Specialist Radiotherapy Dosimetrist

5 months ago

Preston, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

If you enjoy a challenge, are keen to further your technical skills and be instrumental in providing ‘Excellent care with compassion’ then join our friendly, multidisciplinary team at Rosemere Cancer Centre and make a difference.

We have two opportunities to join a team of 12 dosimetrists, 17 clinical scientists, 7 engineers and a quality manager. In addition to this we also currently have 3 STP trainees and 2 apprentice engineers in our team.

You will already be a HCPC registered therapy radiographer or on the register of clinical technologists.

You will be an experienced member of the team of dosimetrists within radiotherapy physics, carrying out a specialist role in treatment planning with the production and checking of complex treatments plans for the successful delivery of therapeutic doses of radiation. In addition to treatment planning, you will have the opportunity to support Clinical Trials, rotate through our mould room service, be involved in machine run-ups/quality control and be involved in service development projects.

Rosemere Cancer Centre is on the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Royal Preston Hospital site and provides an external beam radiotherapy service for the adult population of Lancashire and South Cumbria (1.6 million population). The centre has:

- Seven clinical Elekta linacs, all with CBCT, and many with flattening filter free treatment capability and equipped with Response ABC system
- Two dedicated Philips Big Bore CT scanners
- Vision RT surface guided technology in routine clinical use
- MOSAIQ® and SYNERGISTIQ
- Treatment planning and virtual simulation is conducted on Pinnacle throughout the department. Some treatment planning is also being carried out on Raystation.
- Rosemere is currently commissioned to provide SABR for primary lung tumours and oligometasteses (non-spine and spine, lung and liver) in addition to intracranial SRS.
- Exciting developments include: - Roll out use of Vision RT surface guided technology for site other than breast. System already in use for breast patients.
- Commissioning of SABR for adrenal metastases.
- Expanding the clinical use of RayStation.
- Roll out of use of AI for contouring.
- Evaluation of PerFraction for independent dose check of treatment plans

**For further details / informal visits contact**:

- Obtain and review relevant information prior to undertaking activity to ensure referral for radiotherapy is appropriate and relevant for presenting condition.
- Identifies any specific precautions or contraindications to the proposed treatment and takes appropriate action.
- Develops and maintains core and specific competencies
- Assesses the suitability of patient imaging, immobilisation and localisation information in preparation for treatment planning

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents

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