Job vacancy: Senior Dosimetrist, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Southend

Job summary

Main area: Lead Dosimetrist in Radiotherapy
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 390-CAN-SO-8279

Employer: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Southend
Town: Southend
Salary: £38,682 per annum ( pro rata for part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/09/2025 23:59

Senior Dosimetrist

Band 6

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· To liaise with other health care professionals, including and in particular Radiographers, and Consultant medical staff.

· To communicate & discuss complex planning & brachytherapy issues with Radiographers, Consultant medical staff & Physics staff.

· Provide teaching to small groups of radiography, medical or physics students.

· Deliver presentations to a large audience of peers at local or national scientific meeting/conferences.

· To assist with the documentation required for ISO9001 accreditation.

· To keep and maintain all records as appropriate.

· To plan and record data accurately for use in patient treatments.

· To plan workload delegated by the section manager, and organise projects allocated.

· Produce routine and complex treatment plans, in accordance with relevant clinical protocols.

· Check that all patient images required to produce treatment plans are available.

· Co-register images from different sources; evaluating the validity of the co-registration.

· Accurately outline anatomical volumes from CT scans for Gross Tumour Volumes and Organs at Risk, where trained.

· Advise clinical staff on the effects of various treatment plan options on patient dose distributions.

· Check treatment plans generated by other staff for accuracy and appropriateness prior to treatment commencing.

· Assist with the development of new techniques in conjunction with other staff groups and take an active role in introducing new equipment and clinical techniques

For full details on this role please refer the JD attached.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Vocational degree or Radiotherapy degree or equivalent, eg HNC level plus relevant experience
HCPC or RCT registration

Experience

Essential criteria

Specialist training in treatment planning techniques and volume delineation

Desirable criteria

Eclipse experience

Communication

Essential criteria

Ability to communicate complex scientific information to staff & colleagues
Able to handle difficult face-to-face situations

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.