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Job overview
The Radiotherapy Physics Group at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) is looking for an experienced registered radiotherapy Medical Physics Expert to join our team.
NCCC runs services at both the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle and Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle and provides a highly specialised clinical service for the treatment of cancer patients. The successful candidate will be based primarily at the Freeman Hospital but would be required to work occasionally in the Carlisle site.
- Interview Date Thursday 16 July 2026
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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Main duties of the job
As the successful candidate you will contribute to the whole range of our service but play a major role in delivering reference dosimetry and equipment QC and bring skills and experience to improve the quality of the radiotherapy physics service across a range of sub-specialties. You will be able to demonstrate leadership skills, including leading on a major project and show that you can provide clinical, scientific and technical advice to a wide range of other professional groups including clinical, technical and managerial staff both within and outside of NCCC. Proven experience in reference dosimetry and equipment QC is essential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The NCCC is one of the leading radiotherapy centres in the UK. We are the first to use MR-only planning for radiotherapy and are one of the few radiotherapy centres with a dedicated MR scanner. Our range of advanced treatment methods on our state-of-the-art fleet of Varian units includes SRS, SABR, VMAT, IMRT, TBI, TSEI and SGRT. We have recently introduced HyperSight imaging on our newest linacs and are developing our on-line adaptive radiotherapy processes across a range of treatments. We have a strong and developing brachytherapy service and our growing computing group is leading major automation projects.
NCCC is a reference site for advanced SRS practices with Brainlab Elements and we have an excellent culture of clinical trials involvement. We have a strong teaching pedigree linked with Newcastle University, delivering the national STP academic MSc course, oncologist FRCR teaching and local STP and Route-2 physicist training.
- You will have a significant role in managing aspects of the physics QC and dosimetry service to ensure high quality delivery radiotherapy, including judgement on results, development of tests, inter-departmental dosimetry audits & formal reporting of results.
- You will contribute to a wide range of radiotherapy physics clinical and scientific services, including planning, imaging, brachytherapy, radiobiology and radiation protection.
- You will work closely with the radiographic & engineering teams to ensure that the equipment is suitable for the clinical needs.
- You will be required to report and explain scientific & technical issues to the senior physics, radiographic, medical and managerial team using language suited to each.
- You will work closely with the team at the Carlisle site and will on occasion spend time at the Carlisle site.
- You will provide scientific and technical leadership in your area of expertise.
- You will maintain and develop high standards of service provision throughout your area of responsibility.
- You will assist the service lead in developing and monitoring strategies, procedures and practices, to ensure that quality is maintained and information is stored and communicated appropriately.
- You will develop and deliver research and development activities for healthcare advancement across a range of specialist areas and lead major project involving multiple team members from a range of disciplines.
- You will line manage and mentor individuals and contribute to the management, development and training of other staff.
- You will be required to teach on our Clinical Scientist and FRCR academic training courses and train and coach on our STP teaching programme
If you do not have recognition as a Medical Physics Expert, we may consider your application if your submission is imminent. In this case you could be appointed at a lower grade/band until MPE recognition is achieved. To take advantage of this option, you must contact Michael Trainer to discuss.
Person specification
Education
Essential
- A First- or Second-Class Honours Degree in physics or equivalent
- A post-graduate degree at master’s or PhD level, or equivalent level of specialist knowledge
- Registered Clinical Scientist
- Recognised by the Secretary of State as a Medical Physics Expert.
Desirable
- Corporate membership of a professional body
Core Behaviours
Essential
- Alignment to Trust Values and Core Behaviours
- Take personal responsibility to: engage with the Trust’s Climate Emergency Strategy and Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (SHINE) initiatives. Assist in embedding our sustainability values into everyday practice; and help ensure such practice is applied consistently by you and your colleagues
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to interpret data, analyse problems and evaluate solutions
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- Training, teaching & mentoring skills
- Good IT skills
- Ability to liaise effectively with staff at all levels and across the range of clinical, scientific and administrative disciplines.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to give scientific and technical advice to colleagues, senior clinicians, and other professionals.
- Ability to carry out research and development working as part of a team.
- Ability to undertake complex calculation, data analysis and to issue reports on quantitative techniques.
- Good report writing and presentational skills, including the production of scientific papers, reports and conference presentations.
Desirable
- Patient handling skills.
- Evidence of the ability to lead and co-ordinate the workload of small teams.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Highly specialist up to date in-depth knowledge and understanding of radiotherapy physics, imaging, treatment planning and treatment delivery and verification.
- Highly specialist in-depth knowledge and understanding of current UK legislation and regulations pertinent to radiotherapy physics, including radiation protection of staff, patients and members of the public
- Advanced knowledge of dosimetry codes of practice and recommendations in equipment quality assurance
- Advanced knowledge of radiotherapy, enabling post-holder to advise on the appropriateness of techniques, and to collaborate with clinicians in their interpretation and reporting
- Evidence of knowledge of current scientific and technological developments in radiotherapy.
- Knowledge of Governance issues including ethical and regulatory considerations
- Sufficient experience to be appointed as an MPE for radiotherapy
- Experience of investigating incidents involving ionising radiations
- Experience of teaching and training at postgraduate level
- Experience of leading and completing clinical and scientific research and development projects
Desirable
- In-depth knowledge of human anatomy and physiology relevant to radiotherapy
- Specialist knowledge one or more areas of radiotherapy physics
- Evidence of career progression demonstrating both breadth and depth of experience.
- Evidence of attendance at conferences or training courses intended to extend the breadth and depth of knowledge.
Values I Behavioural I Attitudes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Smart appearance, suitable for work in clinical areas
- Good overall disposition, maturity, professional, reliable and trustworthy
- A demonstrable commitment to life-long learning and CPD
- Sensitivity and consideration to other members of the team.
- Positive attitude towards other staff disciplines.
Desirable
- Leadership qualities.
- Comfortable with patient care.
- Potential to be a team leader and motivate other staff members.
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