My first position in ultrasound rapidly expanded to cover non-ionising radiation, including lasers and MRI, and I enjoyed assessing imaging units for their safety and quality.
I then progressed to a more senior role at a different hospital where I was deputy head of department and applied to do my PhD. With my team, I developed links to the Medical Devices Agency and we conducted early work on mobile phone safety which still forms the basis for safety advice.
I was promoted to principal physicist in 1998 and from there moved to my current role of director of medical physics at Royal Berkshire Hospital where I manage more than 70 staff. I have developed the medical physics department to include medical photography and we are heavily involved in developing and maintaining national standards for medical physics practice. My staff have very diverse backgrounds and career needs because they’re a mix of state registered clinical scientists, technologists, radiographers, and administrators.