Senior Dosimetrist in Radiotherapy Planning

5 months ago

Northampton, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Applications are invited for this full time post in Radiotherapy Physics. You should have achieved HCPC registration or VCRT registration with experience and knowledge in Radiotherapy Physics Treatment Planning.

The radiotherapy department at Northampton General Hospital has 3 Truebeam linear accelerators, all fitted with ExacTrac and 6DoF couches, a dedicated CT scanner, and a HDR unit. Radiotherapy planning is done with the Eclipse treatment planning system. AI auto-contouring and knowledge-based planning tools are used routinely by the planning team. Experience with both Eclipse and image registration would be an advantage; but is not essential.

IMRT/VMAT is used to treat around 75% of our radical patients, and there are plans to expand the service further. Advanced practise in the planning of certain treatment sites is being ongoing; and the post holder would be expected to participate.
- Produce routine and complex treatment plans, in accordance with relevant clinical protocols
- Accurately outline anatomical volumes from CT scans
- Advise clinical staff on the effects of various treatment plan options on patient dose distributions
- Check treatment plans generated by other staff for accuracy and appropriateness prior to treatment commencing
- Participate in the acceptance testing, commissioning and routine quality assurance programs for radiotherapy planning software
- Assist in producing, implementing and maintaining written protocols for treatment planning as part of the department’s Quality System
- Participate in the QA of new radiotherapy trials; and plan patients according to current approved trial protocols
- Participate in the training of trainee Physicists, student Radiographers, and Medical staff

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

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We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Supporting Clinical Excellence
- Produce routine and complex treatment plans, in accordance with relevant clinical protocols.
- Check that all patient images required to produce treatment plans are available. Co-register images from different sources; evaluating the validity of the co-registration.
- Accurately outline anatomical volumes from CT scans for Gross Tumour Volumes and Organs at Risk, where trained.
- Advise clinical staff on the effects of various treatment plan options on patient dose distributions.
- Check treatment plans generated by other staff for accuracy and appropriateness prior to treatment commencing.
- Assist with the development of new techniques in conjunction with other staff groups and take an active role in introducing new equipment and clinical techniques. People/Management Excellence
- Participate in the training of trainee Physicists, student Radiographers, and Medical staff.

Quality Assurance and Monitoring
- Participate in the acceptance testing, commissioning and routine quality assurance

programs for radiotherapy planning software.
- Assist in producing written protocols for treatment planning as part of the department’s

Quality System. Participate fully in implementing and maintaining this system.
- Keep careful records of all work performed. Assist in the maintenance of the Treatment Planning Database and production of management statistics. Able to report on the data.
- Participate in the QA of new radiotherapy trials; and plan patients according to current approved trial protocols.

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