Job summary

Do you have a good scientific or engineering degree and want to use it to benefit cancer patients? Are you enthusiastic, hard-working and flexible? If so, then why not become part of our excellent Radiotherapy Physics team at St Lukes Cancer Centre?

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, in addition to other advanced techniques such as SABR. We also have an excellent reputation for our comprehensive brachytherapy service, including HDR treatments, contact radiotherapy and a prostate seed service. The successful candidate will provide support for the technical clinical radiotherapy service across prostate brachytherapy, computerised treatment planning, in-vivo dosimetry and machine QC. There will be opportunity to assist on development and research projects to advance the service. Prior knowledge and experience of radiotherapy is desirable but appropriate training will be given as required.

Main duties of the job

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, 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 the opportunity to work from home for part of your time.

Should you require more information or have any questions regarding this role please contact the managerial team on rsc-tr.RtpSeniorTeam@nhs.net

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

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma / BSc Degree in Therapeutic
• Radiography, physics, biomedical science or related topic

Desirable

• Evidence of relevant post qualification
• training and education
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, or on the voluntary register for clinical technologists

Experience

Essential

• Diploma / BSc Degree in Therapeutic
• Radiography, physics, biomedical science or related topic

Desirable

• Evidence of relevant post qualification
• training and education
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, or on the voluntary register for clinical technologists

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