Radiotherapy Physicist inNottingham inNottingham PUBLISHED
MON 6 JAN 2025
Candidates must be HCPC registered clinical scientists or enrolled in a formal training program to achieve registration by October 2025. Those appointed prior to registration will receive a reduced salary in accordance with NHS guidelines until they obtain their HCPC registration. The successful applicant will be responsible for various operator duties under the IRMER (2024) regulations and contribute to maintaining a high-quality service for patients and healthcare teams.
The Radiotherapy Physics Section of Medical Physics is responsible for providing a clinical scientific service to the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Oncology Department.
Function include: carrying out patient radiotherapy treatment planning and checking; advising clinical staff on the physics of radiotherapy; measuring patient received doses and radiotherapy treatment equipment output; ensuring the safety of patients and staff in an hazardous environment which includes potential exposure to high levels of ionizing radiation; ensuring equipment is operating safely and effectively, investigating complex faults; and the evaluation, selection, procurement, installation and acceptance testing of equipment.
In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.
We are seeking to appoint a HCPC registered clinical scientist specializing in radiotherapy physics to participate in all the work of the department (including treatment planning, dosimetry, QA, and brachytherapy). The successful applicant will have HCPC registration as a clinical scientist or will be on a formal training scheme to achieve registration by October 2025. Anyone appointed pre-registration will be paid in accordance with Agenda for Change annex 21 until registration is achieved.
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The post holder will participate in the routine scientific and administrative work undertaken by Radiotherapy Physics. This will involve radiotherapy treatment planning, brachytherapy, and dosimetry. In all these duties, the post-holder will undertake and take responsibility for operator duties (under IRMER (2024)) which he/she is trained for and authorised to carry out. A high standard of health and safety must be maintained in accordance with the health and safety policy of the department/hospital. The department seeks to provide a high quality service to patients and other departments.
If the post holder is not on the HCPC register of clinical scientist on appointment they will be paid according to Annex 21 of the Agenda for Change terms and conditions i.e. at 75% of the top of Band 7- until HCPC registration is obtained
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