Consultant Clinical Scientist (Radiotherapy)

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

317 01 Freeman Hospital

Salary

£66,582 – £77,368

Posted

6 days ago

About the role

The Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) has created a new 8B role to act as the Lead for Clinical Developments and Deputy Head of Treatment Planning and is looking for a highly experienced registered radiotherapy Medical Physics Expert to fill it. NCCC runs services at both Freeman Hospital, Newcastle and Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle and provides a highly specialised clinical service for the treatment of cancer patients. The successful candidate will be based primarily at the Freeman Hospital but would be required to work occasionally in the Carlisle site. Interview Date Tuesday 14 July 2026 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy NO AGENCIES PLEASE

You will be responsible for supporting the head of treatment planning by providing scientific expertise, managing clinical and scientific teams and driving development of the clinical planning service to ensure a high quality service. You will have operational management responsibility for a range of aspects of the planning service and assure quality of dose modelling in a range of planning software. You will line-manage clinical scientists and advise and mentor clinical technologists. You must have significant experience in development, commissioning and QA of treatment planning processes and systems, including automated and AI systems, radiobiology and adaptive planning. Proven experience of leading teams and leading change is essential.

Person specification

Essential

Honours Degree in an appropriate physical science, to a minimum of Second Class
Appropriate post-graduate PhD level, or Masters and equivalent level of specialist knowledge to PhD level
The post holder must be a registered Clinical Scientist (HCPC)
Recognised by the Secretary of State as a Medical Physics Expert
Highly specialist in-depth knowledge and understanding of the application of physical and engineering sciences in medicine performed and developed within the Department to doctorate level or equivalent
In-depth knowledge and understanding of current legislation, regulations and safety standards pertinent to working area and the protection of staff, patients and members of the public
Knowledge of Clinical Governance issues including ethical and regulatory considerations
Extensive and up to date knowledge of radiation physics applied to radiotherapy
In depth knowledge of a wide range of Radiotherapy Physics practices
In-depth knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
Specialist knowledge in more than one area of radiotherapy physics relevant to the role
Experience research and development and leading service development projects
Experience of successfully leading major clinical development projects
Involvement in projects with multidisciplinary members
Experience in equipment and process QA, advanced treatment planning, and imaging in radiotherapy development
Experience of communicating highly complex and sensitive information to patients and clinical colleagues
Ability to and experience of solving complex problems
Good IT skills, appropriate for scientific analysis and presentation of data
Good report writing and presentation skills, including the production of scientific papers, reports and national conference presentations
Teaching, training and mentoring skills
Ability to give scientific technical advice to colleagues, senior clinicians and other professionals
Ability to initiate research and development and to lead teams and work within teams in research and development
The ability to undertake complex calculations, data analysis and to issue reports on quantitative techniques

Desirable

Experience in preparing grant applications
Good publication record of peer review journals and research