Job overview
The Radiotherapy Physics service has an exciting opportunity for a Degree Apprentice to join the Radiotherapy Engineering team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to partake in a 3 year Healthcare Science (Radiation Engineering) level 6 degree training program. The practical and academic training will be mainly based in-house at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with block release attendance at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
All university and training costs are included as part of this program.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to have a logical and practical approach to problem solving, good communication skills, willingness for continuous learning and development, and an interest in electronic/mechanical engineering and IT.
For degree entry, the minimum requirement will be as follows:
5 GCSEs A*-C (9-4) or equivalent and must include Maths and English with additional Science/Engineering (preferably).
3 A-levels (BBC) in Physics (preferably) and one other in Science/Maths or Level 3 equivalence in Engineering (DDM).
As part of the selection process candidates may be asked to attend a recruitment open day, perform a practical and written test and attend a formal interview.
Working for our organisation
The radiotherapy department is based around cancer treating Varian networked therapy equipment which includes three state-of-the-art Truebeam Medical Linear Accelerators and the ARIA patient treatment management system. The department also has a new Canon Wide Bore CT Scanner and the Xstrahl Orthovoltage kV therapy machine. The Radiotherapy Engineering team is responsible for maintaining, calibrating, carrying out fault diagnosis and repair of these complex systems. The team also liaises with Radiotherapy Physicists to carry out machine and radiation Quality Assurance tests.
Additional engineering work and tasks so support the radiotherapy clinical service are also performed within the well-equipped engineering workshop.
