NHS Jobs and vacancies
Medical physics jobs are not always advertised with the words “medical physicist” in the title. NHS Jobs is important, but a good search routine also checks HealthJobsUK/Trac, IPEM, NHS trusts, private oncology providers, universities, research centres and manufacturers.
Best starting point
Search NHS Jobs and HealthJobsUK by both broad terms and specialism terms: medical physics, radiotherapy physicist, nuclear medicine, MRI physicist and radiation protection.
Do not rely on one title
Relevant adverts can be titled clinical scientist, principal physicist, radiotherapy physicist, imaging scientist, dosimetrist or clinical technologist.
Read the person specification
The band, registration requirement and essential criteria tell you more than the title.
Live NHS Jobs feed
The cards below are cached from official NHS Jobs searches for medical physics terms. Open the official advert before relying on title, band, salary, location, visa information or closing date.
Cached from official NHS Jobs search results. Last refreshed: 19 June 2026, 16:27.
Role adverts are owned by the recruiting employer and NHS Jobs. Check the official advert before relying on salary, closing date or eligibility details.
Quick job-search routine
A sensible routine is to run the same set of searches weekly, save useful adverts, and keep a note of what employers ask for. Even old adverts can help you prepare CV examples because they show the evidence departments value.
NHS Jobs
Best for NHS clinical scientist, trainee, technologist, dosimetry, radiotherapy, imaging and department roles in England and Wales.
HealthJobsUK / Trac
Useful because many trusts use Trac, and the Medical Physics category can surface posts that simple keyword searches miss.
IPEM jobs
Worth checking for professional-body job listings and sector context across medical physics and clinical engineering.
NSHCS STP
For graduate training, use official NSHCS pages for recruitment windows, specialisms and applicant guidance.
Search terms that catch more medical physics roles
Adverts are inconsistent. Search by specialty, modality, role type and professional route, not just by the phrase “medical physicist”.
- medical physicist
- medical physics jobs
- clinical scientist medical physics
- trainee clinical scientist medical physics
- radiotherapy physicist
- radiotherapy physics
- treatment planning physicist
- MR linac physicist
- diagnostic radiology physicist
- imaging physicist
- MRI physicist
- nuclear medicine physicist
- radiation protection physicist
- radiation safety physicist
- clinical technologist medical physics
- dosimetrist
What each job title might mean
| Advert wording | What it may mean | What to check before applying |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee Clinical Scientist | Usually an STP or other structured clinical scientist training route. | Specialism, training provider, MSc, salary band, location rotations and eligibility requirements. |
| Clinical Scientist / Medical Physicist | A registered clinical scientist role in a medical physics department. | HCPC registration, modality, band, QA responsibility, patient-facing work and on-call duties. |
| Senior Clinical Scientist | A more autonomous specialist role, often with supervision, project or service duties. | Band 8a or similar, leadership expectations, equipment responsibility and governance workload. |
| Principal / Lead Physicist | A section lead or highly specialist role with broader responsibility. | Line management, service development, incident review, statutory roles and cross-site cover. |
| Clinical Technologist | A technical healthcare science role that may overlap with medical physics services but is not the same as clinical scientist training. | Training route, registration expectations, band, scope of practice and progression route. |
| Dosimetrist / Treatment Planner | A radiotherapy planning role, often closely connected to physics and oncology services. | Required professional background, planning system experience, radiographer/technologist route and training support. |
Where else to look beyond NHS Jobs
Private oncology providers
Private radiotherapy and oncology groups may advertise physicist, dosimetry, MR linac, quality assurance and applications roles outside the usual NHS search route.
Universities and research centres
MRI, PET, radiotherapy, image analysis, proton therapy, radiobiology and clinical research jobs may sit on university sites or jobs.ac.uk.
Manufacturers
Imaging, radiotherapy and software companies recruit physicists into applications, product, research, QA, service and clinical-science roles.
Individual NHS trusts
Large cancer centres and teaching hospitals may advertise roles through trust pages, Trac links or regional job portals before they are easy to find by keyword.
How to read a medical physics job advert
Do not apply only because the title sounds right. Medical physics is a broad field, and the same title can mean different things in radiotherapy, diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine, MRI, radiation protection, computing or engineering-adjacent services.
- Registration: does the person specification require HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist?
- Band and salary: is the role trainee, Band 6, Band 7, Band 8a or higher?
- Specialism: is it radiotherapy, imaging, nuclear medicine, radiation safety, MRI, computing or a mixed department?
- Essential criteria: what evidence will prove you meet the shortlisting requirements?
- Training support: does the post include protected training time, MSc, equivalence support or supervised development?
- Practicalities: check location, multi-site travel, on-call, weekend work, flexible working, visa sponsorship and closing date.
- Interview hints: adverts often reveal the examples you should prepare: QA, patient safety, team working, communication, audit or research.
Turning adverts into CV evidence
Save useful adverts even if you are not applying yet. They are a practical checklist for the experience you need to build. If several posts ask for quality assurance, programming, patient communication, audit, equipment testing or multidisciplinary work, those are the examples to start collecting.
For early-career applicants, useful evidence can come from lab projects, coding, data analysis, dissertation work, teaching, public engagement, healthcare volunteering, shadowing, customer-facing jobs and any work where accuracy, safety and communication mattered.
Medical physics job search FAQs
Where are most NHS medical physics jobs advertised?
NHS Jobs and HealthJobsUK/Trac are the two main places to start. Some roles also appear through IPEM, individual trust websites, university pages, private providers and manufacturers.
Why can I not find many “medical physicist” adverts?
The title varies. Search for clinical scientist, radiotherapy physicist, imaging physicist, nuclear medicine physicist, MRI physicist, radiation protection physicist, clinical technologist and dosimetrist as well.
Should I apply for Band 7 roles before HCPC registration?
Only if the advert says you are eligible. Many Band 7 clinical scientist posts require HCPC registration or a clear route to registration. If registration is essential and you do not have it, look for STP, trainee, technologist or pre-registration routes instead.
Are private medical physics jobs suitable for new graduates?
Some are, but many expect experience, registration or a technical specialism. Read the essential criteria carefully and look for whether training and supervision are described.
Sources: NHS Jobs medical physicist search, HealthJobsUK Medical Physics category, IPEM jobs, NSHCS Scientist Training Programme, NHS Health Careers clinical scientist profile.