Assistant Physicist - Radiotherapy Physics
The closing date is 28 October 2025
Job summary
We are recruiting for an Assistant Physicist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Radiotherapy physics is part of a multi-disciplinary team in a large Cancer Centre.
The Section consists of Clinical Scientists, practitioners in radiotherapy physics, radiographers, linac and computer engineers.
The centre has 7 Varian linear accelerators, and a brachytherapy suite. Patient treatments are planned on one of our dedicated wide bore CT scanners with access to, MR and CT-PET imaging within the Paul Strickland Scanner centre.
As the post is for 1 year, the successful applicant will be trained to do a limited number of the tasks in the job description, the time spent in a clinical department will give invaluable experience to anyone interested in a future career in radiotherapy physics.
When applying for this position, please make sure to answer the questions below within your supporting statement:
- How do you demonstrate that you work to the Trust Values: include examples from outside of your work/study experience
- Please explain why you want to work in radiotherapy physic
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Physicist will assist with patient specific measurements and calculations.
The post holder will assist with quality assurance measurements on linear accelerators.
To assist with planning of patient treatments on the computerised treatment planning system
To assist in theatre for brachytherapy procedures
To perform some data analysis and processing
Personal initiative, a keen sense of responsibility, manual dexterity and a high degree of accuracy are expected in all duties. Although experience of working with radiation is desirable, it is not a requirement and appropriate training will be provided
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against se
Details
Date posted
15 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum-pro rata, plus 15% High Cost Area Supplement
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
361-7385804
Job locations
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
Rickmansworth Rd
Northwood
HA6 2RN
Employer details
Employer name
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
Rickmansworth Rd
Northwood
HA6 2RN
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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