# Head of Quality Assurance and Dosimetry (Radiotherapy Physics) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-quality-assurance-and-dosimetry-radiotherapy-physics/b33ebff0-3b04-4995-8dff-21a7041c7042 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-quality-assurance-and-dosimetry-radiotherapy-physics/b33ebff0-3b04-4995-8dff-21a7041c7042.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Berkshire Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Health science services - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T10:10:32.330Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Reading/Royal_Berkshire_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Radiotherapy_Physics/Radiotherapy_Physics-v8199957 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8199957?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 8B Head of Quality Assurance and Dosimetry (Radiotherapy Physics) PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date. The Head of Quality Assurance and Dosimetry will take responsibility for the commissioning, quality assurance (QA) and calibration of radiotherapy equipment within BCC and will take responsibility for external beam radiation dosimetry, ensuring alignment with UK codes of practice and traceability to national standards. The post-holder will manage a team of staff to ensure that QA of treatment, imaging and dosimetry equipment is performed according to departmental schedules, liaising with the other Heads of section (Imaging, Treatment Planning, etc.). The post-holder may contribute to the evaluation, specification and purchase of new equipment to meet the needs of the radiotherapy service provided by BCC. This post has a direct impact on patient treatments and occasionally brings the post-holder into direct contact with patients during their treatment. The post-holder liaises with a wide range of staff in Medical Physics, BCC and the wider Trust, at all levels and with equipment manufacturers. Good communication between the post-holder and the other staff groups in Radiotherapy and Radiotherapy Physics, and commercial manufacturers is essential. Date of interviews: Wednesday 2nd December 2026 (on-site, face-to-face interviews only). ### Main duties of the job Take lead responsibility for ensuring that quality assurance and radiation dosimetry of external beam radiotherapy treatment, imaging and associated dosimetric equipment is performed. Take responsibility for acceptance testing and commissioning of highly complex, safety critical radiotherapy treatment equipment; to take responsibility for the QA and calibration implications of proposed new treatment techniques and to facilitate their introduction. To liaise with staff within the Radiotherapy Physics Section to ensure that all equipment systems involved in the treatment planning and delivery pathway have been sufficiently integrated to ensure that accurate, efficient and safe treatments will be delivered to individual patients. To act as an Operator under UK Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposures) Regulations. To provide the role of Medical Physics Expert as defined in IR(ME)R 2017, for all aspects of the radiotherapy physics service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Proven extensive experience in Radiotherapy Physics, and specifically in Quality Assurance and Dosimetry - A broad knowledge of radiation physics and radiotherapy including current developments within the field - Advanced level of knowledge across the full range of procedures and practices in Radiotherapy Physics - Highly specialised knowledge of a wide range of radiotherapy equipment and associated quality control methods - Extensive knowledge of national and international radiation dosimetry protocols - Extensive understanding of quality control procedures in radiotherapy - Knowledge of radiation protection issues in radiotherapy - Experience of commissioning radiotherapy treatment units - Highly specialised knowledge of clinical issues and their implications for radiotherapy physics practices relating to equipment - Broad and developed knowledge of clinical procedures and practices in radiotherapy **Desirable** - Previous experience in line management ### Qualifications **Essential** - HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist - First or upper-second class Honours degree in Physical Sciences - Master’s degree in an appropriate subject - Certification as a MPE in Radiotherapy Physics by RPA2000 ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 139.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=603) - [relocation policy (pdf, 572.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1764) - [behaviours framework 2022 (pdf, 2.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2970) - [probation policy & procedure (pdf, 559.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1640) - [leadership behaviours framework (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2718) - [jd & ps - b8b - head of qa & dosim (pdf, 392.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10505713) ## 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.