Advanced Healthcare Science Practitioner (Radiotherapy Engineering)

Job summary

The department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering seeks an enthusiastic person to join the Radiotherapy Electronics team, maintaining specialist Radiotherapy Treatment machines within the South West Wales Cancer Centre (SWWCC) at Singleton Hospital.

The service supports a range of state-of-the-art radiotherapy equipment that includes four Elekta linear accelerators (including SGRT and FFF capability), Philips wide-bore CT-scanner, Pinnacle treatment planning system utilising image fusion (ProSoma), auto segmentation and adaptive techniques (Mirada), and a well-developed oncology information management system (Mosaiq), all deployed in a Citrix environment to provide electronic access across the South-West Wales region.

Treatments are delivered for a number of clinical trials and clinical sites using techniques that include IMRT, VMAT, SBRT, 4D options and SGRT. The Cancer Centre has recently undergone an equipment refresh: replacing our four linear accelerators and a dedicated new CT scanner. The SWWCC has an ongoing collaboration agreement with Elekta to develop the next-generation radiotherapy workflow management software tools.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

Test, calibrate, and diagnose faults and to effect repairs to component level with the aid of service manuals, circuit diagrams and specialist tools on highly complex equipment and systems with pressure from the urgency for patient treatment continuity.

Interpret technical information both at a highly complex level when liaising with manufacturers engineers and at an end user level when liaising with non-technical staff.

Provide specialist advice to professional colleagues in relation to associated medical equipment and devices.

Have the knowledge to differentiate between technical and clinical problems.

Design modifications for medical equipment of the radiotherapy or nuclear medicine services to meet technical specification

Maintain functionality of the Radiotherapy treatment department the post holder will be responsible for:

• the main Radiotherapy treatment I.T. systems (hardware and software), including networked linear accelerator control systems, servers, workstations, database and backups.
• the day-to-day running of the Radiotherapy related I.T. based patient planning and management system/network, including database and backups, server and workstations.

Maintain contemporary awareness of ionising radiation regulations and to practice within the scope of those regulations.

Maintain contemporary awareness of electrical regulations regarding medical devices and to practice within the scope of those regulations.

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

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