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Medical Physicist

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Medical physicists use science and engineering technology to develop, design and evaluate medical equipment and procedures, including radiotherapy, laser technology and imaging techniques such as x-rays. Medical staff use the equipment to identify problems or treat patients.

The Work

As a medical physicist you would work in areas such as:

You could be:

Pay

Trainee medical physics technicians working in the NHS start on Band 6, £39,912 to £48,635 a year.

As an HCPC registered medical physicist you would be on Band 7, £48,788 to £56,747 a year. The current pay scales are from April 2024.

With experience, in senior positions, this can rise to Band 9, £117,732 to £122,831 a year.

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Getting In

Most medical physicists work for the National Health Service (NHS), but there are also jobs in universities and with research organisations.

Workforce Education Levels (UK)

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Job Outlook Scotland

Employment

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Job Outlook Scotland and UK

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2024
6555
1.7 %
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2029
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  United Kingdom
2024
75522
4.5 %
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2029
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What Does it Take?

You should be:

You should have:

Training

Getting On

More Information

NHS Scotland generally advertise training posts early in January and recruit up to the September start. There are usually around 20 posts in various clinical science disciplines available.

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Contacts

The following organisations may be able to provide further information.

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Tel: 0300 500 6184
E-mail: education@hcpc-uk.org
Website: http://www.hcpc-uk.org/
Twitter: @The_HCPC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hcpcuk

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is the UK-wide regulatory body responsible for setting and maintaining standards of professional training, performance and conduct in the following health care professions: Arts Therapists; Audiologist; Biomedical Scientist; Chiropodist and Podiatrist; Clinical Scientist; Dietician; Dramatherapist; Occupational Therapist; Operating Department Practitioner; Orthoptist; Paramedic; Physiotherapist; Practitioner Psychologist; Prosthetist and Orthotist; Radiographer; Speech and Language Therapist. (The HCPC may regulate other healthcare professions in the future.) The HCPC website contains a register of all approved courses in the above professions.

Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM)
Tel: 01904 610821
E-mail: office@ipem.org.uk
Website: http://www.ipem.ac.uk/
Twitter: @ipemnews

NHS Scotland Careers
Website: http://www.careers.nhs.scot
Website (2): https://jobs.scot.nhs.uk/
Twitter: @NHSScotCareers

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Career Area

Health and Medicine

Career Sectors

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