NHS Clinical Scientist Recruitment

I think the best thing to do is try to phone them. If you ring the main switch board they should be able to put you through to the right people ... well eventually anyway, I rang Liverpool last week and eventually after repeating myself 3 times found out the person I needed was on annual leave, but the 3rd person was still very helpful with some things

My post is in Nottingham with MSc in either Manchester or Birmingham (I don't know which yet!)

I don't know anything about Nottingham, I currently live on the South Coast, does anybody have advice on where to live etc.?

Nat89, very jealous that you're in Liverpool, that was my first choice, but I'm now going to be working in Kent - want to swap? Liverpool's great, and whilst there are some dodgy areas, it's not as bad as people might make out. For the Royal and uni, Kensington (known as Kenny) is within walking distance, and has a Tesco and loads of other shops and stuff. I lived there for two years and never had any problems If you're in Kensington fields there's lots of students around there, if you go a bit further into Kenny it's more families.

My post is in Nottingham with MSc in either Manchester or Birmingham (I don't know which yet!)

I don't know anything about Nottingham, I currently live on the South Coast, does anybody have advice on where to live etc.?

Things are getting underway! I arranged my documents meeting and hopefully will have a start date organised for mid-September. VERY excited! How is everyone else getting on?

I'm still waiting for the paperwork in the post. What is a document meeting?

Hi,

I was wondering whether anyone who is going to be in Newcastle on the 6 week course in October / Novemeber has thought about what they are going to do with regards to accomodation (email received today) ?

I was thinking about trying to get a short term let if anyone has thought about sharing for this block ?

Are there any medical physicists who would be happy to answer some questions for me?
I'm a physics teacher looking to change careers and need a little advice on what path to take.

Thanks

Were you working in nuclear med or just visiting?
Any suggestions for getting experience in departments to see what really goes on?

In people's experience do medical physicists have much patient contact or is the work predominantly research based?
I enjoyed the research in my masters but its not really my strong suit, I'm far more of a a people person.

I don't mind retraining -in fact I'd quite like the academic challenge to get my teeth into.

Could anyone on the scheme for medical physics share the course reading list please! I could do with some background reading. The a-level medical physics course I teach is a little out of date. I'm sure technology has come on a bit since our syllabus was written!

I'm working in a paid work experience place and I'll be training somewhere properly come September. I find nuclear medicine has a lot of patient contact but also plenty of chances for research both as your own physics research and as clinical trials. It's a really nice mix. I get the impression that radiotherapy physicists are usually further removed from patients. It depends on your specialism, hospital and even your specific job within this so you'll probably find a job with the right balance for you. I can't point you to any useful books, I'm afraid, maybe someone else can.

Just out of curiosity, how did you get onto a paid work experience place? I'm looking into medical physics for when I graduate and would like some work experience for next summer at the end of my third year. There's a lot of talk on voluntary work experience on the Internet, but I'd like something paid if I could.