Job summary
- Main area
- Radiotherapy Physics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 282-SA1126
- Employer
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea
- Town
- Chelsea
- Salary
- £121,528 - £138,529 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 01/07/2026
Employer heading
Head of Clinical Radiotherapy Physics
NHS AfC: Band 9
Job overview
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is looking to appoint an outstanding and experienced Head of Clinical Radiotherapy Physics to provide strategic, professional and operational leadership for a highly specialist radiotherapy physics service.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a large expert team delivering safe, innovative and high-quality radiotherapy services across the Trust. The postholder will be responsible for service delivery, governance, workforce leadership, research and innovation, and the continued development of advanced radiotherapy physics practice.
The service supports treatment for more than 5,000 patients each year and includes a wide range of advanced techniques and technologies, including SBRT, IMRT, VMAT, MR-linac, CyberKnife and online adaptive radiotherapy.
We are seeking an experienced HCPC-registered Clinical Scientist with MPE certification, Higher Specialist Scientist registration, and a strong track record of senior leadership within radiotherapy physics. You will bring substantial experience in service development, quality and safety, research, and multidisciplinary working within a complex clinical environment.
This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of radiotherapy physics within one of the world’s leading cancer centres.
Please note the interview date will be 1st July 2026.
To make an informal enquiry please contact Jude Lucas, Divisional Director for Clinical Services on [email protected].
Main duties of the job
To provide strategic, operational and professional leadership and expertise for the Clinical Radiotherapy Physics Group across sites, for the delivery of the service needs and research objectives of the Trust.
Lead and direct the development, coordination and delivery of strategic research programmes to maintain and enhance the Trust’s national standing. Provide leadership in influencing and shaping policy at both national and international levels, contributing to the advancement of Medical Physics practice, and ensuring delivery of a world-class radiotherapy service of national and international importance.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification
- To be overall accountable for the scientific work done by the Clinical Radiotherapy Physics Group.
- Ensure safe and effective use of advanced technologies including MR-linac, CyberKnife, and AI- supported systems
- To provide advice and expertise to users to whom physics services have been contracted.
- To act as Medical Physics Expert, in accordance with the IR(ME)R regulations.
- To represent the Clinical Radiotherapy Physics Group at Divisional meetings.
- To act as line manager for specified post-doctoral and other research staff.
- Participate in professional, national working parties for radiotherapy physics as appropriate
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Honours degree in a relevant subject
- MSc in radiation Physics (or equivalent)
- PhD in relevant subject (or equivalent)
- Fellowship of IPEM or other equivalent qualifications and experience
Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist
- RPA2000 MPE certification
- Higher Specialist Scientist registration
Legislation
Essential criteria
- Understanding of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines [e.g. IRR17, IR(ME)R 2017, ISO 9001:2000, and IPEM recommendations)
Working Environment
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive understanding of the governance, risks and safety requirements associated with:
- 1. Ionising radiation
- 2. Lasers
- 3. Electrical hazards, including high voltage
- 4. Magnetic fields
Communication
Essential criteria
- Able to present scientific abstracts at national and international conferences and publish papers in relevant, peer reviewed journals.
- Able to chair departmental, Trust, national and international meetings and conferences. Able to plan and direct local, national and international scientific or health care meetings
- Able to communicate complex information to staff at all levels within the department and Trust and to senior staff working in other hospitals and institutes.
- Able to train groups of other multi-disciplinary professional staff
- Able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations
IT
Essential criteria
- Highly developed understanding of digital systems, data management and informatics relevant to radiotherapy physics services
- Able to set up and manage the acquisition, structure and networking of information, including image transfer formats
- Experience in programming (e.g. in one or more of Python, C++, JAVA, R, MATLAB)
- Detailed understanding of the IT systems used within department
- Understanding of digital innovation, AI applications, and translational research in radiotherapy
- Experience in integrating oncology information systems with the Trusts connect system
Clinical
Essential criteria
- Broad and advanced knowledge of the application of medical physics in health care
- Experience in developing business cases for equipment replacement and/or service development
- High level of understanding of clinical requirements and issues and their implications for the work of the cross site radiotherapy clinical service
Scientific / Technical / Specialist
Essential criteria
- Substantial senior leadership and management experience within a radiotherapy physics group with responsibilities for both service and research, and of liaising with management at all levels.
- Demonstrable evidence of making an important contribution to the development of his/her area of speciality in terms of contributions to national or international scientific bodies/committees/boards or working parties
- Able to provide first class scientific leadership. Extensive and internationally recognised research and innovation experience with demonstrable evidence of significant scientific contributions in terms of refereed publications, grant funding and translational impact.
- Experience of writing cancer related grant applications in the field of radiotherapy physics
- Extensive senior level theoretical and practical experience of radiotherapy physics
- Extensive and expert knowledge of radiotherapy physics and its practical application in healthcare
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of present standards and methods, legislation and safety requirements (including the use of ionising radiation).
- Substantial experience of implementing online Adaptive Radiotherapy into clinical practice
- Able to innovate, appreciating complex requirements and recognising practical needs
Leadership & Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of management issues at a high level
- Able to be an effective leader of both senior managers within the department and of all departmental staff.
- Demonstrable experience of strategic leadership and service development within a complex radiotherapy physics service.
- Able to prioritise own work and that of others in response to very demanding and sometimes conflicting situations
Mental & Emotional
Essential criteria
- Able to concentrate frequently when subject to unpredictable working patterns.
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods (e.g. performing lengthy upgrade operations)
- Able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations while maintaining a calm manner and professional standard.
- Able to deal with occasional distressing circumstances (e.g. working with patients having advanced cancer in Radiotherapy)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jude Lucas
- Job title
- Divisional Director of Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
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