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Main area
Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Dosimetrist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
432-HR307-25
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ipswich Hospital
Town
Ipswich
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/06/2025 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Dosimetrist

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

Applications are welcomed for a Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Dosimetrist position based in the Radiotherapy Planning Section at Ipswich Hospital.

You will join a friendly and experienced team of Clinical Scientists, Dosimetrists and Engineers who will support your development in the role. You will be supported in continued professional development including in-house and external courses.

We are a paperless department producing plans with the Eclipse treatment planning system within the Aria Oncology Management system. The department make full use of the MVision Autocontouring system and participate in a range of clinical trials.

The planning team are responsible for creating plans using a range of techniques that include SABR, VMAT and IMRT. Experience in producing both conformal and VMAT or IMRT treatment plans would be ideal.

The department has two TrueBeam linear accelerators and an Ethos treatment machine. We are currently developing our adaptive treatment workflow, and once live you will play an integral part in preparing and delivering these treatments to our patients.

Main duties of the job

To carry out a specialist role in radiotherapy treatment planning, 
producing complex plans for the accurate delivery of optimal radiation 
therapy and to assist in the provision of an efficient and comprehensive treatment planning service.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Honours Degree or equivalent in Therapy Radiography and post qualification training in radiotherapy treatment planning or Degree in Clinical Technology or related discipline with post qualification training in radiotherapy treatment planning.
  • Appropriate professional registration – Registered therapy radiographer / registered clinical technologist or eligible for clinical technologist register
Desirable criteria
  • Postgraduate study
  • Teaching/Supervision

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post qualification experience within a radiotherapy treatment planning department
  • Experience in use of 3D treatment planning systems for conformal and inverse planning
Desirable criteria
  • Use of Eclipse treatment planning software
  • Use of virtual simulation software

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Joanna Barraclough
Job title
Head of Radiotherapy Physics
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01473 704941

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Address
Colchester General Hospital
Telephone
07789651269
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