Senior Radiotherapy Physicist
| Posting date: | 21 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £56,276.00 to £63,176.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56276.00 - £63176.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 February 2026 |
| Location: | Chelsea, SW3 6JJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9282-26-0042 |
Summary
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification: Produce complex treatment plans. Carry out associated dosimetry calculations and verification measurements, in accordance with clinical prescription and agreed procedures. Analyse requirements and make complex judgements regarding treatment parameters and patient dose effects to produce the required dose distribution over the treatment volume, using computerised planning systems as appropriate. The post holder is expected to use specialised planning software to perform and check routine and complex radiotherapy treatment planning for treatments on linear accelerators, Cyberknife and brachytherapy. Advise clinical staff on the effects of various treatment plan options on patient dose distributions. Discuss and agree approaches with clinical staff to create optimum treatment plans and advise on aspects of the treatment and patient set-up, as required. Provide expert advice at multidisciplinary clinical audit meetings, when required. Replan patient treatments where required, following a treatment error or changes in patient shape. Use judgement to analyse and determine the most appropriate compensation method. Calculate the compensation required and subsequent patient dose. Carry out manual dose calculations. Participate in the commissioning of new radiotherapy treatment equipment including the preparation and checking of complex beam data for treatment planning systems.