Assistant Physicist - Radiotherapy Physics | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust


Company:	East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 per annum, plus 15% High Cost Area Supplement
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Northwood, HA6 2RN
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	22 Jul 2026
Closing date:	30 Aug 2026

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Summary

We are recruiting for an Assistant Physicist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Radiotherapy physics is part of a multi-disciplinary team in a large Cancer Centre.

The department consists of clinical scientists, practitioners in radiotherapy physics, radiographers, linac and computer engineers.

The centre has 7 Varian linear accelerators, and a brachytherapy suite. Patient treatments are planned on one of our dedicated wide bore CT scanners with access to, MR and CT-PET imaging within the Paul Strickland Scanner centre.

As the post is for 1 year, the successful applicant will be trained to do a limited number of the tasks in the job description, the time spent in a clinical department will give invaluable experience to anyone interested in a future career in radiotherapy physics. We also have two 7 month fixed term contract available.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect,and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

The Assistant Physicist will assist with patient specific measurements and calculations.

The post holder will assist with quality assurance measurements on linear accelerators.

To assist with planning of patient treatments on the computerised treatment planning system

To assist in theatre for brachytherapy procedures

To perform some data analysis and processing

Personal initiative, a keen sense of responsibility, manual dexterity and a high degree of accuracy are expected in all duties. Although experience of working with radiation is desirable, it is not a requirement and appropriate training will be provided

In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum pro rata.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

• Hertford County, Hertford

• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against se

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.

We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be part of new and developing cancer service, building on the excellent reputation, research and patient experience the Cancer Centre already delivers.

This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Aug 2026

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