Principal Radiotherapy Physicist (Scientific Computing)
| Posting date: | 16 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £72,921.00 to £83,362.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £72921.00 - £83362.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 January 2026 |
| Location: | London, NW1 2PG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9309-25-1194 |
Summary
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. The Main duties of the postholder are: The main role of this post is to provide scientific and managerial support within a particular aspect of the work of the Radiotherapy Physics group. To act as a Medical Physics Expert, as defined in IR(ME)R 2017, to ensure that Trust complies with all safety legislation in the remit of the radiotherapy physics department. The postholder will work over a range of areas in Radiotherapy Physics and will undergo continual professional development in Radiotherapy and associated techniques. The post-holder will lead and take responsibility for major developments in the radiotherapy physics service, including equipment specification, acceptance testing and commissioning, managing teams to complete and implement developments to agreed timescales. The postholder will be responsible for and supervise on a day-to-day basis the development and management of in-house software applications. The post-holder will deputise for the Leads in the major sub-sections of Treatment Planning and Dosimetry and QA, including day-to-day management of teams to ensure services are delivered as intended. The post requires handling of highly complex dosimetry equipment to perform and supervise routine calibration and monitoring of highly complex radiation producing equipment. The post requires the provision of highly specialised advice and guidance, where necessary, to the Radiotherapy Department in matters relating to treatment plans, dosimetry, and radioactive isotope treatments. The post requires the presentation of clinical data to medical staff and the upholding of legal requirements. Radiotherapy Physics Services consists of a team of over 80 staff consisting of clinical scientists, dosimetrists and engineers. The Radiotherapy Physics Section is part of a multi-disciplinary team in the Department of Clinical Oncology, which sees about 2000 new patients per year. The Radiotherapy Department is equipped with four Varian TrueBEAM linear accelerators and one Halcyon machine. The department equipment also includes one orthovoltage unit and an Elekta High Dose Rate Brachytherapy unit. Planning equipment includes a Siemens CT simulator with full 4D imaging capabilities for Respiratory Gated studies.The department offers a variety of specialised treatment services and is continually developing advanced treatment techniques. Treatments offered include: IMRT; Volumetric Arc Therapy; SABR; CT-based TBI; Ultrasoundguided and CT-planned HDR prostate brachytherapy. UCLH provides one of two national Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) centres for the UK.. The proton department is equipped with four Varian ProBEAM gantries with dedicated CT and MR planning. ARIA and Eclipse is in use across both radiotherapy and proton therapy. The proton service is sited within the Trusts campus in the heart of the capital where it enjoys a close collaboration with UCL on ground breaking research projects. The site has direct access to the Trusts existing radiotherapy department and will be a closely located to the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* * UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?