Head of Radiotherapy Physics

Job summary

UCLH are looking for an exceptional candidate to join the Trust as Head of Radiotherapy Physics. Cancer is a strategic priority for UCLH, and we deliver world class cancer care to patients from across the country, across multiple sites and departments within the Trust, including the UCH Grafton Way Building, which houses one of two national Proton Beam Therapy services.

This is a highly specialised and essential leadership role within the Cancer Division at UCLH and we are looking for a candidate who can provide professional, scientific and engineering management to the Radiotherapy and PBT Departments and to liaise with clinicians, managers and external bodies.

The department delivers radiotherapy and PBT services for a broad spectrum of cancers comprising of common cancers as well as highly specialist treatments. These include a paediatric and adolescent workload, brachytherapy and isotope work, total body irradiation and sarcoma, neurological and head and neck radiotherapy. The department is delivering SABR treatment, as well as being designated as the main centre in the south for cranial SRS. There are also close relationships with the academic department in nuclear medicine and the academic department of oncology, which has a major research interest in targeted molecular radiotherapy.

Main duties of the job

The Head of Radiotherapy Physics will:

Provide consistent senior leadership and direction across the service

To act as a Medical Physics Expert (MPE) as defined under IR(ME)R 2017

To liaise closely with the local Radiotherapy Expert Group and NHS England Commissioning Reference Groups in developing strategic workplans for the service

To provide professional, scientific and engineering management to the Radiotherapy Physics and PBT Departments and to liaise with clinicians, managers and external bodies.

To provide, as an independent consultant, Physics advice and services, as appropriate, for the management and development of all Radiotherapy Physics activities required to support the Radiotherapy and PBT Departments, and its associated research activities.

To develop the RT and PBT services in line with the strategic direction of the trust.

To provide education and training to all grade of staff in the Radiotherapy Physics and PBT Departments, Radiotherapy Department and beyond.

To manage overall budgets and resources of the Radiotherapy Physics and PBT Departments. To oversee the management of devolved budgets of the Radiotherapy Physics and PBT Departments. To ensure delivery of Cost Improvement Programmes

• To manage overall recruitment, retention, deployment and discipline of staff, and to maintain professional standards and morale in the Radiotherapy Physics and PBT Departments.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.