Senior Radiotherapy Physics Technologist

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Swansea; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare group is looking for a Senior Radiotherapy Physics Technologist in Swansea. The role involves treatment planning, collaboration with medical staff, and direct patient contact. Candidates should be qualified Radiotherapy Physics Technologists/Dosimetrists or Radiographers with relevant experience and professional registration. The organization offers flexible working arrangements and significant career development opportunities.

Benefits

Professional training and development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Qualified Radiotherapy Physics Technologists/Dosimetrists and Radiographers with treatment planning experience are encouraged to apply.
• Registration with the relevant professional body (e.g., RCT) or progress toward obtaining essential criteria.

Responsibilities

• Undertake various tasks independently within treatment planning and Mould Room areas.
• Collaborate to prepare treatment plans for patients undergoing radiotherapy.
• Engage in clinical developments within the department.

Skills

Treatment planning experience

Collaboration with technologists and physicists

Patient interaction

Education

Qualified Radiotherapy Physics Technologist/Dosimetrist or Radiographer

Tools

Elekta linear accelerators

Pinnacle treatment planning system

MOSAIQ

Job description

Overview

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Radiotherapy Physics Technologist / Dosimetrist within the Radiotherapy Physics Service in the South West Wales Cancer Centre in Swansea. We reserve the right to appoint at Annex 21 of the Agenda for Change (AFC) pay scheme, or at a lower banding depending on experience and progress en route to acquiring essential criteria i.e. registration with RCT.

The service supports state-of-the-art radiotherapy equipment, including four Elekta linear accelerators (with SGRT and FFF capability), a Philips wide-bore CT-scanner, Pinnacle treatment planning system (utilising image fusion), auto segmentation and adaptive techniques, and a well-developed oncology information management system (MOSAIQ), all deployed in a Citrix environment to enable remote and paperless working across the South-West Wales region. The service supports a flexible approach, including working-from-home, unsociable hours and weekend working.

Main duties

• Undertake various tasks independently and without supervision within treatment planning and Mould Room areas.
• Take responsibility for some areas of the service and, with increasing experience, develop more profound and specialised knowledge of a subset of the defined tasks within Radiotherapy Physics Services.
• Collaborate with technologists, physicists and other planning group members to prepare treatment plans for patients undergoing radiotherapy.
• Operate computer systems for treatment plans, delineate organs at risk, and perform calculations relating to patient doses.
• In the Mould Room, have direct contact with patients and work with oncologists and radiographers to produce individualised immobilisation devices.
• Measure radiation beams from the linear accelerators to verify treatment delivery accuracy.
• Engage in clinical developments within the department by introducing new techniques and supervising, teaching and training other staff and students.

Qualifications

• Qualified Radiotherapy Physics Technologists/Dosimetrists and Radiographers with treatment planning experience are encouraged to apply.
• Registration with the relevant professional body (e.g., RCT) or progress toward obtaining essential criteria.

Working environment and development

We are one of the largest healthcare groups in the UK, offering extensive professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation. The service supports a flexible approach, including the option of working-from-home, and opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment.

Equality and inclusion

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone, regardless of sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy or maternity status; marriage or civil partnership; disability. Our values—Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving—underpin our commitment to equality in all we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery, with the benefits of living in a cosmopolitan city, this role offers that opportunity.