Band 8B Principal Radiotherapy Physicist; North Middlesex Hospital

Band 8B Principal Radiotherapy Physicist (North Middlesex Hospital)

We are pleased to offer an excellent opportunity in a senior role at our friendly and forward‑thinking radiotherapy physics team at North Middlesex Hospital in North London. The role is as a Band 8B Principal Radiotherapy Physicist, with specific section lead responsibility for Radiotherapy Imaging and Radiation Protection.

If you have expertise in radiotherapy physics and are looking for a new challenge or the next step in your professional development, this is the ideal post for you. The department has three 8B roles, including this one. Once the post is filled, all of the Principal Physicists will be able to express interest in taking on the Deputy Head of Radiotherapy Physics role at Band 8C.

Our radiotherapy service is equipped with Varian True Beam and Halcyon linacs, with Varian Eclipse used for all treatment planning. We have recently commissioned a True Beam equipped with Hyper Sight and AlignRT for SGRT. We also have an XStrahl treatment unit for superficial radiotherapy. Ongoing developments include knowledge‑based planning, QA automation with Rad Machine, planning with Rapid Arc Dynamic , and lots more besides.

The team includes 10 clinical scientists (including this post), 6 dosimetrists, and 6 engineering and technical staff, creating a collaborative and well‑supported working environment.

Flexible working is supported across the Trust, with a hybrid model combining on‑site and remote working.

The Principal Physicist will support the Head of Radiotherapy Physics in ensuring the safe, effective, and compliant delivery of the Radiotherapy Physics Service. This will include a significant role in the clinical implementation, optimisation, and governance of Image‑Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) and associated imaging technologies, including surface‑guidance.

A key responsibility of the post‑holder will be to act as a clinical link between treatment planning, machine performance, and treatment delivery, ensuring that planned treatments are accurately and safely translated into practice. The role involves close multidisciplinary working with therapeutic radiographers, contributing to the development and evaluation of imaging protocols, verification strategies, and adaptive radiotherapy workflows, and supporting decision‑making during treatment delivery.

The post‑holder will provide specialist scientific leadership in the development and integration of imaging within radiotherapy pathways, including IGRT, motion management, and image‑led treatment adaptation, while also maintaining responsibilities in radiotherapy imaging and radiation protection.

The post‑holder will provide expertise with respect to the Ionising Radiation Regulations and the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations. This will include managing departmental local rules and radiation risk assessments, investigating incidents and reporting these appropriately.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

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• (1st or 2nd class) Honours degree in a physical science or equivalent.
• Relevant Masters or higher degree.
• HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist.
• Medical Physics Expert certificate (RPA
  2000).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Corporate membership of professional institute.
• Radiation Protection Adviser certificate awarded by HSE approved body.

• Expert knowledge of imaging and image guidance applied to Radiotherapy.
• In depth understanding of radiotherapy workflows, treatment planning, image acquisition, image…