Radiotherapy Physicist

Radiotherapy UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD funding

Leadership courses

Training opportunities

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London seeks two motivated radiotherapy physicists to support SRS, SABR, SGRT, brachytherapy and new Radixact commissioning.

You will join a team of 35+ scientists, dosimetrists and engineers delivering complex services at Charing Cross and Hammersmith. HCPC registration is required, with opportunities for CPD, training and leadership courses.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration as Clinical Scientist is required.
• At least two years post-graduate clinical experience.
• Experience with radiotherapy physics and risk awareness is essential.
• Familiarity with planning systems RayStation, Eclipse, Elements and Oncentra preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide extensive and highly complex scientific expertise to the Trust radiotherapy department.
• Provide scientific support to all aspects of the Radiotherapy Physics Group.
• Perform measurement of radiation output from treatment machines and QA of equipment.
• Perform computerised treatment planning and second checks on plans.
• Perform radiation dose measurements ensuring safety for patients and staff.
• Investigate complex problems and advise on physics aspects of treatments.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Decision making under pressure

Attention to detail

Education

First or second class honours degree in physics or related subject

MSc and/or PhD in Medical Physics or related subject

HCPC Registration as Clinical Scientist

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

We seek two motivated and dynamic radiotherapy physicist to support all areas of the service including SRS, SABR, SGRT, brachytherapy, our radioiodine service and to participate in the roll out of projects, including the commissioning of two new Radixact inacs.

You will join a team of 35+ scientists, dosimetrists, engineers & technicians providing a full range of complex radiotherapy services at both, Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals.

The service has 4 Varian TrueBeam linacs, 2 Radixact linacs, a CT scanner, an Xstrahl superficial unit and an Elekta Flexitron unit. By 2027 SGRT will be installed on all clinical linacs . The department delivers stereotactic cranial radiotherapy (SRS), on the TrueBeam STx and SABR for a range of sites. Planning is carried out on Raystation, Eclipse, Elements (SRS) and Oncentra Brachy.The department has excellent experience in delivering education and training in medical physics at all levels; STP and HSST, and hosts the London North Medical Physics Training Consortium and has close links with Imperial College.

The department is active with research with direct staff involvement with on-going clinical trials and has a positive attitude towards CPD funding training and educational opportunities including leadership courses.

You should have or are about to achieve HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist in radiotherapy physics.

Main duties of the job

• Provide extensive and highly complex scientific expertise to the Trust radiotherapy department at the Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospital sites.
• Provide scientific support to all aspects of the work of the Radiotherapy Physics Group.
• Perform measurement of radiation output from treatment machines such as high-energy linear accelerators and high-activity radioactive sources used to produce therapeutic radiation beams.
• Perform quality assurance of treatment machines.
• Perform computerised treatment planning, and perform second checks on treatment plans, for patients undergoing radiation therapy for cancer.
• Perform radiation dose measurements on patients, ensuring safety of patients and staff in a hazardous radiation environment, ensuring equipment is operating safely.
• Investigate complex problems and provide advice on the physics aspects of radiotherapy treatments to other clinical staff.
• Undertake the evaluation, selection, procurement and acceptance testing of expensive and sophisticated equipment.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• 1st or 2nd class honours degree in physics or related subject.
• Relevant M.Sc. and/or Ph.D. in Medical Physics or related subject.
• Certificate of Attainment /Registration as a clinical scientist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC).

Experience

• Basic familiarity with relevant radiation protection legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines [e.g. Ionising Radiations Regulations (IRR), Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IRMER), ISO9000, BSI, professional and regulatory body reports, etc.].
• At least two years post-graduate experience of working/training in a clinical environment.
• Good understanding of the complex physics underpinning the treatment of cancer by radiation and appreciation of the risks to patients arising from treatment planning errors, treatment errors, equipment failure and errors in radiation dose.
• Advanced knowledge of WORD, EXCEL and POWERPOINT, etc. for scientific report writing, preparation of presentations and program/spreadsheet development.

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Ability to assess complex scientific issues (e.g. in relation to radiation dose measurement, equipment performance, treatment planning, etc.) and to exercise judgement over best course of action, referring to others for advice as necessary.
• Ability to plan ongoing routine activities, organising the work of trainees as may occasionally be required.
• Able to concentrate on complex issues when acting as Duty Physicist and when subjected to hectic and unpredictable working patterns
• Ability to maintain clarity of purpose in a clinical environment within which there is constant emotional pressure.

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.