Radiotherapy Engineering Technician

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Band 6 Radiotherapy Engineering Technician to ensure the safe operation of Linear Accelerators and manage maintenance tasks effectively. The role includes performing quality assurance checks and collaborating with clinical staff to optimize patient care. Candidates with experience in Varian equipment are preferred, and the organisation promotes ongoing professional development and inclusivity. This position offers a competitive salary package and the chance to make a real difference to patient care.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Staff benefits including employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Significant experience in post.
• IT and networking skills.
• Attendance at Varian courses.
• Experience in training staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clinical technology expertise by undertaking Radiotherapy equipment manufacturers certified courses.
• Participate in Radiotherapy machine 'Run up' services to ensure equipment is ready.
• Undertake fault-finding on Radiotherapy Equipment to component level.
• Perform QA checks prior to designating radiotherapy equipment as fit for clinical use.
• Maintain up to date records of all maintenance and repair work.
• Calibrate Radiotherapy equipment and assure that performance is within manufacturers limits.

Skills

Organisation of staffing and prioritisation of work

Solving technical problems

Ability to operate highly complex equipment

Ability to work under pressure

Compassionate and can motivate staff

Ability to work as part of a team

Education

First Degree in a Physical Science or Equivalent

Clinical Technologist Register

Experience in RT Physics

Varian training courses completed

Significant experience in the field, including Halcyon

Job description

Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Derby Hospital Town Derby Salary £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata pa Salary period Yearly Closing 29/12/2025 23:59 Interview date 08/01/2026

Radiotherapy Engineering Technician

Band 6

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under‑represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex‑armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

if you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format- such as Braille, large print, audio or accessible electronic formats oryou require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Band 6 Radiotherapy Engineering Technician to join our team in Radiotherapy Physics at Derby where we are about to enter a phase of equipment replacement.

This is an exciting opportunity for somebody with experience to work with a newly recruited band 7 engineer to aid with shaping the service at Derby, given that Derby has never had dedicated Radiotherapy Engineering Technicians before.

The primary objective is to ensure that Linear Accelerators (Linacs) operate safely and effectively with a minimum of downtime for the benefit of patients, clinical staff and the Trust, achieved by maintaining and repairing the equipment, which currently includes 3 Varian TrueBeams with the arrival of a Halcyon imminent. Linacs are highly complex and require many safety critical maintenance procedures to ensure dose accuracy and safety. Machine breakdowns can have immediate impact on patient treatments and compliance with cancer waiting time targets.

The post holder will work underneath the section head for a specialised clinical technical service and will provide technical advice for the linear accelerator maintenance programme.

The post holder will be required to perform QA and other duties such as patient organ at risk contouring and audit as required. Whilst Varian experience is preferred, applications are also welcome from candidates who have experience with other linac vendors.

Main duties of the job

• Maintain clinical technology expertise by undertaking funded Radiotherapy equipment manufacturers certified courses, self-study and liaison with manufacturers
• Participate in Radiotherapy machine “Run up” services to ensure equipment is ready for clinical use at the commencement of the working day
• Undertake, as part of a team, fault-finding on Radiotherapy Equipment to component level
• To perform, as part of a team, QA checks prior to designating radiotherapy equipment as fit for clinical use
• Maintain up to date records of all maintenance and repair work carried out
• Exchange technical and planning information during negotiations with multi-disciplinary staff involved in cancer patient care.
• Attend all fire/safety lectures and mandatory training in accordance with trust policy
• The post holder will be required to work in hazardous areas such as extremely high voltage and areas of Ionising and Non Ionising Radiation.
• Frequent requirement for physical effort is required in difficult situations so a full understanding of the working environment is required.
• Calibrate Radiotherapy equipment and assure that performance is within manufacturers limits.
• Undertake routine contouring of organs at risk when appropriate.
• Flexible working, to include early start, late finish and weekend work.

Interview date: 08 January 2026

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

Person specification

Education, Training and Qualifications

• First Degree in a Physical Science or Equivalent
• Experience in RT Physics
• Clinical Technologist Register
• Varian training courses completed
• Significant experience in the field, to include Halcyon

Experience & Knowledge

• Significant experience in post
• IT and networking skills
• Attendance at Varian courses
• Experience in training staffVision RT experience

Skills and Ability

• Organisation of staffing and prioritisation of work
• Solving technical problems
• Ability to operate highly complex equipment with a high degree of accuracy
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise
• Compassionate and can motivate staff
• Ability to work as part of a team

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

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• eVisa

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