Radiotherapy Physics Specialist

4 weeks ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds Teaching Hospitals Full time

Job Title:


Clinical Scientist - Treatment Planning


Job Summary:


We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Scientist to join our team in the Treatment Planning department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. As a Clinical Scientist, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safe and effective delivery of radiotherapy treatments to our patients.


Main Responsibilities:


Scientific and Clinical:



  • Provide expert medical physics support to the provision of radiotherapy within the Trust
  • Deputise for a Head of Section or other senior staff; to be responsible for the relevant parts of the Sections service in their absence
  • Supervise other staff, as agreed with Section Heads
  • Assess competency of trainees and recommend when staff are competent to carry out procedures unsupervised
  • Act as a Medical Physics Expert as defined in the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017, to provide expert medical physics, radiation protection and dosimetry advice to clinical oncologists on technology and treatment
  • Provide expert advice in the event of technology failure; to determine when technology is fit for clinical use
  • Manage quality assurance work of the Medical Physics department for relevant systems
  • Monitor the training needs and competencies of the members of the Medical Physics department in the field of radiotherapy physics and perform training when required
  • Ensure that there is adequate equipment and resources for the areas of work to be carried efficiently
  • Assist in the planning of new radiotherapy facilities, technology & its use & development
  • Perform acceptance testing on new radiotherapy technology systems and imaging facilities
  • Manage the commissioning of new radiotherapy technology
  • Manage the relevant Quality Assurance data, imaging and other databases
  • Advise consultant clinical oncologists and management on the implications of radiotherapy treatment & technology innovations
  • Calibrate Radiotherapy treatment machines
  • Develop links between all sections of Radiotherapy Physics
  • Develop and manage relevant data & databases for the archiving of quality assurance, imaging and dosimetry records
  • Be responsible for relevant radiotherapy data
  • Develop QA equipment and procedures appropriate to new techniques, IMRT, VMAT, SABR & to develop techniques
  • Use scientific judgment to determine the suitability of highly specialist equipment for clinical use, to carry out risk assessments as appropriate and to be responsible for removing or approving the equipment for clinical use, reporting the situation to relevant members of staff
  • Maintain equipment & data records
  • Co-ordinate and provide training as required, in particular, to provide training for physicists, radiographers, clinicians, nurses and visiting research fellows
  • Ensure that the jobholder or any person working under their supervision works within the appropriate ionising radiation regulations and in particular obeys the local rules
  • Perform duties as a designated Operator, as appropriate, under the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER). As such the jobholder must comply with the relevant legislation and the Trust IRMER policy
  • Participate in national professional groups to develop national guidelines
  • Liaise with equipment manufacturers, materials and component suppliers, external contractors and different NHS Trust employees as part of their normal duties, including the relaying and discussion of highly complex information, over equipment or software faults
  • Clinical Service Development:

    • Identify areas where radiotherapy improvements can be made and work as part of multidisciplinary teams
    • Implement new and improved techniques so that patients gain maximum benefit from the available equipment
    • Liaise with the relevant section heads with regard to development programmes, and to take responsibility for the development and evaluation of new equipment, accessories, techniques and highly complex specialist radiotherapy software & associated systems
    • General:

      • Be aware of the safety and reliability aspects of any technology systems with which they may be involved and take appropriate action to deal with any discrepancies including maintaining records and reporting the situation to relevant members of staff
      • Ensure that safe working practices are employed at all times by themselves and any personnel who may come under their control including other hospital staff, manufacturers engineers and contractors
      • Produce and update written work instructions and procedures that are relevant to the jobholders own area of expertise, including those having impact outside the section
      • Contribute to the general departmental organisation when required
      • Liaise with senior clinicians, senior clinical scientists and other users of the technology in order to ensure that their work is consistent with clinical and technical requirements
      • Report unresolved issues to the relevant Section Head
      • Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade as requested by the Head of Radiotherapy Physics, and/or other Section Heads
      • Teaching and training:

        • Provide teaching and training of students, radiographers, physicists, clinicians, management and members of the public on relevant aspects of radiotherapy as required
        • Deliver lectures on University degree courses as appropriate, Medical Physics MSc
        • Participate in teaching and training of clinical oncologists (FRCR)
        • Assist in training and supervision of trainee physicists
        • Research and Development:

          • Responsible for carrying out evaluation, research and development, and for initiating, directing and carrying this out in the post holders areas of responsibility; to improve the clinical practice and the understanding of the radiotherapy process and radiotherapy technology
          • Liaise with clinicians, other physicists, etc. to support and participate in the Directorate and Departments research and development programme, with the aim of continuous improvement of the clinical service
          • Publish novel and interesting work in internationally recognised journals, and present same at national and international conferences
          • Supervise other physicists, other staff groups, research assistants and research students from time to time
          • Professional:

            • Participate in a Continuing Professional Development scheme ( IPEM or HCPC)
            • Prioritise and manage own work
            • Keep abreast of the latest technical and scientific developments and their applications in medical and associated fields
            • Attend suitable seminars and courses as part of training and personal development and to further the work of the Department

            • Experience
            • Qualifications
            • Skills & Behaviours

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake other duties relevant to the role as necessary.


Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our staff helped to define the values and behaviours that we should work to so that we can achieve this vision. This has become known as The Leeds Way, and forms the foundation of our culture, our ethos and how we work every day.

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