Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Dosimetrist

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Applications are welcomed from enthusiastic people, for a Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Dosimetrist position based in our Radiotherapy Planning Section. We have one post available at Colchester Hospital and one at Ipswich Hospital.

The closing date is 04 November 2025

A friendly team will support your development in the role. The treatment planning practice is paperless and uses Aria with the Eclipse treatment planning system. The planning team are responsible for creating plans using a range of planning techniques that include SABR, VMAT, IMRT and conformal plans. You will be involved in routine dosimetric tasks and in treatment plan production. ESNEFT has a mix of treatment machines with four TrueBeams, a Halcyon and an Ethos as well as a Bravos and two Orthovoltage units across the two sites.

This post is full time, 37.5 hours per week, however we will consider part time.

To perform routine dosimetric tasks and produce patient specific treatment plans and associated dosimetric calculations, in accordance with clinical prescription and agreed procedures for the accurate delivery of radiation therapy.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

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• B.Sc. Honours Degree in Healthcare Science (Radiotherapy Physics) or equivalent to allow admission onto RCT or B.Sc. Honours Degree in Radiotherapy or equivalent to allow registration onto HCPC
  
• Registered with RCT as a Clinical Technologist or Registered with HCPC as a Therapeutic Radiographer
  

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• Experience as a student radiographer or a student technologist in Radiotherapy / Radiotherapy Physics
  
• Experience working within a radiotherapy treatment planning team
  
• Experience of working with the Aria oncology information system and the Eclipse treatment planning system
  
• Experience of contouring standard anatomy using CT and MR datasets
  

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust