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Job summary

Main area
Radiotherapy Physics
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
193-7234183PCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading and Bracknell
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/06/2025 23:59
Interview date
15/07/2025

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Radiotherapy Physicist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.  Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Job overview

Band 7 Senior Radiotherapy Physicist (Bracknell and Reading)

As a Senior Radiotherapy Physicist, you will work as part of the team providing the radiotherapy physics service to the Berkshire Cancer Centre (BCC) across both our sites at Bracknell and Reading.

You will take responsibility for specific areas in the delivery of the routine physics service, working under the appropriate Lead Physicist in each area within the Section.

You will also contribute to commissioning, service development and academic research as appropriate. You may also be required to assist with other duties as and when necessary.

Date of interviews: Tuesday 15th July (interviews to be held in person, face-to-face).

Main duties of the job

To undertake the following duties in the provision of a comprehensive and quality assured Radiotherapy Physics service:    

1/ Perform quality control and calibration measurements, using specialised instrumentation, on radiotherapy treatment machines and imaging equipment in accordance with local and national protocols and codes of practice.

2/ Perform quality control and calibration measurements on radiation dosimetry systems and other physics instrumentation, ensuring traceability to national standards.

3/ To participate in the commissioning of radiotherapy equipment including, where appropriate, designing procedures for, and overseeing the commissioning of, specific aspects of equipment.

4/ To participate in treatment planning for external beam radiotherapy by:

•    Producing individual treatment plans appropriate to the course of treatment prescribed by medical staff, both in routine and complex situations.
•    Carrying out verification procedures on plans produced by others to confirm the accuracy and appropriateness of the proposed treatment.

5/ To contribute to the provision of the department’s brachytherapy service.

6/ To contribute to the provision of the department’s in vivo dosimetry service.

7/ To act as an Operator under the Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposures) Regulations 2017.

Working for our organisation

The Radiotherapy Physics Section is responsible for providing clinical scientific and technical support to the Berkshire Cancer Centre within the Royal Berkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. 

Functions include: Calibration and maintenance of radiotherapy treatment and imaging equipment, radiotherapy planning for external beam and brachytherapy treatments, radiotherapy-related IT infrastructure, connectivity and software, advising clinical staff on scientific and technical issues, ensuring the safety of patients and staff in a hazardous environment which includes exposure to high levels of ionising radiation, ensuring equipment is operating safely and effectively and the evaluation, selection, procurement, installation, acceptance testing and commissioning of equipment. 

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our CARE values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the  attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • 1st or 2nd class Honours degree in a relevant subject
  • Relevant MSc or higher degree
  • Evidence of working towards HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist, or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Current UK registration as a Clinical Scientist

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in Radiotherapy Planning (conventional and complex techniques, including brachy)
  • Experience in Radiotherapy QA
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in Commissioning equipment
  • Clinical experience in Radiotherapy Physics

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024Florence Nightingale Foundation

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ignacio Di Biase
Job title
Head of Radiotherapy Physics
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0118 322 8155
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