Associate Medical Physicist Radiotherapy, WRH

1. To provide support to clinical scientists and other staff groups in all aspects of radiotherapy clinical trials, including administration, data collection, data analysis, internal presentations and basic training. 2. To provide support to clinical scientists and other staff groups in all aspects of Radiotherapy Physics; treatment planning, dose measurement, Mould Room, machine quality control, technique development and Commissioning of new equipment and techniques. 3. To work under supervision within standard operating procedures in all areas of work following a period of training. To seek advice from supervisors and experienced colleagues as required. To always ensure accuracy of data and information. To plan own workload to ensure priority tasks are completed when required, raising issues early with supervising staff. 4. Treatment Planning: 4.1. To produce a range of basic radiotherapy plans as required to support the clinical service 4.2. To communicate relevant complex information
to the supervising clinical scientist or clinician as required. 4.3. To check that adequate records of all outlining, treatment planning and calculations have been made. 5. Dosimetry: 5.1. To undertake under supervision all routine dose measurements including patient specific doses and machine calibration doses. 5.2. To highlight treatment machine doses and patient doses which fall outside accepted tolerances, giving accurate and complete information to the responsible clinical scientist as required. 5.3. To participate in the calibration of the Department's dosimeters against the Regional Secondary Standard. 5.4. To carry out quality control checks on dosimetry systems, including safe handling of radioactive Strontium source for quality control purposes. 6. Mould Room: 6.1. To support the manufacture of patient fixation devices, blocking devices and build-up materials for patient treatment. 6.2. To carry out this work according to standard operating procedures, observing required standards
of safety, tidiness and cleanliness in this workspace 7. Treatment machine quality control: 7.1. To carry out (under supervision) quality control checks, calibration and equipment tests on highly complex radiotherapy equipment, following agreed protocols. 7.2. To ensure that calibrations and equipment tests that directly affect radiation dose to the patient are carried out with strict reference to procedures and safety tolerance levels set out in the quality system. 7.3. To accurately record machine performance data, communicating relevant complex information to the supervising clinical scientist as required. 8. Duty Physicist: to support the duty physicist in responding to urgent clinical queries. 9. Quality System: 9.1. To support the development of procedures throughout Radiotherapy Physics to enhance the service. These procedures will impact on the work of radiographers and radiotherapy consultant staff. 9.2. To contribute to the development and maintenance of the
Radiotherapy Quality System 10. Computing: 10.1. To develop basic knowledge and expertise in computing software, networks and image processing for radiotherapy. 10.2. To develop radiotherapy physics computing by contributing to software to meet physics and clinical specifications. 11. Research and Development: 11.1. To carry out research work under supervision (e.g. data measurement, data analysis), taking initiative to pursue further investigations within the scope agreed by the supervising clinical scientist. 11.2. To contribute to, and where appropriate to present, the results of research at local scientific meetings and by published papers in refereed journals. 12. To minimise financial costs by safe and effective use of high capital value equipment (in excess of £30,000). 13. To work such unsocial hours as are necessary for the safe and effective performance of their duties. 14. To keep abreast of current scientific and technical developments in radiotherapy
physics. 15. To undertake any other duties required by the Head of Radiotherapy Physics in accordance with the grade and nature of the post.