Job overview

We have two opportunities available for a Dosimetrist to join the Radiotherapy Department. The permanent role is 30 hours per week and the fixed term/secondment role is 37.5 hours per week.

You will work within the Treatment Planning, Tomotherapy, brachytherapy and mould room areas (as required) as part of a team or independently, providing a highly specialist clinical and technical service. 

You will be responsible, together with physicists and other members of the planning group, for preparing and checking treatment plans for patients undergoing radiotherapy. Within the Mould Room, you will have direct contact with patients and work with Doctors and Radiographers to produce individualised immobilisation devices.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within the treatment planning, Tomotherapy, brachytherapy and mould room areas (as required) as part of a team or independently, providing a highly specialist clinical and technical service.  

The post holder will be responsible, together with physicists and other members of the planning group, for preparing and checking treatment plans for patients undergoing radiotherapy. The post holder will be involved in the clinical developments of the department through the introduction of new techniques and the training of others.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.