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Eirin Beese

    • About Me:

      I live in Glasgow, Scotland. I’m a Clinical Scientist specialising in MRI Physics during the day, and spend time with my friends, read, or play video games in the evening! I love watersports, coffee, and going for walks with my dog.

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      I grew up on a small Scottish island where I spent a lot of time outdoors and learned to speak Gaidhlig. During high school, my favourite subjects were maths and biology, although I loved all the sciences. I went to university to do Biomedical Engineering, and although I enjoyed it, it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do as a career, so I looked into other careers and got accepted onto the Scottish Clinical Scientist training scheme.

      In my spare time, I love reading and have joined a book club with my friends which we use as an excuse to meet up and eat cake. I also love playing games on my Xbox (particularly in winter when the weather is miserable!). I’m very lucky to have family and friends who live in some of the most beautiful parts of Scotland, which means I spend a lot of time going for walks in forests, relaxing on beaches, or hiking up mountains.

    • My pronouns are:

      she/her

    • My Work:

      I work in Glasgow where we have lots of hospitals and MRI scanners. MRI scanners are basically a big magnet which we use to take images of patient’s bodies when they’re hurt or sick. I help make sure patients are safe to get their images taken and I also work on bigger projects to improve the service.

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      Because an MRI scanner is a big magnet (and we can’t turn this magnet off), we have to be careful and check any medical implants a patient has before they come near the magnet. A medical implant can be anything surgically put inside a patient’s body when they’re sick or sore to make them feel better, like a heart pacemaker or hip joint replacement.

      We are worried about patients who might have anything magnetic in them, because it could move when near our MRI scanner or ruin the images we take. Thankfully, not all metal is magnetic, but we will always check if it’s safe first, as we don’t want to hurt our patients.

    • My Typical Day:

      I wake up and make myself a coffee before heading off to work. I get to work at 9am where I check my emails and what I have planned for the day. Every day can be quite different for me, so I have to make sure I’m organised. I usually run some MRI scans or work on different projects throughout the day, before heading home at 5pm.

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      Some mornings I might be down at an MRI scanner running tests to make sure the scanner is working properly. I also run some special MRI scans for patients where I need to go and look at the results afterwards. For these scans, after I’ve got the results I meet up with a doctor who specialises in images (called a radiologist) and together we create a medical report for the patient to help them get the care they need.

      I also reply to any safety questions I might get asked throughout the day, and check patient’s medical implants are safe to go near our MRI scanners.

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    • Education:

      I went to Tiree High School in Scotland. I took Maths, English, Chemistry, Physics and Biology as my classes at school in S5. This was useful for me as I didn’t know which science I wanted to do at university, and this gave me the chance to try them all and find what I preferred.

    • Qualifications:

      National 5s – Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry, Music

      Highers – Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology

      Advanced Highers – Maths, Chemistry

      University Bachelors Degree – Biomedical Engineering

      University Masters Degree –  Medical Physics

    • Work History:

      I worked in cafes and restaurants as a teenager. I was also lucky enough to work for a chocolatier for a while, which meant lots of free chocolate!

      I worked in recruitment (hiring people for jobs) for a little while after leaving university when I didn’t know what I wanted to do, before I went back to university to get my master’s degree and applied for my current job in the NHS.

    • Current Job:

      I work for NHS Scotland as a Trainee Clinical Scientist, specialising in Medical Physics. After March 2026, I should be fully qualified as a clinical scientist and will have finished my 3.5 year training scheme.

    • Employer:

      National Health Service (NHS) Scotland

    • My Interview

      • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

        healthcare scientist chatterbox

        What did you want to be after you left school?

        an engineer for medical equipment

        Were you ever in trouble at school?

        Yes! For talking too much

        If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

        Maybe a different kind of scientist? Or running a bookshop/bakery.

        Who is your favourite singer or band?

        Sabrina Carpenter

        What's your favourite food?

        Fish Tacos

        If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

        I would wish for a lovely house in the countryside, the ability to teleport anywhere in the world, and to have a private chef to cook all my meals!

        Tell us a joke.

        What do you call it when a biologist takes a photo of themselves? A cell-fie!

        How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

        healthcare scientist chatterbox