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Trainee Radiotherapy Physicist

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Banbury, Oxfordshire

Trainee Radiotherapy Physicist

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Banbury, Oxfordshire

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

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job Ref: e48a77affa34488f99d9bf0cdfcb6daa

Full Job Description

We are seeking a physicist for initial one-year fixed term position. Post would suit an aspiring trainee clinical scientist looking to enrolment on STP training scheme or clinical technologist with several years' experience. Applicants with experience in radiotherapy research at doctoral level or equivalence will also be considered., Precise job role will be dependant on the background of successful candidate, but post is expected to work under supervision contributing to the day-to-day activities of either treatment planning or machines and QA and/or make contribution to a wide range of development and commissioning work where appropriate.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

The OUH Radiotherapy Centre at the Churchill Hospital is a five linac, all-Varian (including Halcyon, TrueBeam) site with CT-sim, ARIA, Eclipse and HDR brachytherapy unit, plus a prostate seed brachytherapy service. Our existing satellite centre in Swindon operates a further two linacs and a CT-sim. A second satellite centre in Milton Keynes operating a single linac and CT-sim will open in 2024-25. Supporting systems include AI auto-contouring and RadCalc. We have a modern suite of treatment planning functionality including RapidPlan, MCO, HyperArc and Velocity, and we treat with a wide variety of techniques including SRS/SRT and SABR. We have a range of development work underway and on the horizon and also an active computing team working to develop software and scripts for automation and data analysis. We have close links with the CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology and an expanding portfolio of clinical trials.

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