Radiotherapy Physicist - Medical Physics

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Royal United Hospitals in Bath for an enthusiastic Clinical Scientist to work within the Radiotherapy Physics Group.

The Medical Physics and Bio-engineering Department is a large, friendly department, numbering almost seventy staff, with three main constituent Groups – Radiotherapy Physics, Imaging Physics and Clinical Engineering, delivering a wide range of ISO9001 accredited services to the Trust and outside health organisations.

The radiotherapy department itself is equipped with a Canon Aquilion wide bore CT-Simulator, two Varian TrueBeam Linear Accelerators and an XStrahl superficial x-ray unit.  We have the RaySearch Raystation treatment planning system and the radiotherapy department extensively uses the Varian ARIA Oncology Information System.

The post is open to candidates who are HCPC registered and pre-registration candidates who will be eligible for registration following completion of STP training (or equivalent).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work across all aspects of Radiotherapy Physics: the preparation, design and quality control of treatment plans, performance of routine quality control on radiation devices and its test equipment; IGRT review and in-vivo dosimetry assessment.  There will be plenty of opportunities to engage in project and development work.

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