# Senior Radiotherapy Physicist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Guy's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical physicist
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The role dose involve late and early shifts each week, up to two Saturdays per year and one bank holiday.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-11T07:40:36.910Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Guys_St_Thomas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Radiotherapy_Physics/Radiotherapy_Physics-v8266399
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8266399?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Radiotherapy Physicist has become available to join a team supporting a major cancer centre, located at Guy's hospital in central London and at Queen's Mary's hospital in Sidcup.

We are looking to recruit an experienced and motivated radiotherapy physicist to support our extensive dosimetry service. The post holder will also be actively involved in other areas of clinical radiotherapy physics as appropriate.

Note: MPE certification is an essential requirement of this role, and applicants should be able to submit within 12 months of appointment if not certified already.

### Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for detailed information regarding the responsibilities and requirements for this post.

As well as the main Guy’s Cancer Centre site in London Bridge, the post holder will be expected to provide support as required at Guy’s Cancer at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### 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**

- Advanced experience post-registration working in radiotherapy physics
- Specialised experience in a relevant major area of radiotherapy physics

**Desirable**

- Experience of involvement in original radiotherapy research or innovative service development

### Knowledge & skills

**Essential**

- Broad knowledge of radiotherapy techniques and clinical applications
- Specialist knowledge in a major area of radiotherapy physics such as external beam treatment planning, radiotherapy equipment, imaging, dosimetry or brachytherapy
- High level of understanding of patient and staff risks arising from treatment planning computer system errors, equipment failure, treatment errors and incorrect dosimetry
- Able to present scientific papers at national and international conferences
- Good interpersonal and negotiation skills

### Education & qualitifications

**Essential**

- Good (1st or 2nd class) Honours degree in a relevant subject
- Relevant MSc or higher degree
- Qualified to act as a Medical Physics Expert (MPE) in radiotherapy under IRMER (or able to submit application within next 12 months)
- State registration as a Clinical Scientist

**Desirable**

- Full Member of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (or equivalent)

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