Specialist Radiotherapy Dosimetrist

2 weeks 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 an opportunity for you to join a team of 11 dosimetrists, 17 clinical scientists, 8 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 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 installed on six linacs and one CT scanner and in routine clinical use for a number of treatment sites

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 and we are about to start commissioning Monaco.

Rosemere is currently commissioned to provide SABR for primary lung tumours and oligometasteses (non-spine and spine, lung, liver and adrenal) in addition to intracranial SRS.

**Exciting developments include**:
Commissioning and expanding the clinical use of Monaco Treatment Planning system.

Roll out of use of AI for contouring (Limbus).

Evaluation of PerFraction for independent dose check of treatment plans

**For further details / informal visits contact**:
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.



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