Radiotherapy Dosimetrist - Peterborough

at  North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a registered (HCPC/VCRT) radiotherapy dosimetrist to join our radiotherapy planning team at Peterborough City Hospital. Established now for almost thirteen years, PCH radiotherapy department prides itself on delivering advanced technical radiotherapy to give our patients the very best outcomes.
Our department is equipped with three Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators. We have a Canon Aquilion large-bore CT scanner, and ProSoma virtual simulation and outlining. Our Eclipse v16 treatment planning system is equipped with state-of-the-art treatment planning capabilities, including RapidPlan, Multi-Criteria Optimisation and GPU calculations. We have recently commissioned MVision AI autocontouring.
The post holder will provide support in all areas of treatment planning.
RapidArc is utilised for all suitable clinical sites, as is daily online IGRT, and 4DCT and DIBH breast treatments are in routine use. Our department has been paperless from the beginning. As well as providing top-class service to our patients, we are actively involved in research and development projects and national clinical trials. We are commissioned to deliver SABR for lung and oligometastatic disease.
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.
Benefits to you
27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);

NHS PENSION SCHEME:

Flexible working opportunities;
Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
Career development and training;
Wellbeing support and activities;
In-house physiotherapy Service;
On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
The production of highly complex computer based external beam radiotherapy treatment plans for individual patients within clinical and waiting time constraints.
Supervision of junior dosimetry staff working in the treatment planning area.
Liaison with clinicians, physicists, therapy radiographers and technical staff to ensure a seamless production and transfer of treatment planning data.
Provision of highly complex clinical technical advice to Oncology clinicians and radiographers for complex, multifactorial problems which directly impact upon patient’s treatments.
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