Specialist Radiotherapy Engineer - INTERNAL

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

PLEASE NOTE: INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY

Band 6 Specialist Radiotherapy Engineer

The Radiotherapy Physics Section provides clinical scientific and technical support to the Berkshire Cancer Centre (BCC) within the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (RBFT).

Key functions of the Section comprise radiotherapy equipment maintenance and treatment planning for external beam and brachytherapy treatments.

The prime objective of the Radiotherapy Engineering Service is to keep unplanned downtime, and hence disruption of patients' radiotherapy treatments, to a minimum.

The service maintains and provides a wide range of highly specialized, complex, patient critical equipment. The engineers must therefore be able to work to an extremely high standard of safety and be accountable.

Main duties of the job

Main duties include the provision of maintenance, fault-finding and repair of radiation therapy systems and treatment simulation systems including all patient accessories required for treatment.

The oncology computer network integrates all radiotherapy medical devices with support from the Trust's IT department.

The postholder will take responsibility for the management and maintenance of the radiotherapy IT, networking and connectivity. They will also manage patient treatment data extraction as required from the Record and Verification system.

The postholder also manages the maintenance and improvement of the ISO Quality System as applied to engineering. Close monitoring and maintenance of downtime statistics will part of the duties of this post, as directed by the Head of Radiotherapy Physics.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Date posted

09 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6892038PCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG5 1AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc Hons Clinical Technology or equivalent.

Desirable

Incorporated Status with registered Engineering Council UK professional body, or Registered Clinical Technologist (or on the voluntary register).

Experience

Essential

Specialist knowledge of clinical technology across a range of work procedures relating to medical equipment support, repair and Quality Control, particularly in the field of radiotherapy technologies.

Desirable

Proven experience in electronic engineering. Multi-disciplinary working experience.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc Hons Clinical Technology or equivalent.

Desirable

Incorporated Status with registered Engineering Council UK professional body, or Registered Clinical Technologist (or on the voluntary register).

Experience

Essential

Specialist knowledge of clinical technology across a range of work procedures relating to medical equipment support, repair and Quality Control, particularly in the field of radiotherapy technologies.

Desirable

Proven experience in electronic engineering. Multi-disciplinary working experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.