Principal Radiotherapy Physicist (Dosimetry Lead)


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£66,274 to £73,496 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, EC1A 7BE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	3 Nov 2026
Closing date:	20 Nov 2026

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Summary

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment Job overview The Radiotherapy Physics team at Barts is looking for a Band 8APhysicist with an interest inDosimetry and QAto join the team.The successful candidate willsupport the work of the Dosimetry, QA and Imaging section and beinvolved in upcomingequipmentcommissioning projects within the department. They will also workasa member of the integrated team in other aspects of thedepartment, developing their skills andexperience across the broad range of Radiotherapy Physics.The positionissuitable for a person who hasregistration as aMPEor expects toattain itwithin 6months.The Radiotherapy Department hasfiveTrueBeam linacs with Hypersight OBI, RapidArc and Gatingfacilities. Two have 6DoF couches and HyperArc for SRS.The department also operatesa BravosHDR unit, a Papillon surface brachytherapy machine and an XStrahl superficial unit. External BeamTreatment Planning is carried out on Eclipse v18, Brachytherapy Planning is carried out on theBrachyvision module of Eclipse and other software includes RadFormation Autocontour andPerFraction SunCheck. The department has an ambitious equipment replacement programmeincluding the introduction of Identify SGRT and the installation of a new Ethos linac and Siemens CTscanner in the coming year.The department is an accredited training department for STP and HSST Programmes and has a verysuccessful track record for actively supporting physicists in submitting their portfolio for MPEregistration with RPA2000. **Proposed interview date: 14 December 2026** Main duties of the job As a senior member of the Radiotherapy Physics teamassist with the broad provision ofahighlyspecialised clinical scientific and clinical technical service in support of theRadiotherapy servicespecialising in dosimetry andmachinequality assurance (QA).Undertakeand collaborateinscientific and technical research and development inRadiotherapyPhysics, primarily in support of the clinical priorities of theRadiotherapy department.Participate intheroutineclinical serviceand development work of the department in thefields of dosimetry,imaging,brachytherapy and treatment planning,as assigned.Contribute tothe teaching and training programme of the sectionand participate in the developmentand maintenance of the Quality Management System.All duties areundertakenin supportof theRadiotherapy service and requirea high degree ofaccuracy.Thepostholderwillbeexpectedto demonstrateastrongsenseof responsibilityandpersonal initiativeand to exercise appropriate professional judgement in the delivery of their duties.The postholder will be an HCPC registered clinical scientist. They will be an Operator as defined bythe Ionising Radiation Medical Exposure Regulations (IRMER 2017) and will be expected to work atthe level of Medical Physics Expert(MPE).They will be appointed an MPE when eligible

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