The Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) has created a new 8B role to act as the Lead for Clinical Developments and Deputy Head of Treatment Planning and is looking for a highly experienced registered radiotherapy Medical Physics Expert to fill it. NCCC runs services at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, and Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, providing a highly specialised clinical service for the treatment of cancer patients.
Key Details
* Interview date: Tuesday 14 July 2026
* Hours: 37 Hours 30 Minutes per week
* Primary site: Freeman Hospital (Freeman Hospital); occasional work at Carlisle site.
Responsibilities and Expectations
* Provide scientific expertise to support the head of treatment planning, manage clinical and scientific teams, and drive development of the clinical planning service to ensure a high‑quality service.
* Operate operational management responsibility for a range of aspects of the planning service and assure the quality of dose modelling in a range of planning software.
* Line‑manage clinical scientists and advise and mentor clinical technologists.
* Have significant experience in development, commissioning and QA of treatment planning processes and systems, including automated and AI systems, radiobiology and adaptive planning.
* Proven experience leading teams and leading change is essential.
Flexible Working
We are an employee‑friendly organisation and want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, 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.
Locations of Service Delivery
* 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
Additional Context
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care across a range of flagship services supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in radiology and pathology, and we have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
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