise in computing and data handling will be of benefit.

The successful candidate is expected to be a state-registered Clinical Scientist with substantial experience working as a medical physicist and ideally experience in imaging research projects. Experience of managing IT projects would be an advantage.

You should be highly motivated, able to multi-task, work well within a team, and be keen to learn. The position is in a friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary department, with plenty of opportunities for involvement in research projects.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. MSc or other higher degree in physics or another appropriate subject
2. State-registered Clinical Scientist, or working towards registration
3. Experience working as a medical physicist in a PET or Nuclear Medicine imaging department
4. Knowledge of nuclear medicine technology, methodology, equipment, clinical and research applications and basic science
5. Knowledge of legislation and best practice for radiation safety in nuclear medicine scanning and laboratory settings
6. Experience in manipulation, archiving and sharing of large datasets such as from clinical studies
7. Experience of programming in relevant languages
8. Demonstrable experience working with and coordinating between diverse stakeholders

Desirable criteria

1. PhD in medical physics or related subject
2. Medical Physics Expert certification, or working towards certification
3. Experience of providing technical, scientific and regulatory support to clinical and research PET or nuclear medicine studies
4. Expertise in manipulation, archiving and sharing of large datasets such as from clinical studies and/or experience of large IT/networking projects
5. Experience and/or expertise in biodistribution, pharmacokinetics and dosimetry data analysis of PET clinical studies 

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.