Clinical Scientist – Radiotherapy

Employer headingClinical Scientist – RadiotherapyBand 7Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.Job OverviewThe Radiotherapy Physics Group at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) is looking for a Registered Radiotherapy Clinical Scientist to join our team.NCCC runs services at both the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle and Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle and provides a highly specialised clinical service for the treatment of cancer patients. The successful candidate will be based primarily at the Freeman Hospital but would be required to work occasionally in the Carlisle site.Interview Date Tuesday 07 July 202637 Hours 30 Minutes/WeekYou will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancyNO AGENCIES PLEASEMain duties of the jobAs the successful candidate you will contribute to the whole range of our radiotherapy physics clinical and scientific services, including planning, imaging, radiation dosimetry, quality assurance, radiobiology, radiation protection and teaching, as well as service development and research projects. You will play a significant role in ensuring that patients receive optimised and timely radiotherapy. You will be expected to lead projects and proven experience in taking projects from inception to completion will be an advantage. You will advise, supervise and train a range of other staff groups in areas that you specialise in.Working for our organisationAs a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)Freeman HospitalNewcastle Dental HospitalCramlington Manor WalksUrgent treatment centresNewcastle Fertility CentreNorthern Centre for Cancer Care, North CumbriaNorthern Genetics ServiceThese include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDetailed Job Description And Main ResponsibilitiesThe NCCC is one of the leading radiotherapy centres in the UK. We are the first to use MR-only planning for radiotherapy and are one of the few radiotherapy centres with a dedicated MR scanner. Our range of advanced treatment methods on our state of the art fleet of Varian units includes SRS, SABR, VMAT, IMRT, TBI, TSEI and SGRT. We have recently introduced HyperSight imaging on our newest linacs and are developing our on-line adaptive radiotherapy processes across a range of treatments. We have a strong and developing brachytherapy service and our growing computing group is leading major automation projects.NCCC is a reference site for advanced SRS practices with Brainlab Elements and we have an excellent culture of clinical trials involvement. We have a strong teaching pedigree linked with Newcastle University, delivering the national STP academic MSc course, oncologist FRCR teaching and local STP and Route-2 physicist training.You will contribute to a wide range of radiotherapy physics clinical and scientific services, including planning, imaging, brachytherapy, radiobiology and radiation protection and clinical scientific computing.You will have a significant role in ensuring that treatment plans accurately predict the delivered dose and that the delivery equipment operates to the expected standard for clinical needs.You will be required to communicate highly complex and sensitive information to a range of people, including to scientific, technical, management and on occasion patients and relatives using language suited to each.You will work closely with the team at the Carlisle site and will on occasion spend time at the Carlisle site.You will provide scientific and technical leadership in your specific areas of research and development.You will maintain and develop high standards of service provision throughout your area of specialty.You will contribute to the development and monitoring procedures and practices, to ensure that quality is maintained and information is stored and communicated appropriately.You will actively contribute to, and at times take a leading role in, research and development activities for healthcare advancement across a range of specialist areas involving multiple team members from a range of disciplines.You will supervise trainee clinical scientists or technologists within the service and contribute to the management, development and training of other staff.You will teach on our Clinical Scientist and FRCR academic training courses and train and coach on our STP teaching programme.Person specificationQualifications & EducationEssential criteriaHonours Degree in an appropriate physical science, to a minimum of Second ClassAppropriate post-graduate degree at master’s level, or equivalent level of specialist knowledge and experienceThe post holder is expected to be a registered Clinical Scientist (HCPC) or be on a pathway where registration is expected in less than 6 months following the agreed start dateKnowledge & ExperienceEssential criteriaKnowledge of Clinical Governance issues including ethical and regulatory considerationsExtensive and up to date knowledge of radiation physics applied to radiotherapyGood knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, and radiation physics applied to radiotherapyGood knowledge & experience of scientific method, data collection, and analysis of data using standard tools and softwareKnowledge of scientific theory, legislation, standards, guidance and safety principles relevant to working areaGood understanding of equipment and process QA, advanced treatment planning and imaging in radiotherapy developmentDesirable criteriaExperience of performing, publishing & presenting researchExperience of preparing grant applicationsGood publication record of research in peer reviewed journal papersSkills & AbilitiesEssential criteriaAbility to interpret complex technical information and undertake complex calculation and data analysisGood written and oral communication and presentation skillsExcellent team-working skills and the ability to work independentlyGood IT skills, appropriate for scientific analysis and presentation dataTeaching, training and mentoring skillsExperience of research and development and solving complex problemsAbility to give specialised scientific technical advice to colleagues, senior clinicians and other professionalsImportant note on completion of reference section of Application FormAll references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.Employer certification / accreditation badgesApplicant requirementsYou must have appropriate UK professional registration.Documents to downloadJob description and person specification (PDF, 241.8KB)Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)Apply online nowFurther details / informal visits contactName Michael Trainer Job title Head of Radiotherapy Physics Email address michael.trainer1@nhs.net Telephone number 0191 2448729 Additional informationPlease contact Michael if you would like to chat about the job or to arrange an informal visit.