Clinical Technologist (Dosimetrist) - Band 6

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Radiotherapy Physics Department at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for a Band 6 Clinical Technologist (Dosimetrist) to join our friendly Medical Physics team. We support a contemporary Radiotherapy Service and have recently implemented a number of key service improvements including AI auto-contouring and surface-guided radiotherapy. We are currently building a fourth bunker and expect to install a new machine early in 2025. We are aiming to upgrade both our patient management system and treatment planning system in 2025 with various initiatives to improve both the efficiency and quality of our processes and treatments. We have a growing SABR program and are committed to improving the access to these techniques for our patients.

As part of the Dosimetrist team you will be responsible for supporting treatment planning and mould room services. This will include routine treatment planning of a variety of treatment sites and fabrication of patient immobilisation devices. You will be expected to support future developments of the department, including quality/service and process improvement initiatives, and participate in appropriate CPD/training. Please see the job description for more information.

Join us at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, where our passion for excellence drives everything we do.

We're on a mission to provide high quality, safe care to our patients, in an environment our incredible staff are proud to work in.

Our vision, 'To provide excellent care for the communities we serve,' is not just a statement; it's a promise we live by every day. Guided by our core Values - Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, and Trusted - we're determined to make a real difference in the lives of those who matter most: our patients and their families.

If you're ready to be part of a team that's dedicated to continuous improvement, come join us and let's make a difference together!

The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a fully-networked Varian department with three TrueBeam linear accelerators all equipped with OBI, RapidArc and respiratory gating. We have recently implemented SGRT with AlignRT and have Varian Perfect Pitch 6DOF couch on some of our machines. We have a Canon Exceed Large Bore CT scanner with Varian RGSC and use the Eclipse TPS (v15.6). We use the Limbus AI auto-contouring tool and perform secondary dose calculations using RadCalc.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amanda Welsh Job title: Chief Dosimetrist Email address: [email protected]