Radiotherapy Engineer

#CatchUpWithCancer; Carlisle (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 53,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Radiotherapy Engineer to join the Radiotherapy Engineering Group.

The role focuses on electromechanical maintenance of radiotherapy equipment, enabling timely patient treatment across Freeman Hospital and Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle as demands require.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate knowledge of engineering gained through experience.
• Strong literacy with IT software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access.
• Specialist knowledge of medical or scientific equipment.
• Knowledge of safe moving and handling techniques.
• Knowledge of clinical hazards and infection control.

Responsibilities

• Performs a range of specialist healthcare science activities.
• Assist in delivering the technical aspects of radiotherapy service.
• Assists in maintaining and developing high standards of service provision throughout their area of responsibility.
• Apply fault diagnosis skills, engineering knowledge and IT knowledge to minimise clinical downtime.
• Participates in roster covering 7-day working week.

Skills

Engineering knowledge

IT skills

Medical equipment knowledge

Safety & handling

Clinical hazard knowledge

Education

Recognised degree in relevant subject

Job description

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Radiotherapy Engineer

The closing date is 01 November 2026

Job Summary

The Radiotherapy Engineering Group at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) is looking for a motivated engineer to join our team.

Radiotherapy engineers are part of a team responsible for the electromechanical maintenance of equipment used in the delivery of radiotherapy treatment.

NCCC is based at both the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle and Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle and provides a highly specialised clinical service for the treatment of cancer patients. The successful candidate will be based primarily at the Freeman Hospital but will be required to work on both sites as the work demands.

The department is equipped with Varian Linear Accelerators and specific training for this equipment will be given if required.

The responsibilities of REG Engineers include ensuring treatment machines function correctly and therefore enable patient treatment, applying fault diagnosis skills, engineering knowledge and IT knowledge to minimise clinical downtime, carrying out planned preventative and unplanned corrective maintenance, and providing the technical, engineering-related input to multidisciplinary radiotherapy service team. REG also works closely with the clinical and scientific Radiotherapy teams to balance the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

• Maintenance of Radiotherapy and ancillary equipmento Carry out planned preventative maintenance on treatment machineso Accurate fault diagnosis and effective repairso Monitor trends for equipment reliability
• Quality Control of Radiotherapy Systemso Work within a Quality Management Systemo Undertake quality control for equipmento Support Provision of Radiotherapy Engineering Service
• Participating in research development projects when required.

Applications are invited from candidates with a degree level qualification or who have equivalent experience in an appropriate discipline, and have demonstrable relevant experience, having completed a recognised engineering, technical apprenticeship or training course. In addition, the post holder will be expected to work towards professional registration as a Clinical Technologist with RCT or AHCS.

REG Radiotherapy Engineers work independently or as part of multidisciplinary teams, providing specialist engineering services and technical knowledge enabling patient care.

About Us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

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These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

Employment Details

Salary £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract Permanent

Working pattern Full-time

Reference number 317-2026-42-14-DR

Job locations Freeman Hospital
317 01 Freeman Hospital
NE7 7DN
United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Performs a range of specialist healthcare science activities
• Assist in the delivery of the technical aspects of radiotherapy service.
• Assists in maintaining and developing high standards of service provision throughout their area of responsibility.
• Apply fault diagnosis skills, engineering knowledge and IT knowledge to minimise clinical downtime.
• Participates in roster covering 7-day working week.

Person Specification

Essential Knowledge

• oPost graduate knowledge of engineering gained through experience
• oGood knowledge of IT software packages (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) and experience of applying them
• oSpecialist knowledge and skills in medical or scientific equipment relevant to working area
• oGood knowledge of safe moving and handling techniques in both clinical and non-clinical environment
• oKnowledge of clinical hazards and infection control

Essential Skills

• oLiteracy, numeracy and accuracy of a high order
• oResponsible for ensuring effective communications within their service and across professional boundaries, overcoming barriers to understanding
• oComplex fault diagnosis skills

Essential Experience

• oEvidence of good engineering practice and completed project work
• oA demonstrable interest in working with and repairing electro-mechanical equipment
• oPost qualification experience in industrial or medical electronic engineering

Desirable Experience

• oRelevant experience following completion of manufacturers certified training

Essential Qualifications

• oA recognised Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience
• oMust be prepared to work towards registration on the RCT register
• oPost holder must be working towards relevant manufacturer's certified training

Desirable Qualifications

• oOn the RCT or AHCS PTP register
• oCompletion of a recognised training scheme

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Employer details

Employer name The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address Freeman Hospital
317 01 Freeman Hospital
NE7 7DN
United Kingdom

Employer's website https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us

Contact

Senior Radiotherapy Engineer
Kris Fenwick
[e-mail]
01912138394