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Clinical Scientist - Radiotherapy Physics (Project Development), Maidstone
Client: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Location: Maidstone, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 6682a9f26630
Job Views: 6
Posted: 09.02.2025
Expiry Date: 26.03.2025
Job Description:
Job overview
Are you an experienced, enthusiastic, and motivated Treatment Planner/Dosimetrist looking for a new challenge? Are you interested in project development? If so, we want to hear from you!
This exciting new role will work cross-site to support project development across the service.
The Kent Oncology Centre is a leading radiotherapy service equipped with nine Varian linear accelerators across our Canterbury and Maidstone sites, each featuring dedicated CT-Simulators. We utilise Eclipse for treatment planning, employing RapidArc VMAT, IGRT, vDIBH, and SABR Lung techniques in routine practice. This is an exciting time to join our team as we embark on a program of SABR expansion and enhance the use of Eclipse as our principal Treatment Planning System. Additionally, we are about to embark on the installation and commissioning of a Philips BigBore RT CT at our Canterbury site.
What We Offer:
* Flexible Working: We are open to flexible working arrangements to support the service's operational hours.
* Leadership Development: We encourage and support your professional growth through postgraduate training and role extension opportunities, including access to Trust-established leadership development programs.
* Innovative Environment: Be part of exciting changes within Radiotherapy at the Kent Oncology Centre, including the procurement of AI technologies for organ contouring to improve efficiency across the patient pathway and the implementation of motion management techniques.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Specialist in Treatment Planning, you will support project development but also lead the day-to-day organisation of workflow through the Mould Room, CT, and Planning sections, ensuring the timely production of complex treatment plans. Your responsibilities will include:
* Project management
* Implementation of new techniques working within an MDT team
* Producing VMAT plans, outlining organs-at-risk, and assisting in the Mould Room.
* Collaborating as an active member of the Cancer Performance team to ensure cancer targets are met.
* Contributing to the continuous improvement of our service as we move towards a paperless department with care path-based working.
Qualifications:
* Proven experience as a Treatment Planner or Dosimetrist.
* Strong technical expertise in radiotherapy planning and workflow management.
* A commitment to personal and professional development.
Join us in shaping the future of radiotherapy at one of the largest centres in the region, where we were early implementors of prostate SABR treatments. If you are ready to take on a new challenge and grow with us, we would love to hear from you!
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff, we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date has been agreed.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc (Therapeutic Radiography) DCR (T)
* BSc Honours Degree in Healthcare Science (Radiotherapy Physics)
* BSc Honours degree in Physics, Applied Physics or relevant subject, and Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Science (Radiotherapy Physics) or equivalent experience.
* HCPC Registration as Radiographer or registration with RCT as a Clinical Technologist
* M-level education for specialist area.
* Management Qualification
Experience/Knowledge
* Extensive post-qualification experience with significant experience in the pre-treatment setting
* Extensive experience in treatment planning and 3-D and IMRT/VMAT Treatment Planning techniques
* Wide practical experience of working with a variety of machines producing ionising radiation for therapy and treatment planning.
* Demonstration of participation in CPD and experience of multi-disciplinary team working
* Highly developed specialist knowledge across a range of work procedures in treatment planning.
* In-depth knowledge of relevant legislation (IRR and IR(ME)R).
* In-depth understanding of hazards posed by, and precautions needed with ionising radiation, non-ionising radiation and biological contamination.
* Experience of Philips Pinnacle and Varian Treatment Planning systems.
* Experience with ARIA Radiation Oncology Management system.
* Experience of SABR Treatment Planning techniques.
* Experience of dealing with patients with severe physical or emotional impairment.
Skills
* Good interpersonal and negotiation skills
* Good organisational skills
* Analytical and decision-making skills
* Able to record and transcribe data and information accurately
* Able to document complex instructions clearly and accurately
* Able to use Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other computer application programmes
* Able to communicate technical information to staff of other disciplines including doctors, admin and clerical staff, physicists and technicians.
* Able to teach and train others at all levels including other professional groups and students in all areas of pre-treatment.
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