Specialist Engineering Technologist in Liverpool

Site The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool Town Liverpool Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/10/2026 23:59

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There is a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic person to join the Radiotherapy Engineering team at Clatterbridge. The team is responsible for the maintenance and repair of sophisticated linear accelerators and peripheral technology used in the treatment of cancer.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced engineer, however, lesser experienced people or engineering graduates may be considered at lower grades. You must show enthusiasm for the role, aptitude for engineering, be a self-starter and eager to learn new technology.

The Liverpool site is our flagship site and is soon to operate 4 Varian Truebeam, 2 Halcyon linear accelerators, low-voltage XStrahl Orthovoltage treatment unit and Ariane Papillon unit, as well as Elekta Brachytherapy and Siemens CT services.

The Wirral site has 3 Varian Truebeam linear accelerators, and Siemens CT. It also has the Douglas Cyclotron as part of the National Centre for Eye Proton Therapy.

The Aintree site has 2 Varian Truebeam linear accelerators.

All 3 must be supported by the Engineering team and you may be asked to work at any site.

Main duties of the job

You must be skilled at fault finding complex electronic systems and with good attention to detail, and be able to focus working under pressure. Relevant experience working on radiation equipment and/or complex, high capital value, large scale equipment, where maintaining up-time under pressure is required, is desirable. Mechanical aptitude, and computer networking/advanced IT skills would also be an advantage.

The post holder is required to be a member of the RCT for the Radiation Engineering discipline. If you do not hold this, you are welcome to apply but may be placed on Annex21 or Band 5 (depending on background) whilst obtaining the necessary competency for registration (typical timeframe to registration is 2 - 3 years for someone who hasn't worked in radiotherapy engineering before).

Applicants must have good communication skills and be able to work effectively both independently and within multidisciplinary teams.

Applicants should be able to work unsocial hours, during evenings and weekends if required, and within a rota system. During training, increased weekend work (upto 12 per year) and early/late work (between 7am and 9pm with 7.5 hour shifts) across any of our sites is required to gain experience, so you must be mobile and flexible. There can be lone working aspects to the job once fully trained.

There may be a requirement to visit sites and attend training courses external to the Trust.

Working for our organisation

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Person specification

Qualifications

• HND/BEng or equivalent relevant qualification in engineering/physics, or HNC with in depth experience.
• Registration (or achievement of) as a Clinical Technologist with an accredited register

Knowledge and Expertise

• Advanced knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering, electromechanical and computer systems acquired through relevant courses, updating, training and experience.
• Understand the concept of quality in both healthcare and scientific settings and practical approaches to assuring quality in applied science.
• Knowledge of radiotherapy equipment.
• Specialist knowledge through postgraduate diploma.
• Good basic knowledge of Physics.

Experience

• In depth practical experience across the engineering field.
• Extensive practical experience in equipment servicing, workshop practices and techniques covering preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, repair and safety.
• Specialist manufacturers training on linear accelerators and associated equipment.
• Experience of working within a hospital environment.
• CAD/CAM experience.
• ICT and netowrking

The cost of processing a new DBS application is met by the successful applicant. DBS costs are recovered via salary deduction following commencement in post - further details including cost are available from the Recruitment Team. It is a Trust recommendation that candidates requiring a DBS check subscribe to the DBS Update Service - further details are available here - https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service . Candidates who withdraw post-DBS submission will be invoiced for the full cost of the check including administration fee.

The Trust takes active responsibility for meeting national guidance and legal requirements in relation to our Safeguarding Policy, including local arrangements for the protection of adults at risk.

The Trust is committed to providing high standards of both patient and staff experience. To support us in doing this the Trust, in partnership with Trade Unions has developed and embedded key values and behaviours that all staff are required to demonstrate throughout their employment. The Trust's values and behaviours support the Trust Vision 'to provide the best cancer care to the people we serve' and our Mission 'to improve health and wellbeing through compassionate, safe and effective cancer care'.

We promote and support diversity in our workforce. The Trust have staff networks such as Ethnic Diversity Staff Network, LGBTQ+ Staff Network, Armed Forces Staff Network, MAPLE Staff Network & Menopause Support Group. The Trust does not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment and has firmed up processes for reporting this, including a dedicated Freedom To Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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