radiotherapy Career promotion
Virtual Reality workplace experience
We've been working with radiotherapy colleagues from networks and centres across the country to develop a virtual reality workplace experience.
The production team at Animmersion UK used high-tech 360 degree cameras to film radiotherapy professionals in their working environment.
The content includes Therapeutic Radiography, Clinical Technology, including treatment planning, dosimetry and engineering and Clinical Science.
Users will be able to see and hear from radiotherapy staff about their roles and how they got into their careers.
They'll be able to enter a radiotherapy treatment room and see the multi-million pound treatment machines, called linear accelerators, used to deliver high doses of radiation to treat cancer.
Participating radiotherapy centres and networks have purchased VR headsets to provide an immersive experience of what it's like to work in a radiotherapy department.
If you're interested in a career in radiotherapy, contact your local radiotherapy centres to find out about careers event near you, to hear first hand about the work they do and what is involved in different roles.
This project has been a collaboration between Network Managers from the Northern Radiotherapy Network, East of England Radiotherapy Network and Yorkshire and Humber Radiotherapy Network, on behalf of all radiotherapy providers and networks in England.
Thank you to NHS England for your support.
With special thanks to Michelle Bates and Helen Baines for all of your work.
get into radiotherapy careers
signup information
The Get into Radiotherapy Careers virtual reality experience is available for all Radiotherapy Networks, Radiotherapy Providers, professional bodies and higher education institutes (HEIs).
Content can be downloaded remotely onto compatible headsets purchased via Animmersion UK ltd.
Included in the price of the headset;
- Remote mobile device management software preinstalled with license for up to 1 year
- Updates and future content installed without direct access to the equipment and minimising specialised additional skills for IT teams.
- Setup & Admin fees.
- Delivery to a single UK mainland address.
Included in the 12 month support contract (only available to Radiotherapy Networks/Providers in England);
- Up to 3 days over the year for external maintenance of the headsets which can include installation of software/content from other vendors at your request.
To obtain a quote, please contact Natalie Reed, Business Development Director at Animmersion UK Ltd nreed@animmersion.co.uk
user guide for Participating centres
Radiotherapy centres, and other radiotherapy stakeholders such as Higher Education Institutes, Professional Bodies etc, who have signed up for a headset can access the User Guide, which has been developed to provide information, advice and support to set up the headset and start using it at your events.
Once headsets have been ordered and received, a User Guide will be sent out via email.
We recommend printing a copy to stay with each headset.
growing our workforce
Ensuring we have a skilled and competent radiotherapy workforce is critical to ensure we continue to meet the growth in demand for radiotherapy services and we treat people within the required timescales.
We regularly collect data about our radiotherapy workforce to help us plan for the future.
We have produced a draft plan to help us achieve our workforce priorities and ensure we have a radiotherapy workforce fit for the future.
We have worked with our colleagues at the Northern Cancer Alliance to align our workforce priorities, which are;
- Growing and training our workforce
- Looking after our people
- Improving system leadership, capacity and culture
- Preparing for new models of care, the impact of new technology and optimising new roles