The postholder will be a Clinical Scientist within Medical Physics, responsible for providing scientific, technical, and professional expertise to support the safe commissioning, implementation, and ongoing clinical use of Elekta ProKnow across radiotherapy services in Wales. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the role will contribute to the national programme to standardise radiotherapy data management through a cloud-based platform designed to improve quality, safety, and service consistency.
The postholder will contribute to the continuous improvement of radiotherapy services in Wales by enabling consistent practice, supporting national audit, and promoting evidence-based use of ProKnow to enhance patient care and treatment quality.
This post is fixed term / secondment for 12 months. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post. PLEASE NOTE Applicants will need to get permission from their line manager before submitting their interest, a release form to be included with your application form can be downloaded here . (This form is for the staff member and line manager to complete and return to you)
The post holder will work under the direction of a section manager and / or Medical Physics Expert to perform the full range of routine, implementation and development work associated with providing radiotherapy physics services to the cancer centre
Medical Physics provides all the background scientific and technical data, advice and expertise to the radiotherapy and physics departments for the treatment machines, CT simulators, computer systems and specialized devices. This is fundamental for patient doses to be prescribed and given correctly, the safe operation of equipment and staff protection from X-Rays. It includes specifications for the equipment, their calibration and QA, repair & maintenance, data networking and computer control, and individualized patient dose computations.
The post holder will work as a registered clinical scientist working approximately 0.6WTE on the set up and support of the All Wales Elekta Proknow project. Approximately 0.2WTE will be in the treatment planning section. 0.1WTE is on general quality assurance across other sections and checking duties and 0.1WTE is assigned to personal development and research and development outside of any allocated work making up part of the work plan.
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service , as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
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The Radiotherapy Service at Velindre Cancer Centre is undergoing significant transformation, which will continue for several years. Currently there are 7 linear accelerators (4 Varian and 3 Elekta) and an Elekta Flexitron for brachytherapy treatments. A replacement programme of all treatment devices, Oncology Information Systems and Treatment Planning Systems is underway; two Halcyon machines were installed in 2023 with another being installed in April 2024. A radiotherapy satellite centre is due to open in Abergavenny in 2025, with a new Velindre Cancer Centre due to open in 2026. Radiotherapy equipment at the new centre will include Varian BRAVOS brachytherapy, Varian Halcyon / Ethos machines, Varian Edge (SRS) and a dedicated research machine.
We have multiple Clinical Scientist posts available, which will be based at either Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff or the satellite centre in Abergavenny.
South East Wales is an attractive place to live and work with the benefits afforded by a capital city. Outside of the city there are coastal areas and the Bannau Brycheiniog national park within a half hour drive.
