Head of Radiotherapy Physics

University Hospitals Tees is a hospital group formed by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to enable closer working across the two organisations.

Medical Physics services within the group are primarily located at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and consist of Radiotherapy Physics, Clinical Measurement, Medical Photography, and Nuclear Medicine Services.

We are looking to recruit an outstanding individual to lead the Radiotherapy Physics section of the Group Medical Physics Department, University Hospitals Tees. The successful candidate will be an experienced scientist working at consultant level with familiarity across all areas of radiotherapy physics: quality assurance, treatment planning, brachytherapy, imaging and dosimetry, with competence to act as a Medical Physic Expert.

Head of Radiotherapy Physics

The closing date is 20 February 2026

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide scientific, clinical and professional leadership and has an essential role in ensuring safe, high-quality service delivery.

Key elements are:

• managing resources & staff
• overseeing academic, strategic & project work
• working with senior Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology colleagues to develop and deliver a robust strategy for innovation and improvement
• provision of expert advice to medical and clinical staff
• responsibility for compliance with statutory obligations

This is an exciting time for the radiotherapy service with a major capital equipment replacement program in progress. Alongside this the section has a strong track record of innovation and service development in areas such as SABR, advanced IGRT and innovative machine QA techniques. Current priorities include introducing online adaptive radiotherapy and increased usage of AI tools.

About us

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviour
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skill
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification Qualifications & Training

• HCPC registered Clinical Scientist.
• MPE certification by RPA2000
• First or second-class upper honours degree in physical sciences
• M.Sc. or equivalent in Medical Physics

Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people and organisations.
• Evidence of positive leadership skills and the ability to transform and lead a team to work effectively together.
• Effective project management and business planning skills.
• Ability to negotiate and influence across professional and organisational boundaries
• Ability to work strategically.
• Ability to produce reports for use internally and externally to the Group.

Experience

• National or international reputation in one or more area of radiotherapy physics
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development and developing scientific practice
• Evidence of a track record of effective management of change
• Evidence of a track record of developing scientific practice.
• Experience in a senior healthcare professional role and managing a service.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust