Rotating Therapeutic Radiographer: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Job Summary

The post holder will be required to manage all aspects of the workload in the absence of a Band 7 Team lead and will be directly responsible, under their duty of care, for the planning, treatment and care of patients undergoing Radiotherapy.

Provide daily supervision and training to junior staff, students and visitors

Additionally the post holder works closely with Radiotherapy Physicists, Technicians, Oncologists, Dieticians, Speech Therapists, Nurses, Admin staff, other Radiographers and other professional groups to provide a thorough, efficient service encompassing all aspects of accurate Radiotherapy treatment delivery and patient care.

At interview, applicants who do not fully meet Band 6 requirements but demonstrate clear potential may be appointed at Band 5 on a developmental basis. The suitable candidates will enter a structured senior training programme for an agreed, time-limited period and will be responsible for completing all required competencies, with support from the departmental training and education lead. On completion of the programme and mandatory training, the post holder will progress to Band 6. If the programme is not completed within the agreed timeframe, the post holder will remain on the Band 5 pay scale until senior competency is achieved.

Candidates who have applied in the last 6 months need not apply.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is part of a specialist team rotating through the pre-treatment and treatment areas of Radiotherapy. The post holder will work in a senior capacity, to support the team leader of the highly complex treatment unit, Brachytherapy unit, CT planning unit or pre-treatment liaison area.

Provide support to Treatment and Pre-Treatment team lead radiographers and manage all aspects of the service in their absence to ensure smooth and effective service and will be directly responsible, under their individual duty of care, for CT scanning, simple planning, treatment, time management and care of patients undergoing Radiotherapy procedures.

Provide daily supervision, education and training to junior staff, students and visitors.

Work closely with all MDT parties to provide a thorough, efficient service encompassing all aspects of accurate Radiotherapy planning, treatment delivery and patient care.

Adhere to all National and Local policies and procedures and be fully conversant in the IR(ME)R and IRR requirements for their clinical area and able to act as a point of reference for the department.

Will actively participate in service improvement, national and local clinical trials.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Specialist proven knowledge of treatment delivery techniques including IMRT and IGRT.
  • Demonstrable experience of CT procedures within Radiotherapy and virtual simulation.
  • Proven evidence and understanding of working under IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR 2017

Desirable

  • Demonstrable experience with Varian Equipment and ARIA.
  • Cannulation and contrast agent delivery (or willingness to undergo training).

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Therapeutic Radiography or equivalent. DCR (T) or BSc (Hons)
  • HCPC Registration Radiographer
  • Robust C.P.D. Profile

Aptitude and ability

Essential

  • Ability to communicate complex information across professional boundaries (i.e. when resolving complex treatment issues concerning patient set-up, patient reactions, patient documentation, patient radiation dose prescription or changes required to achieve accurate patient treatment.)
  • Ability to teach and educate other professional staff.
  • High level of concentration needed, must be able to concentrate when subject to unpredictable working patterns, whilst delivering highly complex and potentially damaging radiation treatment.

Desirable

  • Required to use computer systems and VDU equipment, use excel, word etc. to produce documents and spreadsheets for audit. Be able to extract the information and produce a post audit report.
  • Able to enter data into and extract data from specialist databases.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 08 February 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.