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Main area
Radiation Protection
Grade
Band 8d
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
120-HS163-0925
Employer
Velindre Cancer Centre
Employer type
NHS
Site
Velindre Cancer Centre
Town
Whitchurch
Salary
£92,713 - £106,919 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Velindre Cancer Centre logo

Head of Radiation Protection Service

Band 8d

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 Radiation Protection Service at Velindre Cancer Centre (aka RPS Cardiff) delivers a range of ionising radiation protection services to a customer base located primarily in South East Wales. This includes the Aneurin Bevan, Cardiff & Vale, Cwm Taff and Powys Health Boards, Public Health Wales at all of its sites across Wales using ionising radiation, local universities, the private healthcare sector and Velindre University NHS Trust. Services delivered include the statutory roles of Radiation Protection Adviser (under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017), Medical Physics Expert for diagnostic radiology (under the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017) and Radioactive Waste Adviser (under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016). Services are provided by an integrated team of clinical scientists, clinical technologists and administrative staff.  

 

Main duties of the job

The post holder holds a clear vision for delivery and development of services and provides strategic leadership to and management of the team. The post-holder’s major duties comprise management of the radiation protection service, development of services to the customer base in response to changes in the legislative environment and developments in the fields of diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. The post holder acts as budget holder for the Radiation Protection Service. The post-holder will act in at least two of the statutory roles noted above. He/she also initiates research and development and takes a leading role in the teaching and training of staff and students. 

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

 

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 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based 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

The post is located within the Radiation Service directorate at Velindre University NHS Trust, which includes Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Protection Service, Radiotherapy and Physics. 

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 and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • BSc in physical science, or equivalent.
  • Relevant MSc, or equivalent.
  • Registration as a Clinical Scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
  • Eligible for corporate membership of a relevant professional organisation (IPEM, BNMS etc.)
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant management qualification.
  • Fellowship of a professional organisation.
  • Relevant PhD.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Certification as a Radiation Protection Adviser.
  • Certification as a Medical Physics Expert or Radioactive Waste Adviser
  • Experience of all practical, scientific and technical aspects of delivering a diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine service commensurate with status as an appointed Medical Physics Expert.
  • Appreciation of the wider clinical issues and their implications for diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine.
  • Teaching and training.
  • Scientific presentation and publication
  • Knowledge of the work undertaken in radiotherapy and nuclear medicine departments.
  • Design and commissioning of new facilities for delivering diagnostic radiology services.
  • Initiating and participating in research and development projects
  • Team management and performance review.
Desirable criteria
  • Project management and service development experience and qualifications.
  • Financial management.

Skills & Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Effective oral and written communication, including conveying complex information to individuals and groups of professionals.
  • Able to establishing effective professional relationships across a range of disciplines.
  • Ability to exercise judgement on complex facts and situations requiring analysis, interpretation and option appraisal.
  • Negotiation and resolution of professional disagreement.
  • Confident user and developer of IT systems, including database applications.
  • Supervising the work of others and providing feedback
  • Able to communicate complex information to staff and public where there may be barriers to comprehension.
  • Strategic planning.
Desirable criteria
  • Use of higher mathematics and statistics.
  • Scientific computer programming.

Other

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to demonstrate values and behaviours consistent with those of VUNHST.
  • Understanding of the importance of working to professional codes of conduct.
  • Calm, rational and a logical thinker.
  • Willingness to take personal responsibility for outcomes.
  • Having a flexible attitude to work.
  • Understanding of own limitations
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to speak Welsh to level 1 standard

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kathy Ikin
Job title
Head of Radiation Services
Email address
[email protected]
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