Clinical Scientist - Radiotherapy Physicist

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Scientist - Radiotherapy Physicist at St James's University Hospital in Leeds. The role covers treatment planning, dosimetry, imaging and QA, with opportunities in AI and radiotherapy innovation.

You will join a team delivering high-quality radiotherapy care and supporting clinical trials and staff development. The post requires HCPC registration as Clinical Scientist (or within 12 months) and a strong background in radiotherapy

Qualifications

• Good (1st or 2nd class) honours degree in a relevant subject and MSc or equivalent in radiotherapy physics
• HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist or working to achieve registration within 12 months of recruitment
• Structured post-graduate training in radiotherapy physics and/or imaging (MR advantageous) e.g. IPEM/MSC STP or equivalent
• Qualifications to act as an Operator under IR(ME)R in radiotherapy
• Specialist knowledge and practical experience in radiotherapy physics
• Understanding patient progress through radiotherapy and safety requirements
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and national standards for radiotherapy
• Professional conduct, confidentiality and patient dignity
• Ability to perform radiotherapy QA and related experimental work
• Ability to communicate complex information to non-physics colleagues

Responsibilities

• Support a broad range of radiotherapy physics activities including treatment planning, dosimetry and imaging
• Provide equipment QA and staff training
• Contribute to teaching and supervision of radiotherapy staff
• Engage in research and innovation in treatment planning, AI, and imaging
• Help develop state-of-the-art radiotherapy services
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective patient care

Skills

Communication of complex information

Radiotherapy physics knowledge

Quality assurance

Teaching radiotherapy staff

IR(ME)R operator knowledge

Education

Honours degree in radiotherapy physics

MSc in radiotherapy physics

HCPC registration as Clinical Scientist

IPEM/MSC STP clinical scientist training

Tools

RayStation treatment planning

MRSim

Gamma Knife ICON SRS

Flexitron HDR afterloading

Job description

Clinical Scientist - Radiotherapy Physicist

Join Leeds Cancer Centre as a Band 7 Clinical Scientist - Radiotherapy Physicist and help deliver advanced, high-quality radiotherapy care.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited for this position in St Jamess University Hospital, Leeds. The post will ideally suit candidates who are state registered as a Clinical Scientist or will achieve registration within 12 months of taking up the position.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated to support a broad range of radiotherapy physics activities, including treatment planning, dosimetry, imaging, equipment QA, as well as teaching of radiotherapy staff undergoing training.

Research and innovation are at the heart of the service, with opportunities to be a part of many ongoing and future projects, including the development of Treatment Planning, AI, equipment QA, extra-cranial SABR, HDR and LDR Brachytherapy, Gamma Knife ICON SRS, imaging for radiotherapy as well as a large portfolio of local and national clinical trials.

The post offers excellent scope for gaining or broadening radiotherapy physics experience and for developing state-of-the-art radiotherapy.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Position: Head of External Beam Radiotherapy Physics

Phone number: 0113 2067617 Shortlisting Date: 29/10/26

Interview Date: 18/11/26

Job description

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Name: John Lilley

Position: Head of External Beam Radiotherapy Physics

Email: [e-mail]

Phone number: 0113 2067617 Shortlisting Date: 29/10/26

Interview Date: 18/11/26

Why you should join our Team

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the UK. We are committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our staff helped to define the values and behaviours that we should work to so that we can achieve this vision. This has become known as The Leeds Way, and forms the foundation of our culture, our ethos and how we work every day.

The radiotherapy service in St James’s treats over 7500 new radiotherapy patients per annum. The centre is equipped with the latest technology, including 12 Versa HDs, MRSim, RayStation treatment planning, a Flexitron HDR remote afterloading platform for advanced image guided brachytherapy, I-125 prostate brachytherapy service and Gamma Knife ICON. The managed equipment service was recently renewed, ensuring equipment replacement and comprehensive support for the next 15 years.

What you will bring to the role

• You will need a Good (1st or 2nd class) honours degree in a relevant subject and MSc or equivalent in radiotherapy physics [or equivalent field]
• HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist or working to achieve registration within 12 months of recruitment.
• Appropriate post-graduate training within a structured programme that includes radiotherapy physics and/or imaging for radiotherapy (MR an advantage) e.g. IPEM Clinical Scientist Training Scheme or Modernising Scientific Careers (MSC) Scientific Training Programme (STP) or equivalent scheme.
• Qualifications, knowledge and experience to act as an Operator under IR(ME)R within the field of radiotherapy.
• Specialist knowledge and practical experience of main areas of radiotherapy physics.
• Understanding patient progress through radiotherapy and the requirements of a radiotherapy physics service to ensure that it is performed in a safe and accurate manner.
• Understanding of relevant legislation, national standards, codes of practice, professional and other guidelines.
• To always act in a professional manner, showing courtesy and respect for other staff and patients and maintain patient dignity and confidentiality.
• Ability to carry out radiotherapy quality assurance and other detailed experimental work associated with radiotherapy physics.
• Ability to communicate highly complex information, e.g. at post-graduate physics level, to non-physics based colleagues.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.