Radiotherapy Physicist | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Greater London is looking for a Clinical Scientist to join their team. This role involves providing scientific expertise in radiotherapy, ensuring quality assurance, and supporting treatment planning. Candidates should be nearing HCPC registration in radiotherapy physics. This position fosters career development with benefits like flexible working and team support.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Achieving HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist in radiotherapy physics is required.
• Experience in performing computerised treatment planning for radiation therapy.
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex radiation dose measurements.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific support to the Radiotherapy Physics Group.
• Perform quality assurance of treatment machines.
• Investigate complex problems related to radiotherapy treatments.

Skills

HCPC registration

Scientific expertise in radiotherapy

Quality assurance skills

Problem-solving abilities

Education

Degree in Medical Physics or related field

Tools

RayStation

Oncentra

TrueBeam linacs

Job description

This is an exciting time to join our team of 35+ dosimetrists, scientists, engineers and technicians as we are embarking on a major equipment replacement programme with associated treatment planning developments, with the first of 2 new Radixact tomotherapy machines going live in early 2026. We have 1 permanent post and 2 fixed‑term posts (until May 2027).

You will join a team of 35+ scientists, dosimetrists, engineers and technicians providing a full range of complex radiotherapy services including SRS, SABR, SGRT across our Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospital sites. Our equipment includes 5 TrueBeam linacs, 2 of which are being replaced with Radixact tomotherapy machines, a SOMATOM go.Open Pro, an Xstrahl unit and a Flexitron brachytherapy unit. Our main TPS is RayStation with Brainlab Elements for SRS and Oncentra for brachytherapy planning.

The department has excellent experience in delivering education and training in medical physics at all levels; STP and HSST, hosts the London North Medical Physics Training Consortium and has close links with Imperial College, we also are active with research and development with direct staff involvement in on‑going clinical trials and have a positive attitude towards CPD funding, training and educational opportunities, including leadership courses.

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Please do make contact with the team if you would like to discuss these positions; we are also very happy to have site visits. Please reach out to 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

• Career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.
• 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.

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.

This advert closes on Thursday 11 Dec 2025.