Dosimetrist

Job overview

Radiotherapy Physics provides a comprehensive Physics service to the Addenbrooke’s Oncology Centre ensuring the safe and accurate use of high dose ionising radiation to treat patients with cancer, whilst maintaining a safe environment for other patients, visitors and staff.

The post holder will work within the treatment planning and Mould Room areas (as required), as part of a team or independently, providing a highly specialist clinical and technical service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible, together with physicists and other members of the planning group, for preparing treatment plans for patients undergoing radiotherapy. The duties will include the operation of computer systems for treatment plans and performing calculations relating to patient doses. Within the Mould Room the post-holder will have direct contact with patients and work with Doctors and Radiographers to produce individualised immobilisation devices. The post holder will be involved in the clinical developments of the department through the introduction of new techniques and the training of others.  The post holder will be clinically responsible to the consultant on whose behalf any duties directly related to patient care are discharged.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 25th May 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 24th June 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.