Job summary
Band 8B Head of Quality Assurance and Dosimetry (Radiotherapy Physics)

PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date.

The Head of Quality Assurance and Dosimetry will take responsibility for the commissioning, quality assurance (QA) and calibration of radiotherapy equipment within BCC and will take responsibility for external beam radiation dosimetry, ensuring alignment with UK codes of practice and traceability to national standards.

The post-holder will manage a team of staff to ensure that QA of treatment, imaging and dosimetry equipment is performed according to departmental schedules, liaising with the other Heads of section (Imaging, Treatment Planning, etc.). The post-holder may contribute to the evaluation, specification and purchase of new equipment to meet the needs of the radiotherapy service provided by BCC.

This post has a direct impact on patient treatments and occasionally brings the post-holder into direct contact with patients during their treatment.

The post-holder liaises with a wide range of staff in Medical Physics, BCC and the wider Trust, at all levels and with equipment manufacturers.

Good communication between the post-holder and the other staff groups in Radiotherapy and Radiotherapy Physics, and commercial manufacturers is essential.

Date of interviews: Wednesday 2nd December 2026 (on-site, face-to-face interviews only).

Main duties of the job

• Take lead responsibility for ensuring that quality assurance and radiation dosimetry of external beam radiotherapy treatment, imaging and associated dosimetric equipment is performed.
• Take responsibility for acceptance testing and commissioning of highly complex, safety critical radiotherapy treatment equipment; to take responsibility for the QA and calibration implications of proposed new treatment techniques and to facilitate their introduction.
• To liaise with staff within the Radiotherapy Physics Section to ensure that all equipment systems involved in the treatment planning and delivery pathway have been sufficiently integrated to ensure that accurate, efficient and safe treatments will be delivered to individual patients.
• To act as an Operator under UK Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposures) Regulations. To provide the role of Medical Physics Expert as defined in IR(ME)R 2017, for all aspects of the radiotherapy physics service.

About us
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 rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our Trust "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.

Qualifications (Essential)

• HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
• First or upper-second class Honours degree in Physical Sciences
• Master's degree in an appropriate subject
• Certification as a MPE in Radiotherapy Physics by RPA2000

Experience (Essential)

• Proven extensive experience in Radiotherapy Physics, and specifically in Quality Assurance and Dosimetry
• A broad knowledge of radiation physics and radiotherapy including current developments within the field
• Advanced level of knowledge across the full range of procedures and practices in Radiotherapy Physics
• Highly specialised knowledge of a wide range of radiotherapy equipment and associated quality control methods
• Extensive knowledge of national and international radiation dosimetry protocols
• Extensive understanding of quality control procedures in radiotherapy
• Knowledge of radiation protection issues in radiotherapy
• Experience of commissioning radiotherapy treatment units
• Highly specialised knowledge of clinical issues and their implications for radiotherapy physics practices relating to equipment
• Broad and developed knowledge of clinical procedures and practices in radiotherapy

Desirable

• Previous experience in line management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

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

Closing date: 15 November 2026

Employer contact
Head of Radiotherapy Physics: Ignacio Di Biase, ignacio.dibiase@nhs.net, 01183228155

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