Senior Dosimetrist

Freeman Hospital

Carthage (MO)

On-site

USD 43,000 - 61,000

Full time

17 hours ago

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Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Dosimetrist (Band 6) to support the Cumberland Infirmary site and Freeman Hospital within the Radiotherapy Department. You will design and validate complex radiotherapy plans and contribute to research while maintaining high standards of patient care.

The role involves independent workload management, cross-disciplinary communication, and ongoing professional development in a large NHS Trust known for innovation and patient-focused

Qualifications

Up-to-date knowledge of radiotherapy dose planning, imaging and physics.
Experience with treatment planning systems and complex plans.
Registration with HCPC or RCT is required.

Responsibilities

Manage daily workload to deliver high-quality external beam radiotherapy dose planning.
Design radiotherapy plans and set treatment parameters for patients.
Validate treatment data for clinical use and export for treatment.
Collaborate with clinicians to communicate complex plan information.
Participate in research development projects from start to finish.
Contribute to training and education of staff and visitors.

Skills

Independent work

Team player

Accuracy

Communication

Time management

Numerical skills

3D spatial awareness

Education

Honours degree in radiotherapy oncology

HCPC/RCT registration

Job description

37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
Urgent treatment centres
Post qualification study

Employer heading

Senior Dosimetrist

Band 6

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion. With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country. As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

As a registered Dosimetrist, Clinical Technologist or Therapeutic Radiographer you will be responsible for supporting the Dose Planning section and wider Radiotherapy Department ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care.
The Dosimetry Team is split across two sites one at Newcastle and one in Carlisle.
This post is for a position based at the Cumberland Infirmary Site in (Carlisle)
The post holder is responsible for providing technical aspects of the radiotherapy dose planning service at Cumberland Infirmary site or Freeman Hospital for patients having their treatment delivered at North Cumbria Integrated Care and The Northern Centre for Cancer Care.
The post holder is responsible for ensuring effective communications within their service and across professional boundaries, overcoming barriers to understanding.
The post holder works independently, within occupational guidelines, and is responsible for management of their own workload.
The post holder is expected to be involved in research and development projects as required.
The post holder will be supported through a comprehensive in-house competency-based training programme.
Involvement in research and development projects.

Please be advised we can only support face to face interviews at this time.

Interview Date Monday 16 November 2026
37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

Main duties of the job

Managing the daily organisation of own workload to ensure the delivery of the highly specialist external beam radiotherapy dose planning service to North Cumbria Integrated Care (NCIC) and the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC).
For individual patients, designing the radiotherapy plan and determining the treatment parameters on a treatment planning system.
For individual patients, validating treatment data generated to ensure its integrity and appropriateness for clinical use and exporting it for treatment.
Responsible, with the clinician, for designing highly complex plans for individual patients with dosimetric problems and where appropriate communicating the complex information of the plan to other staff groups.
Participating in research development projects from inception to completion.
Contribute to the delivery of training and education of all staff groups and visitors to the section.

Working for our organisation

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Cramlington Manor Walks
Urgent treatment centres
Newcastle Fertility Centre
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
Northern Genetics Service

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'.

For further information on Careers at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit our website: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Providing the technical aspects of the radiotherapy dose planning service at Freeman Hospital/Cumberland Infirmary sites
Performs a range of specialist healthcare science activities
Involvement in research and development projects

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Person specification

KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

Up to date knowledge of relevant areas of medical physics applied to treatment planning, radiotherapy physics, imaging and treatment
Good understanding of 3D anatomy and physiology

Desirable criteria

Evidence of knowledge of clinical oncology
Evidence of knowledge of current scientific and technological developments in radiotherapy treatment including imaging modalities

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to work independently and as a team member
Ability to work accurately in all areas of work
Good communication skills
Efficient time management and organizational skills
Evidence of numerical skills and 3D spatial awareness

Desirable criteria

Evidence of competence in report writing and information presentation
Good data collection and analysis skills

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of Radiotherapy Treatment, Imaging, Dose Planning or Medical Physics in previous employment

Desirable criteria

Experience of radiotherapy treatment planning
Evidence of completed research and development projects

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Honours degree in a related subject such as radiotherapy oncology or an equivalent qualification
Registration with the HCPC or RCT

Desirable criteria

Post qualification study

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download