Job summary
- Main area
- Radiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 225-EST-6892249
- Employer
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- New Cross Hospital
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Scientists Radiotherapy
Band 7
Job overview
This is a rotational post in a busy purpose-built Deanesly Cancer Centre Wolverhampton, covering all aspects of radiotherapy physics specialty and further training will be provided in external beam treatment planning, brachytherapy, dosimetry, and machine QA.
Applicants should be HCPC Registered Clinical Scientists or expected to complete their registration by autumn 2025.
This is an outstanding opportunity to be involved with several new developments including SABR and brachytherapy to further your career in these exciting times.
We are a dedicated and experienced, diverse team, working together to provide the highest standard of radiotherapy physics support. We have an excellent working relationship with the wider MDT locally as well as close collaboration amongst the radiotherapy centres within the region, headed by the West Midlands Cancer Alliance.
The department equipment includes 4 Elekta Versa HD linear accelerators with IGRT, VMAT, FFF and EPID dosimetry capability. There are two wide bore 4D CT scanners, Xstrahl orthovoltage and Flexitron HDR.
Supporting software currently includes Pinnacle TPS, Raystation TPS (to be Commissioned) ,Mosaiq Record and Verify system, Prosoma Virtual Simulator, Oncentra Masterplan Brachytherapy TPS, and Sun Nuclear ArcCHECK verification system. ProsomaCore and IMSure secondary MU check software.
Main duties of the job
To provide support to all aspects of work in the Radiotherapy Physics Group covering radiotherapy treatment planning and checking, treatment machine calibrations, quality assurance procedures and carrying out dosimetry inter-comparisons to the relevant standard. Be familiar with radiotherapy imaging, specialised software packages and their uses. Assist with the commissioning of new radiotherapy equipment and the development of new techniques. Job holder is expected to rotate between treatment planning, dosimetry and Machine QA. At all times maintain high standards and safe practices as applicable to radiotherapy and participate in research and development.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To participate in all aspects of external beam treatment planning, brachytherapy, and other dosimetry calculations including orthovoltage treatments.
To carry out dosimetry measurements on radiotherapy treatment machines to a high degree of accuracy with suitable equipment including patient specific QA and at times may require working outside normal working hours.
To carry out quality assurance procedures on radiotherapy treatment machines and treatment planning systems, and to participate in the development of procedures in line with developing techniques and recommendations.
To assist with interdepartmental audits and intercomparisons.
To be involved with radiotherapy physics related development work, commissioning of new treatment equipment, beam data collection and treatment verification.
To ensure that all checking procedures, written records, etc which are required are completed promptly, accurately, and properly.· .
To provide specialist technical & scientific support to active projects within radiotherapy physics section including application/software development.
To assist with the development of Radiotherapy physics Quality management system.
To be fully aware of relevant scientific and technical developments and legislation in the field attending or participating in such conferences, seminars, etc as may be appropriate and agreed.
To use personal initiative in the completion of tasks associated with the Radiotherapy Physics service.
To be aware of governance and risk management issues within the department
To carry out relevant administrative procedures which may be appropriate as part of the service.
To undertake other duties that may be appropriate in order to meet the needs of the service.
To participate in a relevant CPD scheme
This job description may be reviewed periodically in the light of developing work requirements. The physicist will be expected to contribute towards that review.
To comply with the Department and the Trust mandatory training requirements.
Person specification
HCPC Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registration
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Completed Relevant MSc / STP training/ Training through 'route 2'
Experience
Essential criteria
- Dosimetry experience (Linear accelerators + Orthovoltage)
- HDR Dosimetry
- Dosimetry / QA Experience CT/ CBCT
- External beam treatment planning
- Patient specific dosimetry QA
Desirable criteria
- Commissioning of radiotherapy treatment machines, dosimetry equipment
- External beam treatment plan checking
- Brachytherapy treatment planning / checking
- Research and development
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication
Desirable criteria
- Managing staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Poulton
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Radiotherapy Physics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01902307999
- Additional information
Michelle Poulton 01902 307999 xt 86204
Douglas Northover [email protected] 01902 307999 Xt 8620
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