If you are new to the area, we have so much on offer! Portsmouth is a vibrant city and tourist destination on the south coast with convenient access to the South Downs National Park, New Forest, and the Isle of Wight, and just 90 minutes from London Waterloo by train.  Whether your passion is the outdoors, with beaches, sailing, kite surfing, horse-riding and hiking on our doorstep, or culture, in the birthplace of Charles Dickens, with two theatres and a major concert venue in the city, and the Historic Dockyard of Britain’s naval history, Portsmouth has something for everyone. If you like to travel and explore, Portsmouth ferries sail to the Channel Islands, France and Spain and cruise ships depart from nearby Southampton to the Mediterranean, Baltic, Carribean and Nordic seas. Southampton airport is just 20 miles away, serving destinations across the British Isles and Europe.  

The radiotherapy department has four Varian Truebeam linacs, an Xstrahl kV unit, a Varian Bravos HDR unit, and LDR brachytherapy service. Planning is performed on a new RaySearch treatment planning system, with Prosoma, Diamond, PerFraction and Compass-Dolphin QC systems available.

Have you thought about studying a fully funded degree while earning a NHS Band 4 salary?

Are you interested in the technical side of Radiotherapy Physics?

You could be new to Radiotherapy Physics, a motivated candidate with a physical science or engineering interest, if this is you we would love to hear from you! 

The Radiotherapy Physics Section of the Portsmouth Medical Physics Department is a team we are proud of here at PHU. We are looking to appoint into a band 4 Radiotherapy Physics Technologist Apprentice (Healthcare Science Associate Practitioner) to join the established, friendly and enthusiastic team of 22.

We will aid and support you in completing a Healthcare Science Level 6 Apprenticeship. The apprenticeship is a three-year course resulting in a specialist qualification in Healthcare Science, providing the theoretical and practical skills required for a career as a Clinical Technologist in HealthCare Science.

Key duties are providing technical services in Radiotherapy Physics, which may include:

• Radiotherapy treatment planning using specialised software
• Quality control measurements to confirm treatment equipment performance
• Work in a workshop to aid in the making of devices to support Radiotherapy
• Support to theatre activities.

Please provide a statement on why you wish to be a part of the Radiotherapy Physics team. (This should be included in the 'Message to Hiring Manager' on the first page of the application form and must be between 300 - 500 words.)

Closing date 16th May 2024

Please contact Ange Blay - [email protected] if you would like to have more details / have an informal visit to the department.

In order to progress your application, it is essential that you upload the following to 'Additional attachments' on the second page of the application screen:

Qualifications

Essential

• English and mathematics qualifications equivalent to GCSE Grade C/4 or above.
• 3 A-Levels (minimum BBC predicted or attained), including at least one relevant STEM subject (e.g. physics, maths, engineering)

Alternative qualifications to A levels will be considered, these can including:

• T-Level qualification (A-C in core components) in either Healthcare Science or Science
• BTEC Level 4 Diploma in Healthcare Science
• BTEC National Extended Diploma (minimum MMM), including at least one relevant STEM subject
• Access to Higher Education Diploma, with Merit in at least 15 credits in relevant STEM units

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. 

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.