Radiotherapy Physics Technologist

Liaises with Radiographers, Physicists and other Technologists to ensure best use of the time available.

Communication with patients and carers which may include help, advice and support concerning the radiotherapy process.

Manage and adjust own workload on a day to day basis.

Ability to prioritise work to be done.

Use own skills and experience to make a judgement as to how to achieve the best and most accurate planning of a patient.

Co-ordinate a TBI treatment, from initial scan and test dose, right through to treatment (while making in-vivo measurements).

Manage own workload and assist the team leader to manage the workload of the assigned work area.

The post holder must be able to work extremely accurately and to tight tolerances. There is a requirement to manipulate fine tools. Hand and eye co-ordination is paramount and an ability to work quickly and under pressure is crucial.

Keyboard skills required to operate treatment systems and other software programs.

Responsibility for Patient and Client Care

Perform routine QA checks on all treatment machines. Assist in non-routine measurements and commissioning of new equipment.

Perform routine in-vivo measurements on patients during treatment.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

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Qualifications

Essential: - Educated to degree level in scientific subject; - Registration as a Clinical Technologist with an accredited register (Eg. RCT, HCPC)

Desirable: - Graduate of the NHS Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) in Radiotherapy Physics; - Physics or Engineering degree

Knowledge and Expertise

Desirable: - Specialist knowledge of work with radioactive sources; - Treatment planning experience, preferably using Eclipse

Experience

Essential: - Experience of quality management system(s)

Desirable: - Experience of working within a scientific and/or healthcare environment