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Job summary

We present an excellent opportunity to be part of our Radiotherapy Physics service at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. The successful candidate may be involved with planning and quality assurance across the large range of treatment types delivered, including VMAT and SABR on six Elekta Versas, helical tomotherapy on two Tomotherapy devices and one Radixact unit, and SRS/SABR on our CyberKnife platform, or brachytherapy using the Elekta Flexitron. We will soon install our third wide-bore CT scanner.

Our fifty staff work to assist in the treatment of around 4,500 new patients per year across these platforms in addition to performing R&D activity within the field of Radiotherapy Physics.

Note that this position requires HCPC registration. If the successful candidate does not possess registration they may be appointed to Annex 21 Band 7 or a lower banding in the interim.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Your day-to-day activities will depend upon your interests and the need of the department, but will include treatment planning, quality assurance and dosimetry activity across multiple treatment platforms. You will act as the duty physicist and participate in the early/late rota to ensure continuity of physics advice and cover across treatment hours.

Research and Development activity is encouraged, and presentation of work at national and international meetings expected.

Interviews will be conducted in-person at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

For the full Job Description, please see the attached file.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good (1st or 2nd class) Honours degree in Physics.
• MSc in radiation physics or medical radiation physics
• State registration HCPC as a Clinical Scientist.

Desirable

• Corporate membership of a professional body (eg IPEM)

Experience

Essential

• Significant post graduate experience in the application of Medical Physics.
• Evidence of a record of CPD and appraisal assessments, or equivalent evidence of career progression and continuing learning.
• Experience of research and development activities.
• Experience of project management.
• Highly developed specialist knowledge of Radiotherapy Physics and peripheral knowledge of other areas within Medical Physics.
• Specialist knowledge of a wide range of clinical radiotherapy techniques.
• Understanding of patient and staff risks arising from equipment failure and staff error, with respect to Radiotherapy Physics. Should have the ability to exercise judgement on complex facts or situations requiring urgent interpretation and analysis, followed by a comparison of the possible options for action.
• Fluency with UHBT IT packages such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc. with good keyboard skills.
• Expert understanding of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines (eg IRR17, IRMER17, Data Protection Act etc).
• Needs to understand the hazards posed by, and precautions needed with:

Ionising radiation

Electrical hazards

Lasers

Biological Hazards

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Ability to understand and write computer software required for applications to radiotherapy
• Ability to solve scientific and mathematical problems in relation to radiotherapy.
• Specialist skills in radiotherapy physics.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work individually and as a team member.
• Effective teaching and research skills.
• Manual dexterity in handling delicate electronic instruments.
• Ability to implement new developments and system changes with minimum direct supervision and in appropriate timescale.
• Able to demonstrate excellent leadership and motivational skills.
• Able to demonstrate enthusiasm and show commitment.
• Able to demonstrate high level of self motivation.
• Able to demonstrate a high degree of initiative.
• Able to use VDUs more or less continuously, except when involved in meetings, discussions, QA or troubleshooting on Clinical Equipment.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.