Radiotherapy Engineering Specialist - Flexible Hours

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Radiotherapy Engineer to join the Radiotherapy Engineering Group at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care. The role focuses on electromechanical maintenance of radiotherapy equipment to support patient treatment at Freeman Hospital and Cumberland Infirmary.

You will perform preventative and corrective maintenance, diagnose faults, and work within a multidisciplinary team to balance service needs.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or equivalent and demonstrable relevant experience.
• Expected to work towards Clinical Technologist registration with RCT or AHCS.
• Strong fault diagnosis and maintenance skills for radiotherapy equipment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain radiotherapy equipment and ancillary systems.
• Carry out planned and unplanned maintenance to ensure uptime of treatment machines.
• Monitor equipment reliability and perform quality control.
• Provide technical input to multidisciplinary radiotherapy team.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Fault diagnosis

IT literacy

Clinical technologist registration (to

Education

Degree in engineering or equivalent

Tools

Radiotherapy equipment tools

Job description

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Radiotherapy Engineer to join the Radiotherapy Engineering Group at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care. The role focuses on electromechanical maintenance of radiotherapy equipment to support patient treatment at Freeman Hospital and Cumberland Infirmary.

You will perform preventative and corrective maintenance, diagnose faults, and work within a multidisciplinary team to balance service needs.