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Job requirements
Essential
25 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Practical Skills
Ability to carry out radiotherapy quality assurance and other detailed experimental work associated with radiotherapy physics.
- Practical Skills
Ability to prioritise and manage own work and supervise that of others.
- Practical Skills
Ability to communicate highly complex information, e.g. at post-graduate physics level, to non-physics based colleagues.
- Practical Skills
Ability to concentrate for frequent and prolonged periods in all aspects of work.
- Practical Skills
Ability to deal effectively with complex and unpredictable situations.
- Practical Skills
Effective written and oral communication.
- Practical Skills
Ability to lift and finely manoeuvre heavy radiotherapy dosimetry equipment.
- Practical Skills
Ability to work accurately and swiftly when working with radioactive sources in theatre.
- Behaviours/Skills
To always act in a professional manner, showing courtesy and respect for other staff and patients.
- Behaviours/Skills
Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality.
- Behaviours/Skills
Creative lateral thinker.
- Behaviours/Skills
Ability to work flexibly.
- Behaviours/Skills
Ability to cope with large and variable workload.
- Behaviours/Skills
Ability to make decisions quickly and accurately in a stressful situation, e.g. about a patient in pain or anaesthetised.
- Behaviours/Skills
Positive attitude to change.
- Other Requirements
Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy.
- Qualifications and Training
Good (1st or 2nd class) honours degree in a relevant subject
- Qualifications and Training
MSc or equivalent in radiotherapy physics [or equivalent field]
- Qualifications and Training
HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist or working to achieve registration within 12 months of recruitment.
- Qualifications and Training
Appropriate post-graduate training within a structured programme that includes radiotherapy physics and/or imaging for radiotherapy (MR an advantage) e.g. IPEM Clinical Scientist Training Scheme or Modernising Scientific Careers (MSC) Scientific Training Programme (STP) or equivalent scheme.
- Special Knowledge including experience
Qualifications, knowledge and experience to act as an Operator under IR(ME)R within the field of radiotherapy.
- Special Knowledge including experience
Specialist knowledge and practical experience of main areas of radiotherapy physics.
- Special Knowledge including experience
Understanding patient progress through radiotherapy and the requirements of a radiotherapy physics service to ensure that it is performed in a safe and accurate manner
- Special Knowledge including experience
Detailed understanding of patient and staff risks arising from the use of ionising radiation for radiotherapy
- Special Knowledge including experience
Understanding of relevant legislation, national standards, codes of practice, professional and other guidelines
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications and Training
PhD
- Qualifications and Training
Corporate Membership of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM)
- Special Knowledge including experience
Qualifications, knowledge and experience to act as Referrer and Practitioner for concomitant doses
Job summary
Join Leeds Cancer Centre as a Band 7 Clinical Scientist - Radiotherapy Physicist and help deliver advanced, high-quality radiotherapy care.
Main duties of the job
Applications are invited for this position in St Jamess University Hospital, Leeds. The post will ideally suit candidates who are state registered as a Clinical Scientist or will achieve registration within 12 months of taking up the position.
The successful candidate will be highly motivated to support a broad range of radiotherapy physics activities, including treatment planning, dosimetry, imaging, equipment QA, as well as teaching of radiotherapy staff undergoing training.
Research and innovation are at the heart of the service, with opportunities to be a part of many ongoing and future projects, including the development of Treatment Planning, AI, equipment QA, extra-cranial SABR, HDR and LDR Brachytherapy, Gamma Knife ICON SRS, imaging for radiotherapy as well as a large portfolio of local and national clinical trials.
The post offers excellent scope for gaining or broadening radiotherapy physics experience and for developing state-of-the-art radiotherapy.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Details
- Date posted: 07 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 7
- Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 001797
- Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact:
Name: John Lilley
Position: Head of External Beam Radiotherapy Physics
Email: johnlilley@nhs.net
Phone number: 0113 2067617 Shortlisting Date: 29/10/26
Interview Date: 18/11/26
Why you should join our Team
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the UK. We are 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.
The radiotherapy service in St James’s treats over 7500 new radiotherapy patients per annum. The centre is equipped with the latest technology, including 12 Versa HDs, MRSim, RayStation treatment planning, a Flexitron HDR remote afterloading platform for advanced image guided brachytherapy, I-125 prostate brachytherapy service and Gamma Knife ICON. The managed equipment service was recently renewed, ensuring equipment replacement and comprehensive support for the next 15 years.
What you will bring to the role
- You will need a Good (1st or 2nd class) honours degree in a relevant subject and MSc or equivalent in radiotherapy physics [or equivalent field]
- HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist or working to achieve registration within 12 months of recruitment.
- Appropriate post-graduate training within a structured programme that includes radiotherapy physics and/or imaging for radiotherapy (MR an advantage) e.g. IPEM Clinical Scientist Training Scheme or Modernising Scientific Careers (MSC) Scientific Training Programme (STP) or equivalent scheme.
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience to act as an Operator under IR(ME)R within the field of radiotherapy.
- Specialist knowledge and practical experience of main areas of radiotherapy physics.
- Understanding patient progress through radiotherapy and the requirements of a radiotherapy physics service to ensure that it is performed in a safe and accurate manner.
- Understanding of relevant legislation, national standards, codes of practice, professional and other guidelines.
- To always act in a professional manner, showing courtesy and respect for other staff and patients and maintain patient dignity and confidentiality.
- Ability to carry out radiotherapy quality assurance and other detailed experimental work associated with radiotherapy physics.
- Ability to communicate highly complex information, e.g. at post-graduate physics level, to non-physics based colleagues.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are….
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities:
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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This advert is for Clinical Scientist - Radiotherapy Physicist with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Medical physicist role. The advertised salary is £49387.00 to £56515.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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