Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 120-HS752-0725
- Employer
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Town
- Cardiff
- Salary
- £48,527 - £55,532 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical Scientist - Registered Physicist in Radiotherapy
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.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.
Job overview
The post holder will work as a registered clinical scientist, participating in the band 7 rotation of scientists entailing working approximately 0.4WTE in a dedicated section, 0.1 on general quality assurance and checking duties and 0.4WTE in one other section of radiotherapy physics on a 6 monthly basis. 0.1WTE is assigned to personal development and research and development outside of any allocated work making up part of the work plan.
The sections are Brachytherapy, Computing, Dosimetry, Treatment Planning and national trials quality assurance as part of the national Radiotherapy Trial Quality Assurance group (RTTQA). It is therefore expected that the post holder will develop specialist expertise in one area of the department and gain a broad understanding of all aspects of radiotherapy, rotating around each section every 2 years.
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 will work under the direction of a section manager and / or Medical Physics Expert to perform the full range of routine, implementation and development work associated with providing radiotherapy physics services to the cancer centre.
Radiotherapy Physics provides all the background scientific and technical data, advice and expertise to the radiotherapy and physics departments for the treatment machines, CT simulators, computer systems and specialized devices. This is fundamental for patient doses to be prescribed and given correctly, the safe operation of equipment and staff protection from X-Rays. It includes specifications for the equipment, their calibration and QA, repair & maintenance, data networking and computer control, and individualized patient dose computations.
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.
The Radiotherapy Service at Velindre Cancer Centre is undergoing significant transformation, which will continue for several years. Currently there are 7 linear accelerators (4 Varian and 3 Elekta) and an Elekta Flexitron for brachytherapy treatments. A replacement programme of all treatment devices, Oncology Information Systems and Treatment Planning Systems is underway; two Halcyon machines were installed in 2023 with another being installed in April 2024. A radiotherapy satellite centre is due to open in Abergavenny in 2025, with a new Velindre Cancer Centre due to open in 2026. Radiotherapy equipment at the new centre will include Varian BRAVOS brachytherapy, Varian Halcyon / Ethos machines, Varian Edge (SRS) and a dedicated research machine.
We have multiple Clinical Scientist posts available, which will be based at either Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff or the satellite centre in Abergavenny.
South East Wales is an attractive place to live and work with the benefits afforded by a capital city. Outside of the city there are coastal areas and the Bannau Brycheiniog national park within a half hour drive.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- MSc- Medical Physics, Computer Science or equivalent
- Completion of STP or completion of other routes to registration as a clinical scientist with the HCPC or close to achieving it
Desirable criteria
- PhD in Medical Physics
- Published papers in the field
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in radiotherapy physics through training or in post.
Desirable criteria
- Use of Radiotherapy Treatment Machines, Treatment Planning Systems, and Radiation Physics Equipment.
- Awareness of protocols and pathways used in Radiotherapy
- R&D off one’s own initiative.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Aptitude for maths calculations
- Able to develop the subject using peer acceptable procedures
- Good written documentation of projects and procedures
- Good communicator of difficult scientific issues to scientists and non-scientists with good verbal, written and audio-visual production & presentation skills
- Proven ability with computer s/w, and its modification, e.g. able to create complex scientific programs and spreadsheets
- Be able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy when working with others
- Evidence of undertaking presentation to groups
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh
- 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
- Good 3D visualisation and precise positioning of dosimetry
- Advanced computer analysis, data manipulation and its display
- Use of Monte-Carlo radiation transport codes
Values
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate effectively to staff at all levels
- Able to demonstrate positive contributions to the improvement process
- Enthusiasm
Other
Essential criteria
- Flexible approach to work
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Windle
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Radiotherapy Physics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02920 316273
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