Senior Dosimetrist in Radiotherapy Planning - Northampton, United Kingdom - Northampton General Hospital

Northampton General Hospital

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Northampton, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Supporting Clinical Excellence Produce routine and complex treatment plans, in accordance with relevant clinical protocols. Check that all patient images required to produce treatment plans are available. Co-register images from different sources; evaluating the validity of the co-registration. Accurately outline anatomical volumes from CT scans for Gross Tumour Volumes and Organs at Risk, where trained.

Advise clinical staff on the effects of various treatment plan options on patient dose distributions. Check treatment plans generated by other staff for accuracy and appropriateness prior to treatment commencing.

Assist with the development of new techniques in conjunction with other staff groups and take an active role in introducing new equipment and clinical techniques.

People/Management Excellence Participate in the training of trainee Physicists, student Radiographers, and Medical staff.

Quality Assurance and Monitoring Participate in the acceptance testing, commissioning and routine quality assuranceprograms for radiotherapy planning software. Assist in producing written protocols for treatment planning as part of the departmentsQuality System. Participate fully in implementing and maintaining this system. Keep careful records of all work performed.

Assist in the maintenance of the Treatment Planning Database and production of management statistics. Able to report on the data. Participate in the QA of new radiotherapy trials; and plan patients according to current approved trial protocols.