Radiotherapy Engineer

The Radiotherapy Engineering Group at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) is looking for a motivated engineer to join our team. Radiotherapy engineers are part of a team responsible for the electromechanical maintenance of equipment used in the delivery of radiotherapy treatment. NCCC is based 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 will be required to work on bothsites as the work demands. The department is equipped with Varian Linear Accelerators and specific training for this equipment will be given if required. The responsibilities of REG Engineers include ensuring treatment machines function correctly and therefore enable patient treatment, applying fault diagnosis skills, engineering knowledge and IT knowledge to minimise clinical downtime, carrying out planned preventative and unplanned corrective maintenance, and providing the technical, engineering-related input to multidisciplinary radiotherapy service team.

REG also works closely with the clinical and scientific Radiotherapy teams to balance the needs of the service.

• Interview Date Monday 16 November 2026
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

REG Radiotherapy Engineers specialise in the provision of Radiotherapy Service. The main duties for a Radiotherapy Engineer are:

• Maintenance of Radiotherapy and ancillary equipment
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance on treatment machines
• Accurate fault diagnosis and effective repair
• Monitor trends for equipment reliability
• Quality Control of Radiotherapy Systems
• Work within a Quality Management System
• Undertake quality control for equipment
• Support Provision of Radiotherapy Engineering Service
• Participating in research development projects when required

Applications are invited from candidates with a degree level qualification or who have equivalent experience in an appropriate discipline, and have demonstrable relevant experience, having completed a recognised engineering, technical apprenticeship or training course. In addition, the post holder will be expected to work towards professional registration as a Clinical Technologist with RCT or AHCS. REG Radiotherapy Engineers work independently or as part of multidisciplinary teams, providing specialist engineering services and technical knowledge enabling patient care.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for the 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 Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service