Clinical Scientist Or Therapeutic Radiographer, National Rttqa Group

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Clinical Scientist or Therapeutic Radiographer, National RTTQA Group who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

In addition, you will receive a High‑Cost Area Supplement of 15 % of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum pro‑rata.

The post holder will work within the RTTQA Group, coordinated from Mount Vernon Cancer Centre which is situated 30 minutes from central London on the metropolitan line, and is one of the largest radiotherapy centres in the UK. The RTTQA Group has been centrally funded through the NIHR since April 2010 and, as such, the post is for 1 year but renewable annually subject to funding position.

In the UK new technologies and techniques are used in clinical trials. The RTTQA Group engages early in the clinical trial development process, giving you the opportunity to be involved in practice‑changing developments in areas including proton beam therapy, adaptive treatments, MR‑Linac and SA , and to handle high‑level RT QA and audit for radiotherapy trials.

The RTTQA Group designs and implements QA programmes for all NIHR CRN Portfolio trials that include a radiotherapy component and works with a multi‑professional network of radiographers, clinical scientists, clinicians and IT staff across NHS sites.

As the lead contact for a number of trials, you will perform or assist with all aspects of RT QA, including protocol development, contour and planning reviews, and dosimetry audit. You will work closely with trial recruiting centres, support trial participation through interactive workshops and educational sessions, and collaborate with national and international groups.

• Qualification appropriate to registration as an HCPC registered radiographer or clinical scientist (radiotherapy physics)
• Registration as a Therapeutic Radiographer or Clinical Scientist (or eligible to apply within 1 year for registration)
• Post‑graduate qualification in a relevant subject or evidence of study at this level
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

• Experience working within a radiotherapy or radiotherapy physics environment
• Specialist training and practical experience on linear accelerators, treatment planning systems and dosimetry

• Training in either stereotactic physics or brachytherapy
• Experience of multimodality imaging and adaptive treatment delivery techniques
• Experience of rotational techniques, gating and/or stereotactic radiotherapy
• Clinical trial work

• Able to communicate complex information to other professional groups
• Ability to present complex information in scientific papers to large multidisciplinary groups at national and international meetings
• Prepare and collaborate on papers for publication in national and international journals
• Able to use judgement involving complex facts that require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options, for example in analysing the results of scientific measurements or processes, which may conflict, and deciding upon an appropriate course of action
• Able to create spreadsheets, electronic documents and individual 3D computerised patient treatment plans for radiotherapy
• Have highly developed physical accuracy and dexterity to manipulate equipment, for example, in setting up and using delicate instruments to make precise measurements to detect and calibrate radiation doses within “phantom” patients. The post holder is also required to use 3D visualisation skills in treatment planning
• Expected to work independently, organising own workload, within professional guidelines, following protocols where these exist and referring to the manager where necessary. The individual's manager assesses work at intervals
• Ability to concentrate when report writing and analysing results. Occasionally may have to change tasks to accommodate changing workload priorities
• Able to concentrate where the work pattern is unpredictable. Occasionally, there will…