Senior Radiotherapy Engineer

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Senior Radiotherapy Engineer

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Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

The Radiotherapy Engineering Group (REG) at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Radiotherapy Engineer to join our team in a senior role.

NCCC operates across two sites, the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle and the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle delivering highly specialised cancer treatment services. You will be based on the Newcastle site but may be expected to travel to provide support on the Carlisle site if needed.

In total NCCC has 11 linear accelerators including nine Varian Truebeams and one Varian Edge system. Other equipment includes C Rad Catalyst SGRT, Brainlab Exactrac, Hypersight, Darpac SXT, Siemens goOpen Pro CT scanners, Siemens Confidence RT Pro CT scanner and Siemens Sola MR scanners.

The successful applicant will join a dedicated radiotherapy engineering team working in close collaboration with the radiotherapy physics equipment team to provide a high‑quality, patient‑centred service. This senior‑level position offers wide‑ranging responsibilities and strong opportunities for professional growth.

• Interview date: 11th May 2026
• 37 hours 30 minutes per week on average: 11 daytime shifts over a 3 week rotating shift pattern, including one full weekend per rotation.
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
  
  

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Main duties of the job

Radiotherapy engineers play a critical role in ensuring the safe, reliable, and effective delivery of radiotherapy by providing expert electromechanical maintenance and support for complex clinical treatment systems. Radiotherapy engineers work both independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities Include

Maintenance of Radiotherapy and Ancillary Equipment

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance on treatment machines
• Performing accurate fault diagnosis and delivering effective repairs
• Monitoring equipment reliability and identifying performance trends
  
  

Quality Control Of Radiotherapy Systems

• Working within an established Quality Management System
• Undertaking equipment quality control checks to ensure safe operation
• Supporting the delivery and continual improvement of the Radiotherapy Engineering Service
  
  

Qualifications And Experience

Applications are invited from experienced candidates who:

• Hold a master's‑level qualification or have equivalent relevant experience in an appropriate discipline
• Have completed a recognised engineering or technical apprenticeship or training programme
• Possess demonstrable experience in radiotherapy engineering, particularly with Varian equipment
  
  

The Radiotherapy Engineering team comprises 12 engineers who are dedicated to maintaining a high quality service for the benefit of patients.

Training is provided as required. We work a three week rotating shift pattern including one weekend in three.

Working for our organisation

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
  
  

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Contribute to the delivery of the technological components of the radiotherapy service and assist in maintaining and developing high standards.
• Provide professional technological leadership within designated areas of expertise
• Contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of clinical and organisational strategies
• Participate in service improvement and staff development activities
• Take responsibility for specialist project areas as required
• Contribute to the engineering rota covering a 7‑day service
  
  

REG engineers are responsible for ensuring that radiotherapy treatment machines operate safely and effectively, enabling uninterrupted patient treatment. This includes applying advanced fault‑finding skills, engineering expertise, and IT knowledge to minimise clinical downtime, performing both planned preventative and unplanned corrective maintenance, and providing essential technical input to the wider multidisciplinary radiotherapy team. REG works closely with clinical and scientific radiotherapy teams to maintain a balanced and responsive service.

Job Purpose

• Assist in the delivery of the technological aspects of radiotherapy service.
• Assists in providing professional technological leadership in an area of expertise locally.
• Assists in maintaining and developing high standards of service provision throughout their area of responsibility.
• Assists in developing, implementing, and monitoring clinical and organisational strategies within areas of expertise.
• Contributes to service and staff development.
• Responsibilities in specialist project areas
• Participates in roster covering 7-day working week.
  
  

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

• Recognised Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience.
• Appropriate post-graduate degree at master’s level, or equivalent level of specialist knowledge.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Management training, e.g., ILM Level 3 Recent Radiation Protection Supervisor certificate
• On the RCT or AHCS PTP register.
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Specialist training and practical experience on Linear accelerators, CT scanners, and other radiotherapy equipment
• Extensive practical experience in radiation equipment servicing, workshop practices and techniques, covering preventative maintenance, servicing, calibration and quality control, inspection, repair, and safety.
• Specialist knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering, electro-mechanical and computer systems
• Good knowledge of IT software packages (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Excel) and experience of applying them.
• Working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines, local rules, and safety practices, e.g., ISO 9001, BSI standards, COSHH.
• Broad knowledge of Radiotherapy field.
• Awareness of Radiation protection considerations of sealed, unsealed and x-ray generator sources
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Completion of relevant manufacturers certified training.
  
  

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Literacy, numeracy, and accuracy of a high order.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and maintain technical services.
• Able to communicate complex information to other professional groups (including manufacturers).
• Ability to service, repair and calibrate complex medical and scientific equipment using appropriate test instrumentation.
• Use precision test and measurement equipment safely and effectively.
  
  

Values / Behavioural / Attitudes

Essential criteria

• Develop positive working relationships at all levels in connection with their service.
• A professional approach to dealing with other staff and patients.
  
  

Core Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Alignment to Trust Values and Core Behaviours.
• Take personal responsibility to: o engage with the Trust’s Climate Emergency Strategy and Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (SHINE) initiatives. o assist in embedding our sustainability values into everyday practice; and o help ensure such practice is applied consistently by you and your colleagues.
  
  

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

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 month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Senior Radiotherapy Engineer Job Description (PDF, 249.1KB)
• Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
• Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)
  
  

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name Kris Fenwick Job title Lead Radiotherapy Engineer Email address kris.fenwick@nhs.net Telephone number 01912139401