Senior Clinical Scientist – Radiotherapy Physics | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in Ipswich is looking for a Senior Clinical Scientist in Radiotherapy. The ideal candidate will hold MPE registration and be involved in a mix of quality assurance and collaborative patient care activities. This role includes managing clinical scientists, ensuring high standards in radiotherapy, and supporting ongoing research. We offer excellent training, development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Hold RPA2000 certificate of competence to act as an MPE.
• Registered clinical scientist with HCPC.
• Experience in radiotherapy physics activities.

Responsibilities

• Fulfil the role of Medical Physics Expert (MPE) for Radiotherapy.
• Assist in Radiotherapy Physics service provision at Ipswich Hospital.
• Manage clinical scientists and trainees effectively.

Skills

MPE registration in radiotherapy

Clinical Oncology collaboration

Quality assurance in radiotherapy

Research and development participation

Education

Honours degree in physics

Relevant postgraduate experience

Job description

Overview

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 are looking for a Senior Clinical Scientist in Radiotherapy.

You will hold registration as an MPE in radiotherapy as well as 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.

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

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

About ESNEFT

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. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer 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) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s 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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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Sunday 12 Oct 2025