To provide senior scientific support to the Radiotherapy clinical services of Treatment Planning, Brachytherapy and Dosimetry, with specialism in two of these areas.

• Specialising in two of the following areas:
  o Contributing to the provision and development of the Brachytherapy I-125 seeds and HDR services, and the contact radiotherapy service (see 3.1).
  o Contributing to the provision and development of the Radiotherapy Treatment Planning service (see 3.2).

o Contributing to the provision and development of the Radiation Dosimetry and Quality Assurance service (see 3.3).

• Providing senior scientific support within the radiotherapy physics service, when required, acting as a Medical Physics Expert under the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER2017) within their scope of practice.
• Participating in the research and development activities of the department
• Participating in teaching, training and staff development

Based at Guildford, working on two sites (Guildford and Redhill) is required. Secondment to the satellite unit will normally be less than 25% of working time. The postholder will work flexibly to accommodate clinical need within the hours of 07:00 to 20:00, including bank holiday and weekend working as required.
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
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• HCPC-registered Clinical Scientists who do not meet all essential criteria may be considered for appointment into a development role at Band 7 with an agreed development plan to attain the 8A position

Are you an experienced Clinical Scientist with Medical Physics Expert certification who has a passion for delivering high quality radiotherapy services? Are you ready to take on a senior role to support and develop these areas within a forward-thinking and technically-advanced department? If so, then why not become part of our excellent Radiotherapy Physics team at the Royal Surrey Cancer Centre.
The Cancer Centre is focused on providing excellent patient pathways and patient-centered care. We strive to continuously evolve to reflect the technical advances within Radiotherapy, and work closely as a multi-professional team to achieve this. We have a Varian ETHOS on the Guildford site, delivering daily online adaptive radiotherapy for bladder and cervical cancers, as well as four Varian Truebeams. The satellite centre in Redhill has a newly-installed Varian Halcyon and ETHOS; both are equipped with Align-RT surface-guidance and Hypersight advanced imaging. External beam treatment planning is carried out using the Varian Eclipse system, and includes use of knowledge-based automated planning, machine learning autosegmentation and scripting for automated workflows. All systems work within a cloud-based Aria environment. We have 3 CT scanners across the two sites and use MR imaging in treatment planning, with further development of PET/CT underway. The Guildford site additionally has an orthovoltage unit, a Papillon unit for contact radiotherapy and a comprehensive, highly-renowned brachytherapy service including both HDR and LDR treatments.
The successful candidate will provide scientific support at Medical Physics Expert level within the radiotherapy service. They will specialize in two areas out of the following, with the detail to be agreed between the successful candidate and appointing manager: Treatment Planning; Brachytherapy; Dosimetry & QA. There will be opportunities to contribute to developments and clinical research to enable continuing implementation and expansion of state-of-the-art techniques. Candidates with at least 2 years operating at MPE level will also be offered the opportunity to undertake a lead role within the department, assuming managerial responsibility for an aspect of the service.
The post is based in our main site at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford. Guildford gives easy access to the beautiful North & South Downs Way, is an hour from the coast and has great transport links to the surrounding counties of Berkshire, Hampshire and Sussex. The town offers cultural diversity, is home to the University of Surrey and it is great place to reside and explore. Attendance at our satellite centre at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill will be required on rotation.
You will be encouraged to learn, grow and progress your career. We offer a variety of CPD opportunities, including through our strong links with the National Physical Laboratory and University of Surrey, and participation in a number of external consortia. Staff wellbeing is important to us and as such we offer senior staff a 9-day fortnight working pattern with a fixed day off every two weeks, as well as the opportunity to work from home for part of your time.
Should you require more information or have any questions regarding this role please contact Liz Adams, Head of Radiotherapy Physics ( liz.adams@nhs.net ) or Mel Cunningham, Head of Brachytherapy Physics (mcunningham1@nhs.net)