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Senior Radiotherapy Engineer
Lincoln On-site 5-10 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care£49k – £57k / year
Radiotherapy Equipment MaintenanceLinear Accelerator RepairEquipment CalibrationQuality ControlElectrical And Electronic Engineering
Requirements
Requires a relevant degree or equivalent experience, postgraduate-level qualification or equivalent specialist knowledge, and registration on the RCT or AHCS PTP Register. Candidates need specialist radiotherapy equipment experience, strong electrical and electronic engineering skills, knowledge of radiation protection and applicable regulations, and the ability to work safely under pressure.
Job Description
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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Senior Radiotherapy Engineer - Band 7
The closing date is 26 October 2026
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Job Summary
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic radiation engineer to join our team.
The Radiotherapy Physics Department Provides a Specialist Technical Radiotherapy Physics Service To The Lincolnshire Oncology Centre, Contributing To Safe Treatment Of Patients For Radiotherapy. It Is Responsible For Ensuring The Accurate Calibration Of All Radiotherapy Treatment Machines And Providing a Routine Quality Control Service For All Equipment Used In Simulating, Planning, Verifying And Treating Radiotherapy Patients.This Role Contributes To These Activities And Will Include:
Main duties of the job
The post provides the comprehensive expertise and experience necessary for the department to operate clinical linear accelerators to the required legislation and national guidelines. A large degree of versatility, both in working patterns and skills base, is required to provide the immediate emergency coverage required during normal working hours and to effect permanent repairs during non-treatment hours. In addition both planned and corrective maintenance is performed to enhance the availability and reliability of the service.
Maintain clinical accelerators requiring core practical and theoretical electronic skills.
Engage in the activity and maintenance of the quality management system.
Attend necessary training courses required in the performance of your duties.
Ensure that all activities conform to statutory regulations, local rules and approved codes of practice, in particular IRR and IRMER and the use of radioactive substances.
Follow all the safety precautions relating to COSHH and Health & Safety regulations when dealing with radioactive and chemical products.Engage in the activities of a mechanical workshop including production of applicator cutouts and other items to the benefit of the radiotherapy service.
The post holder may be required to perform duties outside the normal working hours of the department, including weekends (on-call and service work) and contribute to bank holiday cover.
About Us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Details
Date posted
05 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annuam
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
357-LN-541-26-A
Job locations
Lincoln County Hospital
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Communication And Relationship Skills
Communicate complex information relating to specialist procedures to colleagues.
Develop positive working relationships at all levels in connection with their service.
Responsible for ensuring effective communications within their service and across professional boundaries, overcoming barriers to understanding.
Provide accurate oral and written reports.
Analytical And Judgemental Skills
Interpretation and formulation of complex technical data.
To have the scientific skills to interpret results and form a judgement on their significance in situations from a range of possible options.
For example, when carrying out a repair on a linac, deciding on how best to affect a repair considering the various active systems.
Planning And Organisational Skills
Plans a complex range of activities in accordance with Trust objectives, standards and priorities, including the formulation and adjustment of plans.
For example, organising the part for a repair, arranging delivery, coordinating time in a busy schedule to carry out the repair and communicating with the necessary staff members to return the machine to clinical use.
Ability to operate medical equipment safely and effectively for prolonged periods of time.
Provide highly specialist technical service.
To provide technical assistance and advice to medical staff or other health care professionals performing clinical investigations or interventions.
To ensure patient safety with the use of commercially manufactured equipment and systems ensuring that these are adequately maintained, calibrated and tested. For example, creating a custom cutout that needs to be quality assured before clinical use.
Responsibilities For Policy And Service Development Implementation
To be aware of relevant legal and statutory issues, international standards, and guidelines for best practice.
Implementing local, departmental and Trust policies to meet legal and statutory requirements at all times, for example in relation to the data protection act.
Contributes to discussions on changes to policies within own area to ensure they reflect best practice, thus maintaining and improving the quality of the services.
Ensure new or amended protocols and procedures are correctly and uniformly implemented within own work area.
Responsibilities For Financial And Physical Resources
To be responsible for the safe use of expensive highly complex equipment.
Order supplies for area of work.
Responsibility for human resources (including training)
Trains Other Engineers And Other Healthcare Professionals As Required.
Responsibilities for research and development
To audit services to contribute to clinical governance.
Freedom to Act
The post holder is expected to work independently, within professional guidelines, and use their own judgement to determine when it is necessary to refer to their line manager for guidance.
To be expected to act in a manner consistent with the best interests of the patient, and the highest standards of safety to staff, other persons and the environment.
Mental Effort
There are frequent periods of concentration while using technical software.
Frequent requirement for concentration in repair work where work pattern is unpredictable. For example, stay after planned work hours to effect a repair of a treatment machine to help the service.
Emotional Effort
Occasional exposure to distressing circumstances. For example, being occasionally in proximity to cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.
Responsibilities For Research And Development
To audit services to contribute to clinical governance.
Freedom to Act
The post holder is expected to work independently, within professional guidelines, and use their own judgement to determine when it is necessary to refer to their line manager for guidance.
To be expected to act in a manner consistent with the best interests of the patient, and the highest standards of safety to staff, other persons and the environment.
Mental Effort
There are frequent periods of concentration while using technical software.
Frequent requirement for concentration in repair work where work pattern is unpredictable. For example, stay after planned work hours to effect a repair of a treatment machine to help the service.
Emotional Effort
Occasional exposure to distressing circumstances. For example, being occasionally in proximity to cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
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Essential
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lincoln County Hospital
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lincoln County Hospital
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For Questions About The Job, Contact:
Head of Radiotherapy Physics
Patrick Downes
patrick.downes2@nhs.net
Details
Date posted
05 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annuam
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
357-LN-541-26-A
Job locations
Lincoln County Hospital
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
Supporting documents
Privacy notice
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Senior Radiotherapy Engineer - Band 7
The closing date is 26 October 2026
Apply for this job
Job Summary
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic radiation engineer to join our team.
The Radiotherapy Physics Department Provides a Specialist Technical Radiotherapy Physics Service To The Lincolnshire Oncology Centre, Contributing To Safe Treatment Of Patients For Radiotherapy. It Is Responsible For Ensuring The Accurate Calibration Of All Radiotherapy Treatment Machines And Providing a Routine Quality Control Service For All Equipment Used In Simulating, Planning, Verifying And Treating Radiotherapy Patients.This Role Contributes To These Activities And Will Include:
- Assist in the delivery of the technological aspects of radiotherapy service.
- Assist in providing professional technological leadership in an area of expertise locally.
- Assist in maintaining and developing high standards of service provision throughout their area of responsibility.
- Assists in developing, implementing and monitoring clinical and organisational strategies within areas of expertise.
- Contributes to service and staff development.
- Responsibilities in specialist project areas.
Main duties of the job
The post provides the comprehensive expertise and experience necessary for the department to operate clinical linear accelerators to the required legislation and national guidelines. A large degree of versatility, both in working patterns and skills base, is required to provide the immediate emergency coverage required during normal working hours and to effect permanent repairs during non-treatment hours. In addition both planned and corrective maintenance is performed to enhance the availability and reliability of the service.
Maintain clinical accelerators requiring core practical and theoretical electronic skills.
Engage in the activity and maintenance of the quality management system.
Attend necessary training courses required in the performance of your duties.
Ensure that all activities conform to statutory regulations, local rules and approved codes of practice, in particular IRR and IRMER and the use of radioactive substances.
Follow all the safety precautions relating to COSHH and Health & Safety regulations when dealing with radioactive and chemical products.Engage in the activities of a mechanical workshop including production of applicator cutouts and other items to the benefit of the radiotherapy service.
The post holder may be required to perform duties outside the normal working hours of the department, including weekends (on-call and service work) and contribute to bank holiday cover.
About Us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Details
Date posted
05 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annuam
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
357-LN-541-26-A
Job locations
Lincoln County Hospital
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Communication And Relationship Skills
Communicate complex information relating to specialist procedures to colleagues.
Develop positive working relationships at all levels in connection with their service.
Responsible for ensuring effective communications within their service and across professional boundaries, overcoming barriers to understanding.
Provide accurate oral and written reports.
Analytical And Judgemental Skills
Interpretation and formulation of complex technical data.
To have the scientific skills to interpret results and form a judgement on their significance in situations from a range of possible options.
For example, when carrying out a repair on a linac, deciding on how best to affect a repair considering the various active systems.
Planning And Organisational Skills
Plans a complex range of activities in accordance with Trust objectives, standards and priorities, including the formulation and adjustment of plans.
For example, organising the part for a repair, arranging delivery, coordinating time in a busy schedule to carry out the repair and communicating with the necessary staff members to return the machine to clinical use.
Ability to operate medical equipment safely and effectively for prolonged periods of time.
Provide highly specialist technical service.
To provide technical assistance and advice to medical staff or other health care professionals performing clinical investigations or interventions.
To ensure patient safety with the use of commercially manufactured equipment and systems ensuring that these are adequately maintained, calibrated and tested. For example, creating a custom cutout that needs to be quality assured before clinical use.
Responsibilities For Policy And Service Development Implementation
To be aware of relevant legal and statutory issues, international standards, and guidelines for best practice.
Implementing local, departmental and Trust policies to meet legal and statutory requirements at all times, for example in relation to the data protection act.
Contributes to discussions on changes to policies within own area to ensure they reflect best practice, thus maintaining and improving the quality of the services.
Ensure new or amended protocols and procedures are correctly and uniformly implemented within own work area.
Responsibilities For Financial And Physical Resources
To be responsible for the safe use of expensive highly complex equipment.
Order supplies for area of work.
Responsibility for human resources (including training)
Trains Other Engineers And Other Healthcare Professionals As Required.
Responsibilities for research and development
To audit services to contribute to clinical governance.
Freedom to Act
The post holder is expected to work independently, within professional guidelines, and use their own judgement to determine when it is necessary to refer to their line manager for guidance.
To be expected to act in a manner consistent with the best interests of the patient, and the highest standards of safety to staff, other persons and the environment.
Mental Effort
There are frequent periods of concentration while using technical software.
Frequent requirement for concentration in repair work where work pattern is unpredictable. For example, stay after planned work hours to effect a repair of a treatment machine to help the service.
Emotional Effort
Occasional exposure to distressing circumstances. For example, being occasionally in proximity to cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.
Responsibilities For Research And Development
To audit services to contribute to clinical governance.
Freedom to Act
The post holder is expected to work independently, within professional guidelines, and use their own judgement to determine when it is necessary to refer to their line manager for guidance.
To be expected to act in a manner consistent with the best interests of the patient, and the highest standards of safety to staff, other persons and the environment.
Mental Effort
There are frequent periods of concentration while using technical software.
Frequent requirement for concentration in repair work where work pattern is unpredictable. For example, stay after planned work hours to effect a repair of a treatment machine to help the service.
Emotional Effort
Occasional exposure to distressing circumstances. For example, being occasionally in proximity to cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Appropriate post-graduate degree at Master's level, or equivalent level of specialist knowledge
- On the RCT or AHCS PTP Register
- Management training, e.g. ILM level 3
- Recent Radiation Protection Supervisor certificate
Essential
- Ability to service, repair and calibrate complex medical and scientific equipment using appropriate test instrumentation
- Ability to use precision test and measurement equipment safely and effectively
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering, electro-mechanical and computer systems
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines, local rules and safety practices, e.g., ISO 9001, BSI standards, COSHH
- Awareness of Radiation protection considerations of sealed, unsealed and x-ray generator sources
Essential
- Specialist training and practical experience on linear accelerators, CT scanners and other radiotherapy equipment
- Extensive practical experience in radiation equipment servicing, workshop practices and techniques, covering preventative maintenance, servicing, calibration and quality control, inspection, repair and safety
- Broad experience in the radiotherapy field
- Completion of relevant manufacturers certified training
Essential
- High-level literacy, numeracy and accuracy
- Able to communicate complex information to other professional groups, including manufacturers
- Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines and maintain technical services
- Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining safety and quality standards
Essential
- Ability to work in line with and role model Group values
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships at all levels
- Professional approach to dealing with staff and patients
- Actively embeds sustainability values into everyday practice and supports consistent application by colleagues
Essential
- Recognised Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Appropriate post-graduate degree at Master's level, or equivalent level of specialist knowledge
- On the RCT or AHCS PTP Register
- Management training, e.g. ILM level 3
- Recent Radiation Protection Supervisor certificate
- Ability to service, repair and calibrate complex medical and scientific equipment using appropriate test instrumentation
- Ability to use precision test and measurement equipment safely and effectively
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering, electro-mechanical and computer systems
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines, local rules and safety practices, e.g., ISO 9001, BSI standards, COSHH
- Awareness of Radiation protection considerations of sealed, unsealed and x-ray generator sources
- Specialist training and practical experience on linear accelerators, CT scanners and other radiotherapy equipment
- Extensive practical experience in radiation equipment servicing, workshop practices and techniques, covering preventative maintenance, servicing, calibration and quality control, inspection, repair and safety
- Broad experience in the radiotherapy field
- Completion of relevant manufacturers certified training
Essential
- High-level literacy, numeracy and accuracy
- Able to communicate complex information to other professional groups, including manufacturers
- Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines and maintain technical services
- Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining safety and quality standards
Essential
- Ability to work in line with and role model Group values
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships at all levels
- Professional approach to dealing with staff and patients
- Actively embeds sustainability values into everyday practice and supports consistent application by colleagues
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lincoln County Hospital
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lincoln County Hospital
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For Questions About The Job, Contact:
Head of Radiotherapy Physics
Patrick Downes
patrick.downes2@nhs.net
Details
Date posted
05 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annuam
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
357-LN-541-26-A
Job locations
Lincoln County Hospital
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
Supporting documents
Privacy notice
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)
Education
Bachelor DegreePostgraduate DegreeProfessional Certificate
Skills
Radiotherapy Equipment MaintenanceLinear Accelerator RepairEquipment CalibrationQuality ControlElectrical And Electronic EngineeringElectromechanical SystemsComputer SystemsRadiation ProtectionTechnical TroubleshootingPrecision Test And MeasurementWorkshop PracticesClinical Equipment SafetyTechnical ReportingService AuditingStaff TrainingRegulatory Compliance
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