Senior Assistant Technician - Radiotherapy Technology (XR04)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

Senior Assistant Technician - Radiotherapy Technology (XR04)

We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic engineering technician to join our team of clinical technologists in Radiotherapy Technology Services (RTS), part of Medical Physics and Engineering sited in the Oncology Clinical Service Unit at Bexley Wing, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds.

You will work collaboratively to assist our engineering teams in providing specialist medical engineering services to support the clinical radiotherapy service and wider organisation, whilst following an engineering technologist training programme.

The post holder will spend time in each of the specialist teams in RTS to learn and develop skills in electronics, computing, and mechanical engineering. They will support the clinical radiotherapy service through the repair and maintenance of cancer treatment and clinical computing systems as well as building the knowledge and skills to support the design and development of devices to improve patient care and staff experience throughout the hospital.

The successful applicant will demonstrate a strong willingness to learn, good team working skills, the ability to use their own initiative, and engineering proficiency.

Applications are also invited from candidates who are within 12 months of obtaining a Level 4 Diploma in Healthcare Science; they may be appointed to a lower grade until those qualifications are achieved.

Planned Interview Date: 13/06/2025

Main Duties of the Job

The main duties of the role include:

1. Carrying out supervised maintenance tasks on medical equipment.
2. Carrying out supervised production of custom-made treatment devices and manufacture of other medical and non-medical devices.
3. Carrying out supervised work equipment maintenance, store area management, controlled documentation, and controlled software management.
4. Developing knowledge and skills to become a valued member of the radiotherapy technology services team.
5. Maintaining accurate, detailed, and timely records relating to design and development work as well as day to day medical equipment maintenance.
6. Supporting the training of medical engineering apprentices.
7. Suggesting improvements in practice and participating in the improvement of work processes.

The successful candidate will work closely with our multidisciplinary team of engineers, clinical technologists, therapy radiographers, and medical physicists, as well as engaging and collaborating with patients and clinicians on projects aimed at enhancing clinical services.

About Us

Radiotherapy Technology Services (RTS) is a group within the Radiotherapy Physics section of the Department of Medical Physics and Engineering at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. RTS staff collaborate with clinical and scientific users of radiotherapy equipment to provide equipment management and related technical services.

The four teams in RTS; Clinical Computing, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Services, collaborate to carry out activity in multidisciplinary workgroups.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the UK. We are committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our staff helped to define the values and behaviours that we should work to so that we can achieve this vision. This has become known as The Leeds Way, and forms the foundation of our culture, our ethos and how we work every day.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job Responsibilities

Principal Duties & Areas of Responsibility

Technical

1. Provides clinical technical services and technical advice for radiotherapy technology users.
2. Carries out supervised maintenance and calibration tasks on medical equipment.
3. Assists in providing technical services for research & development activities.
4. Produces custom-made treatment devices and manufactures other medical and non-medical devices per local procedures and work instructions.

Quality Assurance

1. Participates in the RTS ISO 9001 quality system and complies with the quality policy, quality manual, related procedures, work instructions, and Medical Devices Regulations.
2. Assists in quality system administrative tasks, including calibration and inspection or test & measuring equipment calibration.

Management of Information

1. Accurately records all relevant information and maintains records according to Trust and departmental procedures, often in electronic format.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Academic qualifications in a relevant subject at level 3 or above, e.g. A-level, National Certificate or equivalent.

Skills and Behaviours

• Please give examples of your strong team working skills.
• Please give examples of your problem-solving skills.
• Please give examples of your communication skills to deliver accurate and timely information.

Other Criteria

• Please give examples of your ability to move medium/heavy objects.
• Please give examples of where you have successfully used fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Experience

• Please give examples of your experience working in an engineering, or similar, environment.
• Please give examples of your experience in using common engineering tools (these could include simple machine tools, measuring and test equipment, computer diagnostic software).
• Please give an example of your experience in using safe working practices in clinical and/or engineering environments.
• Please give examples of your experience in performing preventative maintenance on complex equipment.
• Please give examples of your experience in identifying and rectifying faults on complex equipment.

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.