Consultant Breast Therapeutic Radiographer

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Coventry is seeking a Consultant Breast Therapeutic Radiographer. This role supports the trained Consultant in delivering specialized radiotherapy care for breast cancer patients while providing opportunities for further training. The successful candidate will have responsibilities including patient management, leading outpatient clinics, and collaborating in multidisciplinary teams to ensure high standards of patient care. This position is designed for those committed to advancing in the field of breast oncology.

Qualifications

• Ability to work autonomously while providing specialized care for breast cancer patients.
• Experience in patient management throughout the radiotherapy pathway.
• Excellent communication skills for multidisciplinary teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert care and manage a caseload of patients receiving radiotherapy for breast cancer.
• Lead outpatient clinics and ensure informed consent for treatments.
• Review patients undergoing external beam radiotherapy and manage side effects.

Job description

Consultant Breast Therapeutic Radiographer

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

The closing date is 11 February 2026

This post is fundamentally a training post, however, it will support a trained Consultant Therapeutic Radiographer in Breast and/or support additional training to complete said training. The Consultant Therapeutic Radiographer Trainee will work towards becoming an independent consultant practitioner providing a highly specialised, complex and comprehensive radiotherapy service to patients within breast oncology. Working within codes of practice and professional guidelines, the post holder will have freedom to act, assess and treat a specialised caseload of patients from referral to follow up including survivorship.

Secondment will be considered for internal candidates - If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Please contact Stephen West - [e-mail] for an informed discussion and for arranging a visit to the Arden Centre.

Main duties of the job

• To practice at a consultant level providing expert and specialised care for patients receiving radiotherapy for breast cancer, with a very high degree of autonomy and responsible for patient management through the entire radiotherapy pathway.
• To act as core member at MDT meetings with responsibility for treatment decision making and managing direct referrals of patients requiring radiotherapy within site specialism.
• To lead outpatient clinics, carrying out appropriate clinical assessment and consultation of patients referred to you, including gaining informed consent for treatment. May be required to carry out some clinics away from UHCW to support training and development under an honorary contract.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• Within protocols, to prescribe and plan (volume) the delivery of radiotherapy for patients in your defined caseload.
• To ensure that all patients and carers have the necessary information to give informed consent for all procedures, including the development of relevant patient information leaflets and booklets.
• In partnership with patients and other professionals, make sound decisions, which are ethically based in the interest of patients, to ensure that patients and their relatives receive care/support that is of a high professional standard.
• To review patients undergoing external beam radiotherapy and advise and manage this complex treatment as along with the management of acute radiation induced toxicity and the associated side effects of cancer treatment.
• Undertake independent or supplementary prescribing within scope of practice using expert analytical skills and judgement and/or administration of medication using Patient Group Directions.
• To undertake assessment, provide support, information and education to patients post treatment in follow up clinics.
• To provide expert clinical information and advice to the multidisciplinary teams across the network and in the primary healthcare setting (e.g. GPs, community nurses).

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills Physical

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Skills Communication

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Skills Mental Abilities

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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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.

Address

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire