Radiotherapy Physics Senior Dosimetrist

An opportunity has arisen to for a Band 7 senior dosimetrist to join the radiotherapy physics team at St Bartholomew's Hospital. The department delivers a comprehensive Radiotherapy service to approximately 2000 patients per year including a brachytherapy service and a complex Stereotactic Radiotherapy service.

A major part of the work involves complex treatment planning, including Stereotactic (SRS and SABR), VMAT and dynamic IMRT Planning. Adaptive Radiotherapy Planning is in development. The senior dosimetrist would also be involved in independent checking the treatment plans and providing dosimetric advice following image review of patients on treatment.

Treatment Planning is carried out on Eclipse for the five Varian TrueBeam linacs, two of the five TrueBeam linacs have HyperArc and a 6d couch for intracranial Stereotactic treatment.

Pre-treatment imaging is carried out on the department's widebore CT scanner and there is also access to MR and PET-CT in the hospital

Main duties of the job

To provide an efficient, high quality patient dosimetry service for Radiotherapy. To deputise in the management of the team of dosimetrists providing the highly specialised, dosimetric treatment planning service to the Radiotherapy Department. Provide advice to the Clinical Oncologists, Radiographers and Physicists on highly complex dosimetric treatment plans. Provide an in-vivo dosimetry service. Participate in the teaching, training and development work of the Section.

All duties are in support of the radiotherapy physics provision within the Trust. The postholder has a responsibility to report all abnormal or unusual results, or measurements lying outside tolerance limits, to the Head of Section or deputy. The work requires a high degree of accuracy with the postholder having a strong sense of responsibility and displaying personal initiative.

The postholder will be an Operator as defined by the Ionising Radiation Medical Exposure Regulations (IRMER 2017).

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification Qualifications

• Degree in Radiography (Therapy) or equivalent
• HCPC Registration (Therapeutic Radiographer)
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
• M.Sc Radiotherapy Dosimetry

Experience

• Experience as a therapy radiographer
• Experience of Planning a variety of Radiotherapy Techniques including: Inverse Planning and IMRT/VMAT 3d conformal Planning Electron Planning
• Experience of using an oncology management system and virtual simulation software
• Working with in a Quality Management System
• Treatment Planning Experience on Eclipse
• Treatment Planning for stereotactic delivery
• Plan checking experience

Knowledge

• Specialist knowledge of clinical dosimetry
• Understanding of radiotherapy physics and In vivo dosimetric techniques 2D and 3D patient anatomy (MR and CT)
• Knowledge of radiobiology applied to radiotherapy and Organ at Risk tolerances
• Understanding the of risks of radiotherapy treatment
• Radiation safety, knowledge of current regulations (IRR17, IRMER2017)

Skills

• Ability to use complex TPS equivalent to CAD and able to use DSE for substantial part of the day
• Highly developed physical accuracy and hand-eye coordination. Advanced keyboard skills.
• Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and cope with frequent interruptions
• Teaching and Training Skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.