Group Head of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

you will:
• Provide scientific and strategic leadership to the MPCE Division, directing and managing the variety of services it provides.
• Be a Clinical Scientist qualified to Doctoral level or equivalent.
• Be subject to appropriate financial and operational governance control, you will have the freedom to structure and deliver the services, provided by MPCE across the HHP Group and its partners, as the post holder considers most effective.
• Be the overall lead for the management, organisation and co-ordination of the Division, ensuring that high quality clinical, scientific and technical services are provided.
• Provide strategic leadership to ensure that services are developed in response to changes in clinical workload, technological developments, national policies and guidance and provide strategic advice to senior Group management.
• initiate, organise and undertake research and development in Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, as appropriate, in collaboration with external institutions such as universities, national laboratories, industrial partners and other appropriate bodies including international partners.
• Contribute to the development of health service scientific policy and scientific and technical training at regional, national and international levels.
• Have sufficient experience and expertise to fulfil a high level role as one of the leading Healthcare Scientists within the Humber Health Partnership, coordinating local Healthcare Scientists and contributing to regional healthcare science activities within Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Honours degree in an appropriate physical science.
• PhD level education in an appropriate area of research related to a physical science, or equivalent professional level registration
• HCPC Clinical Scientist registration

Desirable criteria

• Chartered status with a scientific/ engineering body (e.g CSci (Chartered Scientist), CEng (Chartered Engineer))
• Fellowship of one or more Professional bodies (e.g. IPEM (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine) , BIR (British Institute of Radiology)), or with the potential to achieve this imminently
• Management qualification

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive clinical experience in at least one of the specialty services under the MPCE Division
• Management and Leadership experience of a specialty service, including operational, financial and HR

Desirable criteria

• Experience in multiple clinical services provided by HHP Group MPCE Division

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 472.4KB)
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