Senior Clinical Scientist – Radiotherapy Physics

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Ipswich seeks a Senior Clinical Scientist in Radiotherapy Physics. You will manage clinical staff, ensure high-quality services, and engage in advanced treatment planning. This role demands strong expertise in medical physics and related technologies. You will contribute to a dynamic environment that prioritizes patient care and staff development.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Masters degree or PhD in medical physics or equivalent knowledge.
• Registration as a clinical Scientist with the HCPC.
• RPA2000 Certificate of competence required.

Responsibilities

• Fulfill the role of Medical Physics Expert for Radiotherapy.
• Manage clinical scientists and trainees.
• Assist in the provision of Radiotherapy Physics service.

Skills

Medical Physics Expertise

Radiotherapy Techniques (VMAT, SABR)

Research and Development

Project Management

Education

Masters degree / PhD in medical physics

Registration as a clinical Scientist with the HCPC

RPA2000 Certificate

Tools

Eclipse treatment planning system

Varian linacs

Aria oncology management system

Job description

Senior Clinical Scientist – Radiotherapy Physics

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is one of the largest radiotherapy providers in the East of England, delivering treatments to over 3000 patients per year across Ipswich and Colchester sites. Ipswich Hospital is seeking a Senior Clinical Scientist in Radiotherapy.

You will hold registration as an MPE in radiotherapy and participate in a broad range of radiotherapy physics activities including quality assurance of radiotherapy treatment equipment, treatment planning, and providing assistance with computing throughout the department. You will work closely with colleagues within our multi-disciplinary team of physicists, engineers, radiographers and clinicians.

Ipswich Hospital is equipped with 3 TrueBeam multi-modality linear accelerators routinely delivering VMAT, FFF and SABR techniques, and an Ethos linear accelerator with Hypersight imaging. The department has a virtual Aria environment utilising the Varian cloud solution, and treatment plans are produced using the Eclipse treatment planning system. We have a Phillips Big Bore CT scanner with TumorLoc virtual simulation system and AI volume delineation and dedicated MR scanning slots for radiotherapy. We work closely with nuclear medicine to deliver a molecular radiotherapy service.

For this role you will hold the RPA2000 certificate of competence to act as an MPE as well as HCPC registration as a clinical scientist along with an honours degree in physics with relevant postgraduate experience.

Main duties of the job

Fulfil the role of Medical Physics Expert (MPE) for Radiotherapy as described in Regulation 14 of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations 2017.

To assist in the provision of the Radiotherapy Physics service (external beam radiotherapy and molecular radiotherapy) at Ipswich Hospital. Participate in research and development activity.

Provide the day to day management of clinical scientists and trainees and work closely with Clinical Oncology staff, to ensure a high quality clinical, scientific and technical service to Radiotherapy.

Maintain high standards in the safe and effective application of physical principles to Radiotherapy Physics in the performance of staff, clinical procedures and the utilisation of equipment and radiation sources.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff, offering a wide range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) provider Epic. This digital transformation will bring what is widely regarded as the world\'s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Masters degree / PhD in an area of medical physics or equivalent level of knowledge
• Registration as a clinical Scientist with the HCPC
• RPA2000 Certificate of competence to act as an MPE
• Membership of relevant professional body

Experience

• Experience of acting as a Medical Physics Expert in Radiotherapy
• VMAT, SABR and other advanced treatment planning techniques
• Research and development
• Managing workload of junior staff & technicians
• Project Management
• Experience of using Varian linacs, the Eclipse treatment planning system and the Aria oncology management system

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.

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust