Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Radiotherapy Physicist
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Radiotherapy Physicist Opportunity
We seek a motivated and dynamic radiotherapy physicist to support all areas of the service including SRS, SABR, SGRT, brachytherapy, our radioiodine service and to participate in the roll out of projects, including the commissioning of two new Radixact linacs.
You will join a team of 35+ scientists, dosimetrists, engineers & technicians providing a full range of complex radiotherapy services at both, Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals.
The service has 4 Varian TrueBeam linacs, 2 Radixact linacs, a CT scanner, an Xstrahl superficial unit and an Elekta Flexitron unit. By 2027 SGRT will be installed on all clinical linacs. The department delivers stereotactic cranial radiotherapy (SRS), on the TrueBeam STx and SABR for a range of sites. Planning is carried out on Raystation, Eclipse, Elements (SRS) and Oncentra Brachy.
The department has excellent experience in delivering education and training in medical physics at all levels; STP and HSST, and hosts the London North Medical Physics Training Consortium and has close links with Imperial College.
The department is active with research with direct staff involvement with ongoing clinical trials and has a positive attitude towards CPD funding training and educational opportunities including leadership courses.
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide extensive and highly complex scientific expertise to the Trust radiotherapy department at the Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospital sites.
- Provide scientific support to all aspects of the work of the Radiotherapy Physics Group.
- Perform measurement of radiation output from treatment machines such as high-energy linear accelerators and high-activity radioactive sources used to produce therapeutic radiation beams.
- Perform quality assurance of treatment machines.
- Perform computerized treatment planning, and perform second checks on treatment plans, for patients undergoing radiation therapy for cancer.
- Perform radiation dose measurements on patients, ensuring safety of patients and staff in a hazardous radiation environment, ensuring equipment is operating safely.
- Investigate complex problems and provide advice on the physics aspects of radiotherapy treatments to other clinical staff.
- Undertake the evaluation, selection, procurement and acceptance testing of expensive and sophisticated equipment.
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Benefits
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative, and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan, or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time, or job share.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
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Name: Claire Hardiman
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Job title: Consultant Clinical Scientist
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Email address: claire.hardiman@nhs.net
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Telephone number: 020 331 11725
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Name: Ruth McLauchlan
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Job title: Consultant Radiotherapy Physicist
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Email address: ruth.mclauchlan@nhs.net
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Telephone number: 020 331 11725
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