# Band 8B Principal Radiotherapy Physicist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-8b-principal-radiotherapy-physicist/58f360e2-2895-48a1-8eaf-c6fdc0b25a9c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-8b-principal-radiotherapy-physicist/58f360e2-2895-48a1-8eaf-c6fdc0b25a9c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Health science services - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £72,719 - £83,505 per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-23T15:13:10.685Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Radiotherapy_Physics/Radiotherapy_Physics-v8057555 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8057555?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are pleased to offer an excellent opportunity in a senior role at our friendly and forward‑thinking radiotherapy physics team at North Middlesex Hospital in North London. The role is as a Band 8B Principal Radiotherapy Physicist, with specific section lead responsibility for Radiotherapy Imaging and Radiation Protection. If you have expertise in radiotherapy physics and are looking for a new challenge or the next step in your professional development, this is the ideal post for you. The department has three 8B roles, including this one. Once the post is filled, all of the Principal Physicists will be able to express interest in taking on the Deputy Head of Radiotherapy Physics role at Band 8C. Our radiotherapy service is equipped with Varian TrueBeam and Halcyon linacs, with Varian Eclipse used for all treatment planning. We have recently commissioned a TrueBeam equipped with HyperSight and AlignRT for SGRT. We also have an XStrahl treatment unit for superficial radiotherapy.  Ongoing developments include knowledge-based planning, QA automation with RadMachine, planning with RapidArcDynamic, and lots more besides. The team includes 10 clinical scientists (including this post), 6 dosimetrists, and 6 engineering and technical staff, creating a collaborative and well-supported working environment. Flexible working is supported across the Trust, with a hybrid model combining on-site and remote working. ### Main duties of the job The Principal Physicist will support the Head of Radiotherapy Physics in ensuring the safe, effective, and compliant delivery of the Radiotherapy Physics Service. This will include a significant role in the clinical implementation, optimisation, and governance of Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) and associated imaging technologies, including surface-guidance. A key responsibility of the post-holder will be to act as a clinical link between treatment planning, machine performance, and treatment delivery, ensuring that planned treatments are accurately and safely translated into practice. The role involves close multidisciplinary working with therapeutic radiographers, contributing to the development and evaluation of imaging protocols, verification strategies, and adaptive radiotherapy workflows, and supporting decision-making during treatment delivery. The post-holder will provide specialist scientific leadership in the development and integration of imaging within radiotherapy pathways, including IGRT, motion management, and image-led treatment adaptation, while also maintaining responsibilities in radiotherapy imaging and radiation protection. The post-holder will provide expertise with respect to the Ionising Radiation Regulations and the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations. This will include managing departmental local rules and radiation risk assessments, investigating incidents and reporting these appropriately. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Job Details We are pleased to offer an excellent opportunity in a senior role at our friendly and forward‑thinking radiotherapy physics team at North Middlesex Hospital in North London. The role is as a Band 8B Principal Radiotherapy Physicist, with specific section lead responsibility for Radiotherapy Imaging and Radiation Protection. If you have expertise in radiotherapy physics and are looking for a new challenge or the next step in your professional development, this is the ideal post for you. The department has three 8B roles, including this one. Once the post is filled, all of the Principal Physicists will be able to express interest in taking on the Deputy Head of Radiotherapy Physics role at Band 8C. Our radiotherapy service is equipped with Varian TrueBeam and Halcyon linacs, with Varian Eclipse used for all treatment planning. We have recently commissioned a TrueBeam equipped with HyperSight and AlignRT for SGRT. We also have an XStrahl treatment unit for superficial radiotherapy. Ongoing developments include knowledge-based planning, QA automation with RadMachine, planning with RapidArcDynamic, and lots more besides. The team includes 10 clinical scientists (including this post), 6 dosimetrists, and 6 engineering and technical staff, creating a collaborative and well-supported working environment. Flexible working is supported across the Trust, with a hybrid model combining on-site and remote working. ## Job Description The Principal Physicist will support the Head of Radiotherapy Physics in ensuring the safe, effective, and compliant delivery of the Radiotherapy Physics Service. This will include a significant role in the clinical implementation, optimisation, and governance of Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) and associated imaging technologies, including surface-guidance. A key responsibility of the post-holder will be to act as a clinical link between treatment planning, machine performance, and treatment delivery, ensuring that planned treatments are accurately and safely translated into practice. The role involves close multidisciplinary working with therapeutic radiographers, contributing to the development and evaluation of imaging protocols, verification strategies, and adaptive radiotherapy workflows, and supporting decision-making during treatment delivery. The post-holder will provide specialist scientific leadership in the development and integration of imaging within radiotherapy pathways, including IGRT, motion management, and image-led treatment adaptation, while also maintaining responsibilities in radiotherapy imaging and radiation protection. The post-holder will provide expertise with respect to the Ionising Radiation Regulations and the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations. This will include managing departmental local rules and radiation risk assessments, investigating incidents and reporting these appropriately. ## Responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Person Specification ### Values **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values ### Personal qualities **Essential** - Enthusiastic and motivated. - Professional and reliable. - Sensitive and considerate. - Clarity of thought and articulate in presenting ideas and opinions. - Ability to work as part of a team. - Ability to motivate others. ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Ability to lead and motivate a team. - Ability to organise own workload. - Ability to communicate complex information to colleagues and other professionals. - Ability to concentrate. - Advanced negotiation skills. - Ability to deal with complex and unpredictable situations. **Desirable** - Ability to manage a large project team. ### Knowledge and experience **Essential** - Expert knowledge of imaging and image guidance applied to Radiotherapy. - In depth understanding of radiotherapy workflows, treatment planning, image acquisition, image analysis - In depth knowledge of current radiation protection legislation as applied to Radiotherapy. - Detailed knowledge of quality management systems relevant to radiotherapy physics. - Broad experience in the clinical environment. **Desirable** - Broad experience of Radiotherapy dosimetry and quality assurance. - Broad experience of treatment planning. - Proven record of research and development. - Experience of Varian equipment and software. ### Education and qualifications **Essential** - (1st or 2nd class) Honours degree in a physical science or equivalent. - Relevant Masters or higher degree. - HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist. - Medical Physics Expert certificate (RPA2000). - Evidence of continuing professional development. **Desirable** - Corporate membership of professional institute - Radiation Protection Adviser certificate awarded by HSEapproved body ## Documents - [functional requirements (pdf, 392.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10347547) - [principal physicist imaging radprot jd (pdf, 365.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10347545) - [principal physicist imaging radprot ps (pdf, 254.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10347546) - [allied health professional - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 649.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2752) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.