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The Radiotherapy Physics team at Barts is looking for a highly experienced Radiotherapy Clinical Scientist and Medical Physics Expert with a passion for Treatment Planning to join the team as a Band 8B Principal Clinical Scientist. The successful candidate will work with significant autonomy, reporting into the Head of Treatment Planning and taking a lead role within treatment planning, with a team of 12 dosimetrists and 3 other physicists. They will also work as a member of the integrated team in other aspects of the department, maintaining their skills and experience across the broad range of Radiotherapy Physics.
The Radiotherapy Department has 5 TrueBeam linacs with Hypersight OBI, RapidArc and Gating facilities. Two have 6DoF couches and HyperArc for SRS. External Beam Treatment Planning is carried out on Eclipse v18 and other software includes RadFormation Autocontour and PerFraction SunCheck. The department has a busy stereotactic programme and ambitious plans for the future. This post will strengthen the team for the programme ahead, which includes commissioning a new Ethos, implementing online adaptive radiotherapy, SGRT, RapidArc Dynamic and further automating treatment planning with RapidPlan, RadFormation Autocontour and Aria Core Insights.
Proposed Interview date 23/09/2026
Main duties of the job
The department is an accredited training department for STP and HSST Programmes and has a very successful track record for actively supporting physicists in submitting their portfolio for MPE registration with RPA2000. We are also leading the way in sustainability, becoming the first radiotherapy department to achieve the RCR Green Framework gold award.
Support the Head of Treatment Planning to manage the provision of the Treatment Planning service to Radiotherapy by providing scientific expertise and driving development of clinical radiotherapy physics. Play a leading part in the research and development programme for the department. Undertake complex treatment planning and checking for the full range of treatment techniques including IMRT, VMAT, SRS, SABR, TBI, conformal, superficial and adaptive radiotherapy.
Manage and lead parts of the planning service as agreed with the Head of Treatment Planning and have responsibility for commissioning treatment planning systems and related software. Lead innovations as a major part of the role, working with multidisciplinary teams and supervising a range of scientific staff. Maintain an awareness of developments in the field of radiotherapy and radiotherapy physics and seek to introduce innovative practice into clinical use.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, cope with frequent interruptions and prioritise competing demands.
- Ability to configure and commission highly complex treatment planning systems.
- Ability to lead and motivate project teams
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Good IT, report writing and presentation skills.
Desirable
- C# Scripting
- Software development
- Mentoring skills.
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge in radiotherapy physics.
- In depth understanding of advanced treatment planning techniques and technologies
- Extensive knowledge of treatment planning systems and dose calculation algorithms
- Knowledge of multimodality imaging anatomy, imaging registration and radiobiology applied to radiotherapy.
- In depth knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and guidance relating to radiotherapy.
- Understanding of the requirements of an accredited quality management system
Desirable
- TPS scripting development and lifecycle
- Knowledge of research and change management methodologies and clinical audit.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in radiotherapy physics at the level of a medical physics expert.
- Experience of successfully leading major clinical development projects including implementation of new software, technology and treatment techniques.
- Substantial experience in advanced treatment planning, checking and patient specific quality control, for a range of techniques including IMRT, VMAT, stereotactic and conformal radiotherapy
- Experience of Varian oncology management systems and treatment planning systems
- Experience in equipment commissioning, QA and imaging in radiotherapy
- Experience in teaching, training and mentoring staff including demonstrating compassionate leadership.
- Experience of multidisciplinary working with oncologists, radiographers, physicists, engineers and wider healthcare professionals.
Desirable
- Experience of research, publication and presentation at scientific meetings
- Supervision of post-graduate research
Qualifications
Essential
- B.Sc.(Hons) in Physics
- Accredited M.Sc in Medical Physics / Radiation Physics
- PhD in Medical Physics or equivalent
- HCPC Registration (Clinical Scientist)
- Registered Medical Physics Expert (RPA 2000)
- Evidence of development (CPD).
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This advert is for Deputy Head of Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Physics with Barts Health NHS Trust in St Bartholomew's Hospital. It is listed as a Band 8 Health science services role. The advertised salary is £75,328 - £86,114 per annum inc. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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