Head of Radiotherapy Physics (Consultant Clinical Scientist)

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Guildford is seeking a Radiotherapy Physics team lead to manage and develop clinical services. This role focuses on maintaining high standards of accuracy in cancer treatment and compliance with regulations, alongside overseeing staff training. The ideal candidate will be part of a collaborative environment, innovating in radiotherapy technologies and patient care.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Professional development support

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical scientific and technical services for accurate radiotherapy.
• Provide scientific lead in radiotherapy physics service development.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements in radiotherapy.
• Oversee teaching and training commitments of the section.

Job description

Overview

The Radiotherapy Physics Section within the Department of Medical Physics provides a comprehensive physics service to the Radiotherapy Department of the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The section offers radiotherapy treatment planning, radiation dosimetry, equipment maintenance and quality assurance, and brachytherapy. It also leads and/or supports clinical development and research as well as the education of staff and students.

Responsibilities

• Manages the provision of clinical scientific and technical services to the radiotherapy department ensuring the highest possible level of accuracy and safety of radiotherapy cancer treatment is achieved.
• Provides the scientific lead in the development, provision, and administration of the radiotherapy physics service.
• Is responsible for providing expert advice to Medical Physics, Radiotherapy, and the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in order to comply with regulatory and statutory requirements relevant to radiotherapy.
• Is responsible for meeting the teaching and training commitment of the section and has responsibility for its organisation and delivery.

About the Cancer Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the excellent Radiotherapy Physics team at the Royal Surrey Cancer Centre, located within the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford and East Surrey Hospital, Redhill. The Cancer Centre is focused on providing excellent patient pathways and patient-centered care. We strive to continuously evolve to reflect the technical advances within Radiotherapy, and work closely as a multi-professional team to achieve this. We have a Varian ETHOS on the Guildford site, delivering daily online adaptive radiotherapy for bladder and cervical cancers, as well as four Varian Truebeams, one of which will be replaced later this year with a Varian Halcyon. The satellite centre in Redhill has a newly-installed Halcyon and ETHOS; both are equipped with Align-RT surface-guidance and Hypersight advanced imaging, which are also to be installed on the ring-based pair at Guildford. External beam treatment planning is carried out using the Varian Eclipse system, and includes use of automated planning and auto segmentation. All systems work within a cloud-based Aria environment. We have 3 CT scanners across the two sites and use MR imaging in treatment planning, with further, Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

Organisation and Location

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Why join Royal Surrey

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.