Job summary
Are you a Clinical
Scientist with a passion for delivering a high quality radiotherapy service? Are you ready to take on a role to support and
develop services within a forward-thinking and technically-advanced
department? If so, then why not become
part of our excellent Radiotherapy Physics team at St Lukes Cancer Centre?
You will be encouraged to learn, grow and
progress your career. We offer a variety
of CPD opportunities, including through our strong links with the National
Physical Laboratory and University of Surrey, and participation in a number of external
consortia. Staff wellbeing is important to us and as such we offer staff the
opportunity to work from home for part of the time.
Whilst HCPC registration
is required for the position, applications are also welcome from candidates soon to
complete the NHS Scientist Training Programme or who wish to pursue a suitable
equivalence route, for appointment at a
lower grade pending registration.
Main duties of the job
St Lukes 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 are one of the first UK departments to have
a Varian ETHOS which enables us to deliver daily online adaptive radiotherapy. This unit complements our six Varian TrueBeams
and 3 CT Scanners across the two sites, within an Aria environment. 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. We use MR imaging in
treatment planning and further development of PET/CT is 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. The successful candidate
will provide scientific support across the range of radiotherapy and
brachytherapy services. There will be
opportunities to contribute to developments and clinical research 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.Attendance at our satellite centre at East
Surrey Hospital in Redhill will be required on rotation.
About us
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.
Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.
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 the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder is
responsible for:
Participating
in the provision of routine physics support to brachytherapy treatments
Participating
in radiation dosimetry, quality assurance and calibration of radiotherapy
equipment.
Participating
in the provision of the Radiotherapy
Treatment Planning service.
Exercising Responsibilities in accordance with the Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017
(IRR17) and the Ionising Radiation (Medical
Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER2017).
Participating
in the research and development activities
of the department
Participating
in teaching, training and staff development
Working
hours are 37.5 per week. Based at Guildford, working on two
sites (Guildford and Redhill) is required. Secondment to the satellite unit
will normally be less than 25% of working time. The postholder will work
flexibly to accommodate clinical need within the hours of 08:00 to 20:00. Bank
holiday or weekend working may be required on
occasion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder is
responsible for:
Participating
in the provision of routine physics support to brachytherapy treatments
Participating
in radiation dosimetry, quality assurance and calibration of radiotherapy
equipment.
Participating
in the provision of the Radiotherapy
Treatment Planning service.
Exercising Responsibilities in accordance with the Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017
(IRR17) and the Ionising Radiation (Medical
Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER2017).
Participating
in the research and development activities
of the department
Participating
in teaching, training and staff development
Working
hours are 37.5 per week. Based at Guildford, working on two
sites (Guildford and Redhill) is required. Secondment to the satellite unit
will normally be less than 25% of working time. The postholder will work
flexibly to accommodate clinical need within the hours of 08:00 to 20:00. Bank
holiday or weekend working may be required on
occasion.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good B.Sc.(Hons) degree
- MSc in Medical Physics (or related subject)
- IPEM Part II training, STP training or ACS certificate of attainment, or equivalent.
- HCPC registered Clinical Scientist
Desirable
- PhD in Radiotherapy Physics, or equivalent scientific experience
Experience
Essential
- Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide area of radiotherapy physics (for example that accrued from national 3 year training scheme or equivalent demonstrable experience)
- Specialised theoretical and practical knowledge of the field of ionising radiation
- In depth experience of modern external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy techniques
- Knowledge and experience in the use of specialist testing and measurement equipment to monitor the performance and safety of modern radiotherapy treatment machines.
- Specialist Knowledge of clinical issues and their implications for radiotherapy physics practices.
- Specialist Knowledge of clinical procedures in radiotherapy
- Knowledge of physical and radiological anatomy and disease states relevant to Oncology practice
- Knowledge of patient and staff risks arising from exposure to ionising radiation
- Broad knowledge of other areas of medical physics e.g. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and Ultrasound
- Understanding of patient and staff risks arising from equipment failure or operator error
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, regulations, national standards, professional codes of practice and other guidelines.
- Understanding of hazards posed by and precautions needed with ionising and non-ionising radiation and electrical, material, biological and mechanical hazards
- Knowledge of external beam treatment planning systems and algorithms, including necessary quality assurance procedures.
- Registered for Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Experience of various Radiotherapy Clinical Trials
- Experience of managing projects
- Experience of working in or supporting research in the clinical environment
- Experience in teaching and training.
- Aria/Eclipse experience
- Corporate Member of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (or equivalent)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good B.Sc.(Hons) degree
- MSc in Medical Physics (or related subject)
- IPEM Part II training, STP training or ACS certificate of attainment, or equivalent.
- HCPC registered Clinical Scientist
Desirable
- PhD in Radiotherapy Physics, or equivalent scientific experience
Experience
Essential
- Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide area of radiotherapy physics (for example that accrued from national 3 year training scheme or equivalent demonstrable experience)
- Specialised theoretical and practical knowledge of the field of ionising radiation
- In depth experience of modern external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy techniques
- Knowledge and experience in the use of specialist testing and measurement equipment to monitor the performance and safety of modern radiotherapy treatment machines.
- Specialist Knowledge of clinical issues and their implications for radiotherapy physics practices.
- Specialist Knowledge of clinical procedures in radiotherapy
- Knowledge of physical and radiological anatomy and disease states relevant to Oncology practice
- Knowledge of patient and staff risks arising from exposure to ionising radiation
- Broad knowledge of other areas of medical physics e.g. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and Ultrasound
- Understanding of patient and staff risks arising from equipment failure or operator error
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, regulations, national standards, professional codes of practice and other guidelines.
- Understanding of hazards posed by and precautions needed with ionising and non-ionising radiation and electrical, material, biological and mechanical hazards
- Knowledge of external beam treatment planning systems and algorithms, including necessary quality assurance procedures.
- Registered for Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Experience of various Radiotherapy Clinical Trials
- Experience of managing projects
- Experience of working in or supporting research in the clinical environment
- Experience in teaching and training.
- Aria/Eclipse experience
- Corporate Member of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (or equivalent)
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
