Head of Quality Assurance and Dosimetry (Radiotherapy Physics)

The Head of Quality Assurance and Dosimetry will take responsibility for the commissioning, quality assurance (QA) and calibration of radiotherapy equipment within BCC and will take responsibility for external beam radiation dosimetry, ensuring alignment with UK codes of practice and traceability to national standards.

The post-holder will manage a team of staff to ensure that QA of treatment, imaging and dosimetry equipment is performed according to departmental schedules, liaising with the other Heads of section (Imaging, Treatment Planning, etc.). The post-holder may contribute to the evaluation, specification and purchase of new equipment to meet the needs of the radiotherapy service provided by BCC.

This post has a direct impact on patient treatments and occasionally brings the post-holder into direct contact with patients during their treatment.

The post-holder liaises with a wide range of staff in Medical Physics, BCC and the wider Trust, at all levels and with equipment manufacturers., Take lead responsibility for ensuring that quality assurance and radiation dosimetry of external beam radiotherapy treatment, imaging and associated dosimetric equipment is performed.

Take responsibility for acceptance testing and commissioning of highly complex, safety critical radiotherapy treatment equipment; to take responsibility for the QA and calibration implications of proposed new treatment techniques and to facilitate their introduction.

To liaise with staff within the Radiotherapy Physics Section to ensure that all equipment systems involved in the treatment planning and delivery pathway have been sufficiently integrated to ensure that accurate, efficient and safe treatments will be delivered to individual patients.

To act as an Operator under UK Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposures) Regulations. To provide the role of Medical Physics Expert as defined in IR(ME)R 2017, for all aspects of the radiotherapy physics service.

Good communication between the post-holder and the other staff groups in Radiotherapy and Radiotherapy Physics, and commercial manufacturers is essential.

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