Clinical Technologist

We are looking for an enthusiastic clinical technologist, junior physicist, dosimetrist or radiographer to join the Radiotherapy Physics group at the Sutton branch of the Royal Marsden Hospital. This post will focus mainly on producing treatment plans for all types of external‑beam planning in the centre. Some treatment‑planning experience is required, showing the strong foundations to move into all areas of advanced planning.

An appointment might be made at a lower band for a candidate with less experience.

As part of the planning team, you will work on the full range of treatment sites at a specialist centre. Treatment planning is performed using the Ray Station treatment planning system, with most treatment sites planned using a VMAT technique. We have established workflows for adaptive radiotherapy (plan of the day and oART), 4

DCT, and breath hold techniques. Multimodality imaging (CT, PET‑CT, MR) is used for planning of several treatment sites. Recent clinical development work has included expanding adaptive radiotherapy planning, and developing planning techniques for helical delivery on our new Radixact units. The Radiotherapy Department in Sutton has 6 Elekta linacs, an Elekta Unity MR‑Linac, a Cyberknife S7, and an Accuray Radixact with the second being commissioned.

The Royal Marsden has led a number of recent clinical trials which have changed practice nationally.

The post holder will be expected to provide an efficient, high quality patient dosimetry service for Radiotherapy.

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

The post holder will be expected to use specialised planning software to perform routine conformal and VMAT radiotherapy treatment planning for a range of treatment sites and indications for linear accelerators.

The post holder will assist with image fusion of CT, MR and PET images and discuss dosimetry of treatment plans with the Clinical Oncologists, Radiographers and Physicists.

The post holder will be expected to participate in development work including work up for class solutions and radiotherapy trials, as part of the multi‑disciplinary team which makes up the Treatment Planning Service.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification

Produce routine and complex treatment plans plus associated dosimetry calculations in accordance with clinical prescription and agreed procedures. Check that all patient images required to produce treatment plans are available. Analyse requirements and make complex judgements regarding treatment parameters and patient dose effects to produce the required dose distribution over the treatment volume, using computerised planning systems as appropriate.

Assist with outlining of the anatomy for organs at risk as required.

Advise clinical oncologists on the effects of various treatment plan options on patient dose distributions. Discuss and agree approaches with clinical staff to create optimum treatment plans.

Attend clinical audit meetings as required, advising and explaining technical treatment planning issues for individual patients.

• Degree in Physics, Therapeutic Radiography or equivalent [eg BSc, DCR, HNC]
• Registered with HCPC as Clinical Scientist or Radiographer; or registered with RCT or eligible for admission to the Register of Clinical Technologist or equivalent registration scheme.
• MSc in Physics, Radiotherapy or equivalent

• Broad knowledge of the field of radiotherapy physics
• Good working knowledge of radiographic procedures in Radiotherapy and multidisciplinary team operations.
• Specialist knowledge of treatment planning and radiation dosimetry as applied to radiotherapy treatment.
• A good awareness of the workings of computerised treatment planning systems, including their underlying algorithms and inherent strengths and weaknesses.
• Experience working in Radiotherapy Physics or Radiotherapy.
• Experience in Radiotherapy Physics treatment planning, with emphasis on…