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Scottish Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering Training Scheme (SMPCETS) - 2025
Medical Physics (3.5 years), Clinical Engineering – Rehab Engineering (3.5 years)
Applications are invited from candidates with a First- or Second-Class Honours Degree in Physical Sciences or Engineering for entry onto the Scottish Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Training Scheme (SMPCETS). The scheme is commissioned by NES.
We aim to employ a minimum of 4 trainees in total (2 in Medical Physics and 2 in Rehab Engineering). The Medical Physics trainees will be enrolled onto the Medical Physics training programme and be based at either NHS Lothian or NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC), and the Rehab Engineering trainees will be enrolled onto the Clinical Engineering training programme and be based at either NHS Grampian or NHS Highland.
The training will include scientific rotations and acquaintanceships, allowing trainees to build a portfolio for registration as a Clinical Scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council. Funding for postgraduate training and course fees will be provided. Current salary scale for these supernumerary trainee posts is ‘AfC’ band 6.
Successful applicants will be given a contract of employment, starting in September 2025, with either NHS Lothian (Medical Physics), NHS GGC (Medical Physics), NHS Grampian (Rehab Engineering), or NHS Highland (Rehab Engineering). They will register on the SMPCETS, and in their first year of employment study for an IPEM accredited MSc degree in Medical Physics at Glasgow University, or Clinical Engineering at Strathclyde University. In subsequent years of employment, trainees will be based at their nominated NHS Scotland Health Board. Successful applicants who already hold a qualifying IPEM accredited MSc will commence their training with hospital-based rotations, and train for 2.5 years.
IMPORTANT NOTE – this year (2025) all applications for Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering will be via a single application portal. All applicants – please make it clear in your supporting statement whether you are applying for Medical Physics or Rehab Engineering. If you do not state this, then we reserve the right to make this decision on your behalf, based on your previous experience.
Informal enquiries about the scheme should be made to Dr Stephen Gandy (stephen.gandy@nhs.scot), Prof. Bill Nailon (bill.nailon@nhs.scot), or Dr Claire Tarbert (claire.tarbert@nhs.scot). Applications should be made online by visiting nhsgrampian.org/jobs and searching for the job reference number: CK206572. Details can also be found on www.jobs.scot.nhs.uk.
For international applicants, clear evidence of current visa status and entitlement to work in the UK (without restrictions) should be provided. NHS sponsorship for successful international applicants may be available if the posts cannot be filled by UK applicants.
Closing date for applications is Friday 21st February 2025. Interviews are currently scheduled for the week commencing 12th May 2025 and will be held in-person.
Please note: only successful candidates will be contacted for interview. If you have not been contacted by 7th April 2025 you will have been unsuccessful.
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