Senior Radiotherapy Physicist

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Job summary

A new opportunity has become available within the Radiotherapy Physics Department at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for two Band 8A Senior Radiotherapy Physicists to join our friendly team.

We offer a contemporary Radiotherapy Service and have implemented several key service improvements including AI auto-contouring and surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT). We have recently commissioned a new Varian Truebeam linear accelerator equipped with the UK’s first DoseRT system and have many exciting projects in the pipeline including moving our patient management system and treatment planning system to the cloud and several initiatives to improve both the efficiency and quality of our processes and treatments (e.g. RapidPlan, Scripting, Transit Dosimetry, QMS, QC management systems, 3D printing). We have a growing SABR program and are committed to improving the access to these techniques for all our patients

Main duties of the job

The core purpose of the post is to support all areas of the radiotherapy scientific service at an MPE level and to lead agreed scientific developments within the allocated sub specialism. The post holder will actively contribute to all areas of routine clinical service and assist the Head of Radiotherapy Physics and Deputies as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

  • Honours degree (1st or 2nd class) in Physical Science
  • Postgraduate M.Sc. degree in Medical Physics OR knowledge equivalent to that level
  • Corporate member of IPEM OR knowledge/experience equivalent to that level
  • HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
  • Approved as an MPE under RPA2000
  • Minimum 6 yrs experience post-registration

Desirable

  • Ph.D.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Able to act as an MPE in all areas of Radiotherapy Physics
  • Formal management of junior scientific and technical staff
  • Implementation of service developments
  • Managing/conducting research and innovation projects leading to peer-reviewed publications/presentations
  • Design/delivery of advanced practical and theoretical training to a wide range of staff
  • Experience with Varian Treatment Machines and Aria/Eclipse
  • Experience with Quality Control on a variety of machines/equipment
  • Experience with Treatment Planning (checking, planning etc.)
  • Experience with Treatment Machines and OIS/TPS from manufacturers other than Varian

Desirable

  • Practice as an accredited MPE in a UK Centre
  • Strong publication and presentation record (>3 Radiotherapy Physics in last 3 years)
  • Experience with Halcyon/Ethos platforms
  • Experience with online and offline IGRT
  • Experience with Adaptive Radiotherapy Platforms & Tools (e.g. Ethos/EVO and DIR, synthetic CT tools)
  • Scripting/programming experience (e.g. ESAPI, C++, Python)

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: 31 July 2026

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