A vacancy has arisen for the post of Senior Radiotherapy Engineer at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. This is a great opportunity to join a team of specialist engineers supporting a major cancer centre at Guy's Hospital in central London and our satellite centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

The Cancer Centre is currently equipped with eight Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators, a TomoTherapy system, three GE CT scanners for simulation, a superficial x-ray treatment unit and an expanding Elekta HDR brachytherapy service. The centre serves a population of 1.9 million and typically treats over 4000 patients per year. There is a thriving research programme and close links with our university partner, King's College London.

The successful applicant will be an electrical / electronic engineer with specific knowledge and experience of radiotherapy equipment, ideally with Varian LINACs but experience with Elekta LINACs would also be considered, to undertake maintenance, fault-finding, calibration and QC procedures.

You should have relevant medical electronic experience within a hospital environment and be educated to degree level / HNC / HND or equivalent qualifications. Applicants should have good communication skills and be able to work both independently and within multidisciplinary teams.

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for detailed information regarding the responsibilities and requirements for this post.

About us

The radiotherapy engineering team forms part of the Trust's integrated Medical Physics Department, with almost 200 staff providing a comprehensive range of medical physics and clinical engineering services. The radiotherapy engineers work closely with colleagues in Radiotherapy Physics, senior colleagues across the radiotherapy professions, and equipment manufacturers' staff. The department is committed to training and development of staff, with a successful apprenticeship programme across Radiotherapy Engineering and the Medical Equipment Management Service (MEMS).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for detailed information regarding the responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Person Specification

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant degree or equivalent level of knowledge
• Incorporated-level Engineer or equivalent level of knowledge

Desirable

• Professional membership of a relevant professional body
• Registration as a Clinical Technologist (RCT or AHCS)

Experience

Essential

• Extensive practical experience in radiation equipment servicing, workshop practices and techniques
• Specialist training and practical experience on Linear accelerators, CT scanners and other radiotherapy equipment

Desirable

• Experience in undertaking repair and servicing at independent practitioner level on a range of patient-critical equipment and techniques in healthcare

Skills

Essential

• Specialist knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering, electro-mechanical and computer systems
• Good interpersonal and negotiation skills

Desirable

• Working knowledge of embedded systems and digital signal processing

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's Cancer Centre

Great Maze Pond

LONDON

SE1 9RT

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