Lead Radiotherapy Engineer

Provide technical leadership in an area of expertise working closely and developing good working relationships Maintain and develop high standards of service provision throughout their area of responsibility. Assist Service Head in developing working practices to ensure that safety critical work is completed in a safe and accurate manner. Develop and deliver research and development activities for healthcare advancement. Deputise for Service Head on Engineering matters during absence. Contribute to service and staff development. The responsibilities of REG Engineers include ensuring treatment machines function correctly and therefore enable patient treatment, applying fault diagnosis skills, engineering knowledge and IT knowledge to minimise clinical downtime, carrying out planned preventative and unplanned corrective maintenance, and providing the technical, engineering-related input to multidisciplinary radiotherapy service team. REG also works closely with the clinical and scientific
Radiotherapy teams to balance the needs of the service. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.