Job summary
We are looking for someone to join our Radiotherapy Physics team as Band 7 Senior Clinical Dosimetrist. The Oncology department is a well-equipped centre treating patients from across East London and Essex, committed to introducing the latest treatment techniques and equipment. External beam radiotherapy is delivered on Varian Halcyon, Edge, and Ethos Therapy linacs. The department was the first in the country to treat patients on Halcyon, and to treat patients with on-line adaptive radiotherapy on Ethos. The Edge is our stereotactic machine, with HDMLC, 4D-CBCT, 6 DoF couch, and Hyper Arc-enabled. Aria is cloud-based, hosted by Varian. Treatment planning is done on Eclipse 17 (with Rapid Plan and MCO licences) and in Ethos, with auto-contouring on Limbus. The department fully supports a wide range of clinical trials, and has an excellent selection of QA devices and software. Recent developments include a new Siemens go. Sim CT scanner, the introduction of HyperSight on Ethos and Identify SGRT on all linacs. Our current commissioned stereotactic treatments are lung, bone (non-spine), nodes, adrenal nodes, spine, and intra-cranial SRS. A full linac refresh is due in 2027. Flexible working is available although working on-site full-time is required for at least the first three months. We will be holding in-person interviews at Queen's Hospital on August 20th. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to get in touch: please contact Matthew Ulewich (matthew.ulewich@nhs.net)

Main duties of the job
This post is based in treatment planning. The main responsibilities are:

• To contribute to the day-to-day work of the treatment planning section, principally the computer planning of patients undergoing radiotherapy including both routine and highly complex treatments.
• To participate in the work of the Mould Room.
• To fulfil the role of Operator and Practitioner in accordance with written authorisation and local procedures under the Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposures) Regulations 2017 (IR(ME)R)

About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Sarah Wood, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4188. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Essential: Honours degree in Therapeutic Radiography or other appropriate science subject
• Essential: HCPC Registered

Experience / Knowledge

• Essential: Extensive experience in radiotherapy treatment planning
• Desirable: Experience of Eclipse treatment planning system and Aria oncology management system
• Desirable: Experience in training others in treatment planning
• Desirable: SABR treatment planning experience

Additional information
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Principal Dosimetrist
Matthew Ulewich
Email: matthew.ulewich@nhs.net
Phone: 01708435000