Senior Medical Physicist

Job Title: Senior Medical Physicist
Location: Cork

Contract: Fulltime, Permanent, 4 days per week.

Excel Recruitment is delighted to partner with a well-established and highly regarded cancer centre in Cork to recruit a Senior Medical Physicist.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Medical Physicist seeking a Senior Clinical role with strong leadership support, a full-time 4-day working week, and the chance to contribute meaning fully within a collaborative, patient-focused environment.

The successful candidate will join a friendly and dynamic team. You will work closely with, and be supported by, an outstanding Chief Medical Physicist and a highly skilled multidisciplinary team.

The Role

As Senior Medical Physicist, you will play a key role in the delivery and continuous improvement of Radiotherapy Physics services, contributing across treatment planning, dosimetry, imaging, quality assurance, and clinical governance. This role offers a balance of hands-on clinical work, professional influence, and work-life balance within an established service.

The Opportunity

• Provide senior clinical and scientific expertise across Radiotherapy Physics, including treatment planning, imaging, dosimetry, and QA
• Support service development, clinical governance, and risk management in line with Irish and EU radiation protection legislation and best practice
• Work collaboratively within a well-established physics team under the leadership of the Chief Medical Physicist
• Contribute to the optimisation of existing technologies and the implementation of new techniques and workflows
• Partner with Radiation Oncology, Radiography, Nursing, and Hospital Management to deliver safe, efficient, and patient-centred care.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day delivery of Radiotherapy Physics services, including QA programmes for external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy
• Contribute to oversight of treatment planning systems, IGRT/CBCT, and dosimetry, ensuring traceability and audit readiness
• Participate in commissioning and validation of new equipment, software, and clinical techniques (e.g. VMAT, SBRT, SRS, HDR)
• Assist with the development, review, and implementation of SOPs and clinical protocols
• Participate in safety, quality, and governance activities, including incident learning and compliance reporting
• Support teaching, training, research, and collaboration with academic and national networks.

Essential Requirements

• PhD or MSc in Medical Physics or a related discipline from an accredited programme
• Registered Medical Physics Expert (Ireland), or recognised European / UK training, or US (DABR) / Canadian equivalent registration
• Minimum of six years' satisfactory experience, with at least three years at senior level, in Radiotherapy, Radiological Physics, Medical Imaging, Radiation Protection, or a related field
• Strong background in linear accelerator calibration and periodic quality assurance
• Experience with 3D conformal radiotherapy, brachytherapy, and treatment planning systems
• Essential experience with radiosurgery and IMRT / VMAT
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary clinical team

Your Rewards:

• Relocation package
• Competitive pay for the work employees do - base pay, performance related pay and premium pay where applicable.
• Comprehensive pension plan, and company funded Death in Service Benefit x 3 times.
• Critical Illness cover for all employees up to the age of 66.
• Commitment to work-life balance and employee wellness.
• Fully paid maternity and paternity leave.

How to Apply:

For more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Charlene Cooke confidentially by telephone 089 9455139 or by at