Radiotherapy Technology Equipment Manager; XR

Radiotherapy Technology Equipment Manager (XR08)

Weare seeking an exceptional Radiotherapy Equipment Manager to lead the engineering management of our advanced radiotherapy systems. This is a critical leadership role ensuring the reliability, safety, and performance of equipment that supportslife-saving cancer treatments.

Oversee the maintenance,calibration, and lifecycle management of 12 linear accelerators, and associated radiotherapy technology.

Closely collaborate with other members of the multidisciplinary clinical team to ensure the high quality,timely delivery of cancer care.

Lead a team of engineeringtechnical staff, fostering a culture of quality, innovation and continuous improvement.

Work with hospital estates staff,equipment suppliers and other healthcare scientists ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and optimising treatment delivery.

Drive strategic planning for healthcare technology replacement, adoption, upgrade and evolution.

Youwill be an experienced clinical engineer or clinical engineering technologistwith graduate level education and strong leadership skills. You will be committed to advancing the safeand effective use of healthcare technology to enhance the quality of cancercare.

Expected Shortlisting Date

23/02/2026

Planned Interview Date

10/03/2026

Workingas a key manager in the multidisciplinary clinical oncology service, you willbe responsible for ensuring radiotherapy equipment and associated resourcesare correctly specified, constructed, installed and maintained. As well as managing technical staff, youwill be responsible for technical activity carried out on the equipment,coordinating the work with other clinical and scientific activity.

Duringthe course of your work, you will take responsibility for extremely complexand very high value medical and scientific equipment (up to £2 million each). Often the nature of the workwill mean that you make decisions that have significant clinical impact andhigh financial risk. As a consequenceof this, quality assurance and clinical risk management is a key aspect ofthis role.

Radiotherapy Technology Services (RTS) provide equipment management and technical services to users of radiotherapy equipment, associated medical equipment and associated computer systems as well as providing technical services to clinical and scientific research and innovation across the field of cancertherapy.

RTSstaff are grouped by into three operational teams: computer services,electronics and mechanical engineering with a fourth operational teamproviding technical services such as training management, operationallogistics and special project management.

Technical services are normally delivered through multidisciplinarygroups where group members are drawn from a combination of thesesub-specialism teams.

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Professional& Managerial:

The jobholder manages and coordinate technical activity on radiotherapy equipmentthroughout the equipment lifecycle, through site preparation, delivery,installation, commissioning, clinical use, decommissioning and disposal.

Thejobholders develops, leads and manages a comprehensive system to provide medical equipment management services across a wide range of complex equipment and, working with other managers and team leaders organises RTSstaff to deliver this service.

The jobholder is responsible for the line management of engineering technical teams including the recruitment and selection of staff.

The jobholder works with relevant hospital departments, managed equipment service providers and other external organisations to develop and maintain a range ofservice contracts providing technical services to the radiotherapy equipment.

The jobholder is…