Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Physics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-SB-EMF18825
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey County Hospital – Royal Surrey Cancer Centre
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £40,617 - £48,778 Per annum (pro rata) inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Radiotherapy Physics Dosimetrist B6
Band 6
Job overview
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL PHYSICS – RADIOTHERAPY PHYSICS
Are you a radiotherapy dosimetrist with a passion for delivering a high quality radiotherapy service? Are you ready to take on a role to support services within a forward-thinking and technically-advanced department? If so, then why not become part of our excellent Radiotherapy Physics team at St Luke’s Cancer Centre?
St Luke’s Cancer Centre is focused on providing excellent patient pathways and patient-centred care. We strive to continuously evolve to reflect the technical advances within Radiotherapy, and work closely as a multi-professional team to achieve this. We have a Varian ETHOS on the Guildford site, delivering daily online adaptive radiotherapy for bladder and cervical cancers, as well as four Varian Truebeams. The satellite centre in Redhill has a newly-installed Varian Halcyon, with a second ETHOS unit to be operational from autumn 2024; both are equipped with Align-RT surface-guidance and Hypersight advanced imaging. External beam treatment planning is carried out using the Varian Eclipse system, and includes use of knowledge-based automated planning, machine learning autosegmentation and scripting for automated workflows. All systems work within a cloud-based Aria environment.
Main duties of the job
To provide support to the radiotherapy physicists in delivery of the brachytherapy and radiotherapy planning clinical service and other routine technical tasks to ensure the quality control of radiotherapy treatment delivery
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
To work within radiotherapy physics and support technical aspects of the delivery of both external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. In particular:
• Assist in the preparation of radioactive Iodine-125 seed implants for prostate brachytherapy attend theatre sessions to support the multi-disciplinary team in the implantation procedures.
• Provide support for the radiotherapy in-vivo dosimetry programme.
• Develop individually optimised radiotherapy treatment plans in line with clinical protocols.
• Participate in organ-at-risk outlining.
• Perform routine QC measurements for radiotherapy and brachytherapy equipment.
• Exercise responsibilities in accordance with the Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017 (IRR17) and the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER2017).
The post holder is required to work flexibly to suit clinical need within the hours of 08:00 to 19:30. Based at Guildford, there may be an occasional requirement to attend the Royal Surrey satellite radiotherapy unit at East Surrey Hospital. Note that there will be duties that involve direct contact with the patient.
We have 3 CT scanners across the two sites and use MR imaging in treatment planning, with further development of PET/CT underway. The Guildford site additionally has an orthovoltage unit, a Papillon unit for contact radiotherapy and a comprehensive, highly-renowned brachytherapy service including both HDR and LDR treatments for a range of clinical sites.
The successful candidate will provide scientific support across the range of radiotherapy and brachytherapy services. There will be opportunities to contribute to developments to enable continuing implementation and expansion of state-of-the-art radiotherapy techniques.
The post is based in our main site at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford. Guildford gives easy access to the beautiful North & South Downs Way, is an hour from the coast and has great transport links to the surrounding counties of Berkshire, Hampshire and Sussex. The city offers cultural diversity, is home to the University of Surrey and it is great place to reside and explore. Attendance at our satellite centre at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill will be required on rotation.
You will be encouraged to learn, grow and progress your career. We offer a variety of CPD opportunities.. Staff wellbeing is important to us and as such we offer staff the opportunity to work from home for part of the time.
Whilst registration is not required for the position, applications are especially welcome from candidates who have either voluntary registration with RCT or are soon to complete an application
Should you require more information or have any questions regarding this role please contact Dualta McQuaid Deputy Head of Radiotherapy Physics ([email protected]). To apply, please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk quoting the vacancy number above.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma / BSc Degree in Therapeutic Radiography, physics, biomedical science or related topic
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant post qualification training and education
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, or on the voluntary register for clinical technologists
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of physiology and anatomy (particularly CT) as applied to treatment planning
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines, procedures and practices. (e.g. ISO 9001, IRMER)
Desirable criteria
- Basic knowledge of radiotherapy techniques
- Basic understanding of radiotherapy planning theory
- Experience in the use of 3D treatment planning systems and calculation software.
- Experience of radiotherapy treatment delivery and pre-treatment imaging.
- Experience of attending mould room/simulator patients
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matt Jones
- Job title
- Head of Radiotherapy Dosimetry
- Email address
- [email protected]
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