Radiotherapy Electronics Engineer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and experienced Radiotherapy Electronics Engineer to provide high-quality maintenance and repair services for the Radiotherapy Service. You will join a team of experienced engineers, working with complex equipment like linear accelerators, which involve high voltage, vacuum, and RF systems. The position offers a dynamic environment with daily challenges and learning opportunities, supported by fully equipped workshops. The department provides a full range of scientific and technical services across Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals.
Key responsibilities
- Keep relevant scientific and technical records of work performed, ensuring the equipment management computer database is accurately operated.
- Be a member of the team responsible for the day-to-day running of PPM schedules for radiotherapy diagnostic and treatment machines.
- Prioritise work according to Department/Section's procedures and competing service demands, and propose changes to working practices.
- Assist other groups in the Department with the development and construction of new and novel devices for clinical activity and research.
- Carry out all duties in accordance with Health and Safety at Work Act requirements and relevant regulations, reporting any potential breaches.
- Acquire specific knowledge on particular items of equipment and ensure clients receive a high quality, prompt, and efficient service.
Essential criteria
- MSc/BSc/BEng/HNC or equivalent in electronic engineering
- Relevant manufacturer's courses certificates.
- An aptitude to working with advanced electronic equipment. Previous work in the health environment.
- Must have extensive experience working in an electronic engineering healthcare environment with patient critical multifaceted radiotherapy equipment using circuit diagrams and Service Manuals in order to carry out advanced fault finding & servicing.
- Will have experience in prioritising and managing own work and be able exercise initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence.
- Able to access databases and spreadsheets ACCESS, EXCEL, WORD and Digital Imaging used for the production of maintenance, repair, test and calibration records, documents.
- Highly competent in the use of electronic workshop equipment; soldering irons, both hand and bench drills, and a wide range of analogue and digital test equipment, including high voltage probes, current probes, oscilloscopes, multi-meters, wavemeters.
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines, e.g. Health & Safety at Work Regulations, Factories Act, Electricity at Work Regulations, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health,
- Knowledge of the potential hazards posed by ionising radiation, non-ionising radiation, liquid nitrogen, implosion of RF components, fumes, oils, solvents, compressed gases, tools and torches at highly elevated temperatures, cleansing agents, high speeds drills.
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System
- Highly developed hand/eye coordination for the manipulation of fine tools, materials and parts used in the precision manufacture/assembly/testing of small and delicate parts, integrated circuits on printed circuit boards.
Desirable criteria
- Applied to patient critical multifaceted Radiotherapy equipment.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Radiotherapy Electronics Engineer
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced Radiotherapy Electronics Engineer to participate in delivering a high quality maintenance & repair service to our Radiotherapy Service. This is an opportunity to join a team of highly experienced engineers. You will be educated to B.Sc. degree level or equivalent in electronics and electrical engineering, with experience in the field of radiotherapy, working with linear accelerators (linacs).
Linacs incorporate high voltage systems, high vacuum systems, high power RF systems and circuits, cooling systems, microcontroller based systems, pressurised gas systems and complex mechanical systems; and you will be expected to work in any of these areas. This creates a dynamic working environment where each day can hold a multitude of challenges and opportunities to learn. The department boasts fully equipped electronics and mechanical workshops to enable on site repairs.
The Radiation Physics Department provides a full range of complex radiotherapy scientific and technical services at Charing Cross Hospital (CHX) and Hammersmith Hospital (HH). The major clinical equipment on the CHX site currently includes four Varian TB linacs, two of which are being replaced with two Accuray Radiaxcts, a Siemen
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