Senior Dosimetrist (AHP): Sponsorship Available

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to for a Band 7 senior dosimetrist to join the radiotherapy physics team at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. The department delivers a comprehensive Radiotherapy service to approximately 2000 patients per year including a brachytherapy service and a complex Stereotactic Radiotherapy service.

Main duties of the job

A major part of the work involves complex treatment planning, including Stereotactic (SRS and SABR), VMAT and dynamic IMRT Planning. Adaptive Radiotherapy Planning is in development. The senior dosimetrist would also be involved in independent checking the treatment plans and providing dosimetric advice following image review of patients on treatment.

Treatment Planning is carried out on Eclipse for the five Varian TrueBeam linacs, two of the five TrueBeam linacs have HyperArc and a 6d couch for intracranial Stereotactic treatment.

Pre-treatment imaging is carried out on the department’s widebore CT scanner and there is also access to MR and PET-CT in the hospital.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Radiography (Therapy) or equivalent
  • HCPC Registration (Therapeutic Radiographer)
  • Evidence of Continued Professional Development.

Desirable

  • M.Sc Radiotherapy Dosimetry or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience as therapy radiographer in dosimetric Planning
  • Experience of Planning a variety of Radiotherapy Techniques including: oInverse Planning and IMRT/VMAT o3d conformal Planning oStereotactic Planning oElectron Planning
  • Experience of Planning using Eclipse
  • Working within a Quality Management System

Desirable

  • SRS Planning experience
  • Plan checking experince

Knowledge

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of clinical dosimetry
  • Understanding of radiotherapy physics and In vivo dosimetric techniques
  • 2D and 3D patient anatomy
  • Knowledge of radiology applied to radiotherapy and Organ at Risk Tolerances
  • Understanding the of risks of radiotherapy treatment

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 17 August 2026

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