Job summary
- Main area
- Radiotherapy Physics
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 120-HS152-0225
- Employer
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Velindre Cancer Centre / Abergavenny
- Town
- Cardiff
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Treatment Planning Healthcare Science Practitioner
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC), which is a committed equal opportunities employer. VCC welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
- Caring
- Respectful
- Accountable
& who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in an organisation with the ambition to provide world class services & care to our patients.
VCC is an amazing place to work & develop your career. It is undertaking a 5 year transformation programme which will enable cancer services to meet the future needs of our patients across South East Wales. Not only will programme see VCC moving into a new purpose built cancer hospital, it will provide opportunities for patients to receive treatments closer to their homes. The infrastructure changes will offer our employees opportunities to work across a number of sites, in new and different ways, create development opportunities & increase flexible working practices.
VCC provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss it with you.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job overview
The post holder is an advanced treatment planner, competent in the full range of conformal 3D planning and more advanced planning techniques such as Volumetric Arc Therapy (VMAT), Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), intra-cranial stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) and extra-cranial stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). Working with clinicians and radiographers they produce plans meeting agreed constraints across the full range of outputs produced by the department but with a major emphasis on advanced planning techniques. They will also be an active member of the plan checking and quality assurance rota within the department, and contribute to the Non-Medical outlining Service provided within Medical Physics.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for:
- Routinely producing the most advanced 3D plans produced by the department including IMRT, VMAT, SRT and SBRT, working closely with clinicians to ensure plans meeting agreed constraints are produced in a timely manner.
- Quality checking of the full range of conformal 3D plans and final checking of a limited range of conformal 3D plans and corrections produced by other planners.
- Assisting with the training and supervising of junior and trainee staff in the production of 3D conformal and advanced planning techniques. This may include participants in external training courses such as BSc in Clinical Technology, MSc in Medical Physics, medical registrars and therapeutic radiographers.
- Working as required to support and facilitate the department’s participation in local clinical trial recruitment and national trial quality assurance.
- Participating in the rota for routine linear accelerator output checks, CT-Simulator quality assurance and IMRT / VMAT patient and machine quality assurance, to ensure that all machines and plans are produced and delivered in accordance with national standards etc.
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A degree in physical/computer science, radiography or equivalent qualification.
- Evidence of advanced radiotherapy competency, with considerable post-graduate training to MSc level (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Incorporated Membership IPEM or equivalent Professional Body.
- Published papers in the field
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of planning a wide range of complex conformal treatments and their implementation, underpinned with a theoretical knowledge of the physics behind the treatment
Desirable criteria
- Use of Radiotherapy Treatment Machines, Treatment Planning Systems, and Radiation Physics Equipment
- Awareness of protocols and pathways used in Radiotherapy.
- R & D of one's own initiative
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Evidence of WAptitude for maths calculations. Able to develop the subject using peer acceptable procedures.ork Ethic
- Good written documentation of projects and procedures
Desirable criteria
- Proven ability to develop the physics of RT. Good at option appraisals of complex alternatives
- Good planning and organisation Use of dosemeters and their software
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samir Dawoud
- Job title
- Satellite Centre Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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