Head of Radiotherapy Physics
Velindre Cancer Centre, Adamsdown, Caerdydd - Cardiff
Head of Radiotherapy Physics
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Velindre Cancer Centre, Adamsdown, Caerdydd - Cardiff
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
, 14 Dec | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: a1e879e1e7bb4391bc129d28a5816725
Full Job Description
- Leadership and management of the radiotherapy Physics Service
- Provision of expert scientific advice to staff within Radiotherapy, Radiation Services and elsewhere in the Trust
- Leadership of and participation in relevant R&D activity in the field Main duties of the job The main purposes and responsibilities of the post are leadership and management of the Radiotherapy Physics Service, including overall responsibility for the maintenance and development of the Quality Management System to ensure continuing national accreditation; overseeing the planning, development, delivery and monitoring of Radiation Physics training programmes for Velindre and Wales for Medical Physics and Clinical Oncology, scheduling the physics resources to meet ever changing demands (including manpower and accommodation) and leadership of and participation in relevant R&D activity in the field. Clinical proficiency and experience is expected to be maintained through leadership of and participation in Departmental service activities as required, e.g. problem solving & advising on difficult patient and equipment related dosimetric issues, research, development and implementation of new techniques, and advising professionally at all levels up to UK national and international boards. The tasks carried out are for staff, groups of patients, and individual patients. The cure of patients depends critically on the standard of work, and without it patients cannot be treated. Mistakes as small as a few percent can produce irreparable damage to normal tissues, recurrence of the tumour, and/or death. Thus all the above responsibilities require that the post-holder be a Medical Physics Expert (MPE)
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services. Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors. If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.