Job summary
We
are seeking an exceptional Radiotherapy Equipment Manager to lead the
engineering management of our advanced radiotherapy systems. This is a critical leadership role ensuring
the reliability, safety, and performance of equipment that supports
life-saving cancer treatments.
You
will:
Oversee the maintenance,
calibration, and lifecycle management of 12 linear accelerators, and
associated radiotherapy technology.
Closely collaborate with other
members of the multidisciplinary clinical team to ensure the high quality,
timely delivery of cancer care.
Lead a team of engineering
technical staff, fostering a culture of quality, innovation and continuous
improvement.
Work with hospital estates staff,
equipment suppliers and other healthcare scientists ensuring compliance with
regulatory standards and optimising treatment delivery.
Drive strategic planning for
healthcare technology replacement, adoption, upgrade and evolution.
You
will be an experienced clinical engineer or clinical engineering technologist
with graduate level education and strong leadership skills. You will be committed to advancing the safe
and effective use of healthcare technology to enhance the quality of cancer
care.
Expected Shortlisting
Date
23/02/2026
Planned Interview
Date
10/03/2026
Main duties of the job
Working
as a key manager in the multidisciplinary clinical oncology service, you will
be responsible for ensuring radiotherapy equipment and associated resources
are correctly specified, constructed, installed and maintained. As well as managing technical staff, you
will be responsible for technical activity carried out on the equipment,
coordinating the work with other clinical and scientific activity.
During
the course of your work, you will take responsibility for extremely complex
and very high value medical and scientific equipment (up to £2 million
each). Often the nature of the work
will mean that you make decisions that have significant clinical impact and
high financial risk. As a consequence
of this, quality assurance and clinical risk management is a key aspect of
this role.
About us
Radiotherapy
Technology Services (RTS) provide equipment management and technical services
to users of radiotherapy equipment, associated medical equipment and
associated computer systems as well as providing technical services to
clinical and scientific research and innovation across the field of cancer
therapy.
RTS
staff are grouped by into three operational teams: computer services,
electronics and mechanical engineering with a fourth operational team
providing technical services such as training management, operational
logistics and special project management.
Technical services are normally delivered through multidisciplinary
groups where group members are drawn from a combination of these
sub-specialism teams.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional
& Managerial:
The
jobholder manages and coordinate technical activity on radiotherapy equipment
throughout the equipment lifecycle, through site preparation, delivery,
installation, commissioning, clinical use, decommissioning and disposal.
The
jobholders develops, leads and manages a comprehensive system to provide
medical equipment management services across a wide range of complex
equipment and, working with other managers and team leaders organises RTS
staff to deliver this service.
The
jobholder is responsible for the line management of engineering technical
teams including the recruitment and selection of staff.
The
jobholder works with relevant hospital departments, managed equipment service
providers and other external organisations to develop and maintain a range of
service contracts providing technical services to the radiotherapy equipment.
The
jobholder is operationally responsible for the technical aspects of radiation
oncology treatment equipment, associated resources and services, spare parts,
test equipment and accommodation.
The
jobholder directs and overseas the project management of the complex
technical programmes required to enable clinical use of new radiotherapy
equipment and systems. These projects
involve coordinating activity of building sub-contractors, hospital estates
staff, equipment manufacturers, RTS technical teams, clinical scientists and
radiotherapy managers and they cover site preparation, equipment delivery,
installation, technical acceptance, commissioning, and clinical preparation.
The
jobholder ensures all technical activity complies with applicable standards,
guidelines, policies, and legislation.
The
jobholder administers the radiotherapy equipment maintenance delegated
portions of relevant budgets.
Medical
Equipment Management:
The
jobholder is operationally responsible for equipment technical activity
including installation work, the diagnosis, repair and resolution of
problems, planned maintenance, equipment modification and equipment upgrades.
Where
technical activity is assessed to be very complex or high risk the jobholder
will adopt the lead role in equipment maintenance activity on highly complex
radiation therapy equipment and associated medical equipment. Such work involves diagnosis, repair and
resolution of problems or equipment modification, followed by technical
verification and clinical validation activity including equipment quality
assurance and calibration activity.
The
jobholder maximises equipment uptime through monitoring of operational
performance and the development and implementation of major proactive and
reactive maintenance work.
The
jobholder liaises with RTS technical teams, equipment manufacturers, managed
equipment service providers and other external contractors to ensure activity
is coordinated with radiotherapy managers, clinical scientists,
radiographers, other equipment users.
The
jobholder organises the provision of direct technical support providing
expert advice and guidance to radiotherapy managers, key trainers, and users
of the technology.
The
jobholder contributes to major radiotherapy equipment projects by providing
expert technical services to a team of multidisciplinary professionals
including building project managers, architects, equipment manufacturers and
building contractors.
The
jobholder ensures radiotherapy equipment and associated resources are
correctly specified, constructed, installed and maintained.
The
jobholder ensures all radiotherapy technical activity complies with the
quality management system (QMS) and the associated quality policy, the
quality manual, related procedures and work instructions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional
& Managerial:
The
jobholder manages and coordinate technical activity on radiotherapy equipment
throughout the equipment lifecycle, through site preparation, delivery,
installation, commissioning, clinical use, decommissioning and disposal.
The
jobholders develops, leads and manages a comprehensive system to provide
medical equipment management services across a wide range of complex
equipment and, working with other managers and team leaders organises RTS
staff to deliver this service.
The
jobholder is responsible for the line management of engineering technical
teams including the recruitment and selection of staff.
The
jobholder works with relevant hospital departments, managed equipment service
providers and other external organisations to develop and maintain a range of
service contracts providing technical services to the radiotherapy equipment.
The
jobholder is operationally responsible for the technical aspects of radiation
oncology treatment equipment, associated resources and services, spare parts,
test equipment and accommodation.
The
jobholder directs and overseas the project management of the complex
technical programmes required to enable clinical use of new radiotherapy
equipment and systems. These projects
involve coordinating activity of building sub-contractors, hospital estates
staff, equipment manufacturers, RTS technical teams, clinical scientists and
radiotherapy managers and they cover site preparation, equipment delivery,
installation, technical acceptance, commissioning, and clinical preparation.
The
jobholder ensures all technical activity complies with applicable standards,
guidelines, policies, and legislation.
The
jobholder administers the radiotherapy equipment maintenance delegated
portions of relevant budgets.
Medical
Equipment Management:
The
jobholder is operationally responsible for equipment technical activity
including installation work, the diagnosis, repair and resolution of
problems, planned maintenance, equipment modification and equipment upgrades.
Where
technical activity is assessed to be very complex or high risk the jobholder
will adopt the lead role in equipment maintenance activity on highly complex
radiation therapy equipment and associated medical equipment. Such work involves diagnosis, repair and
resolution of problems or equipment modification, followed by technical
verification and clinical validation activity including equipment quality
assurance and calibration activity.
The
jobholder maximises equipment uptime through monitoring of operational
performance and the development and implementation of major proactive and
reactive maintenance work.
The
jobholder liaises with RTS technical teams, equipment manufacturers, managed
equipment service providers and other external contractors to ensure activity
is coordinated with radiotherapy managers, clinical scientists,
radiographers, other equipment users.
The
jobholder organises the provision of direct technical support providing
expert advice and guidance to radiotherapy managers, key trainers, and users
of the technology.
The
jobholder contributes to major radiotherapy equipment projects by providing
expert technical services to a team of multidisciplinary professionals
including building project managers, architects, equipment manufacturers and
building contractors.
The
jobholder ensures radiotherapy equipment and associated resources are
correctly specified, constructed, installed and maintained.
The
jobholder ensures all radiotherapy technical activity complies with the
quality management system (QMS) and the associated quality policy, the
quality manual, related procedures and work instructions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications - Essential CriteriaA degree in clinical technology (engineering) or an equivalent scientific or engineering degree and extensive, relevant experience backed up with formal training.
- Registration as a Clinical Scientist, Clinical Technologist or Healthcare Science Practitioner.
- Specialist advanced training in operation and maintenance of highly complex radiotherapy technology including linear accelerators, orthovoltage therapy units, radiotherapy simulators and CT scanners
- Specialised radiotherapy equipment manufacturer specific training courses and qualifications at an advanced level.
- Training and practical experience in quality systems such as ISO 9001 and ISO 13485.
Desirable
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng)
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Extensive practical experience in engineering practices and fault finding techniques. Extensive independent practice applying electronic technology to complex medical devices.
- Leadership (empowering/motivating/developing others), interpersonal skills (oral communication), analytical skills (judgement, objective setting), organisational awareness & dynamism (self-confidence)
- Complex problem solving and initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive medical equipment management experience.
- Extensive electro-medical engineering experience applying electronic principles to patient-critical equipment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications - Essential CriteriaA degree in clinical technology (engineering) or an equivalent scientific or engineering degree and extensive, relevant experience backed up with formal training.
- Registration as a Clinical Scientist, Clinical Technologist or Healthcare Science Practitioner.
- Specialist advanced training in operation and maintenance of highly complex radiotherapy technology including linear accelerators, orthovoltage therapy units, radiotherapy simulators and CT scanners
- Specialised radiotherapy equipment manufacturer specific training courses and qualifications at an advanced level.
- Training and practical experience in quality systems such as ISO 9001 and ISO 13485.
Desirable
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng)
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Extensive practical experience in engineering practices and fault finding techniques. Extensive independent practice applying electronic technology to complex medical devices.
- Leadership (empowering/motivating/developing others), interpersonal skills (oral communication), analytical skills (judgement, objective setting), organisational awareness & dynamism (self-confidence)
- Complex problem solving and initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive medical equipment management experience.
- Extensive electro-medical engineering experience applying electronic principles to patient-critical equipment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
