Senior Radiotherapy Physicist

NHS; Bracknell, Reading; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS trust as a Band 7 Senior Radiotherapy Physicist, providing essential support to the Berkshire Cancer Centre. This role offers the opportunity to work on varied responsibilities including quality control, commissioning, and treatment planning for radiotherapy. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience and be in the process of achieving Clinical Scientist registration.

Qualifications

• Evidence of working towards HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist, or equivalent.
• Experience in Radiotherapy Planning including conventional and complex techniques.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality control and calibration measurements on radiotherapy treatment machines.
• Contribute to commissioning and treatment planning for external beam radiotherapy.

Skills

Radiotherapy Planning

Radiotherapy QA

Commissioning equipment

Clinical experience in Radiotherapy Physics

Education

1st or 2nd class Honours degree in a relevant subject

Relevant MSc or higher degree

Current UK registration as a Clinical Scientist

Job description

Band 7 Senior Radiotherapy Physicist (Bracknell and Reading)

As a Senior Radiotherapy Physicist, you will work as part of the team providing the radiotherapy physics service to the Berkshire Cancer Centre (BCC) across both our sites at Bracknell and Reading.

You will take responsibility for specific areas in the delivery of the routine physics service, working under the appropriate Lead Physicist in each area within the Section.

You will also contribute to commissioning, service development and academic research as appropriate. You may also be required to assist with other duties as and when necessary.

Date of interviews: Tuesday 15th July (interviews to be held in person, face-to-face).

Main duties of the job

To undertake the following duties in the provision of a comprehensive and quality assured Radiotherapy Physics service:

1/ Perform quality control and calibration measurements, using specialised instrumentation, on radiotherapy treatment machines and imaging equipment in accordance with local and national protocols and codes of practice.

2/ Perform quality control and calibration measurements on radiation dosimetry systems and other physics instrumentation, ensuring traceability to national standards.

3/ To participate in the commissioning of radiotherapy equipment including, where appropriate, designing procedures for, and overseeing the commissioning of, specific aspects of equipment.

4/ To participate in treatment planning for external beam radiotherapy by:

o Producing individual treatment plans appropriate to the course of treatment prescribed by medical staff, both in routine and complex situations.o Carrying out verification procedures on plans produced by others to confirm the accuracy and appropriateness of the proposed treatment.

5/ To contribute to the provision of the department's brachytherapy service.

6/ To contribute to the provision of the department's in vivo dosimetry service.

7/ To act as an Operator under the Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposures) Regulations 2017.

About us

The Radiotherapy Physics Section is responsible for providing clinical scientific and technical support to the Berkshire Cancer Centre within the Royal Berkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

Functions include: Calibration and maintenance of radiotherapy treatment and imaging equipment, radiotherapy planning for external beam and brachytherapy treatments, radiotherapy-related IT infrastructure, connectivity and software, advising clinical staff on scientific and technical issues, ensuring the safety of patients and staff in a hazardous environment which includes exposure to high levels of ionising radiation, ensuring equipment is operating safely and effectively and the evaluation, selection, procurement, installation, acceptance testing and commissioning of equipment.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our CARE values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st or 2nd class Honours degree in a relevant subject
• Relevant MSc or higher degree
• Evidence of working towards HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist, or equivalent
• Current UK registration as a Clinical Scientist

Experience

• Experience in Radiotherapy Planning (conventional and complex techniques, including brachy)
• Experience in Radiotherapy QA
• Experience in Commissioning equipment
• Clinical experience in Radiotherapy Physics

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.