Assistant Nuclear Medicine Physicist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
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Role summary
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Nuclear Medicine Physicist. This role supports the nuclear medicine physics team in ensuring regulatory compliance and delivering patient care. The post involves assisting with molecular radionuclide therapies, data analysis, and routine quality assurance on nuclear medicine equipment. It is ideal for a physics graduate looking to gain experience in a clinical environment.
Key responsibilities
- Assist with the organisation, preparation and delivery of molecular radionuclide therapies.
- Monitor and decontaminate rooms after use by patients treated with unsealed sources.
- Assist in data analysis, ensuring accuracy and performing initial trend judgements.
- Store, retrieve, and process data between different computer formats.
- Assist physicists with routine complex QA on nuclear medicine equipment, including setup and performing tasks under supervision.
- Assist in routine care and checks of all departmental equipment.
Essential criteria
- BSc in a Science or Engineering Discipline or equivalent
- Maths and Physics A level or equivalent
- Project work involving extensive measurement and analysis of data
- Ability to perform routine measurements on imaging and contamination monitoring equipment with guidance where required
- Advanced knowledge of WORD, EXCEL and POWERPOINT, etc. for scientific report writing, preparation of presentations and program/spreadsheet development.
- Diligence and attention to detail commensurate with clinical nature of systems to be supported
- Ability to deal with occasional distressing circumstances. (The work involves contact with patients with cancer).
- Ability to maintain clarity of purpose in a clinical environment within which there is constant emotional pressure.
- Able to keep accurate scientific records and to complete appropriate clinical records.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of the healthcare environment
- Previous experience working within nuclear medicine, PET/CT, molecular radionuclide therapies and/or radiation protection
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £38,488 – £46,852 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated assistant physicist to join our team of nuclear medicine physicists within the Radiological Sciences Unit (RSU).
This post would suit a graduate with a physics background who is looking to gain initial experience in nuclear medicine whilst supporting our team to drive regulatory compliance and provide the best patient care.
Within the trust, the physics group supports a range of equipment across nuclear medicine and PET/CT including SPECT/CT systems, PET/CT systems, gamma counting equipment, dose calibrators and interoperative probes.
There is a comprehensive molecular radiotherapy service including I-131 for benign thyroid conditions, Y-90 Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) and Lu-177 Dotatate for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumours. We are also involved in the delivery of several novel therapeutic tracers for research purposes.
The post is within the Radiological Sciences Unit (RSU) offering an environment in which there is a wide experience of Imaging Physics. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is the UK's first Academic Health Science Centre.
The AHSC aims to bring together the delivery of healthcare services, teaching and research in a partnership for the purpose of improving the health of its patients, advancing clinical teaching and scientific invention an
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