Treatment Planning Secretary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 3 Treatment Planning Secretary to support the radiotherapy planning team at Leeds Cancer Centre. You will coordinate the planning pathway for radiotherapy patients, liaising with physicists, dosimetrists, clinicians and radiographers to keep information accurate and readily available.

You should be organised, proactive and comfortable handling confidential data, contributing to an efficient, patient‑centred service in a busy clinical setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in clerical or administrative roles.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational abilities with attention to deadlines.
• Discretion and confidentiality when handling patient information.
• Collaborative approach across teams and departments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the planning pathway for radiotherapy patients.
• Work with physicists, dosimetrists, clinicians and radiographers.
• Maintain accurate and accessible information for timely action.
• Support a busy clinical service with organised workflow.

Skills

Clerical experience

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Confidentiality

Teamwork

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Join Leeds Cancer Centre as a Band 3 Treatment Planning Secretary and help the department deliver advanced, high-quality radiotherapy care.

We are looking for an organised and enthusiastic Band 3 Treatment Planning Secretary to join the radiotherapy treatment planning team at Leeds Cancer Centre, within Medical Physics.

You will play an important part in coordinating the planning pathway for patients receiving radiotherapy, working closely with physicists, dosimetrists, clinicians and radiographers to ensure information is accurate, available and acted upon promptly. This is an opportunity to use your administrative skills to make a meaningful contribution to cancer care.

Main duties of the job

You will bring excellent communication skills, attention to detail and the ability to prioritise a varied workload and meet deadlines. Confident using computers and handling confidential information, you will be comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a busy clinical service. If you enjoy bringing organisation to a complex workflow and building effective working relationships, we would welcome your application.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Head of External Beam Radiotherapy Physics

0113 206 7617

Shortlisting Date: 23/11/2026

Interview Date: 09/12/2026

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Why you should join our Team

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the UK. We are committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our staff helped to define the values and behaviours that we should work to so that we can achieve this vision. This has become known as The Leeds Way, and forms the foundation of our culture, our ethos and how we work every day.

The radiotherapy service in St James’s treats over 7500 new radiotherapy patients per annum. The centre is equipped with the latest technology, including 12 Versa HDs, MRSim, RayStation treatment planning, a Flexitron HDR remote afterloading platform for advanced image guided brachytherapy, I-125 prostate brachytherapy service and Gamma Knife ICON.

What you will bring to the role

You will bring:

• Experience of working in a clerical or administrative role.
• Excellent communication skills, including experience of liaising with senior clinical staff.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Confidence using computers and standard office applications.
• A careful and accurate approach to maintaining patient information and records.
• Professionalism, discretion and a commitment to maintaining patient confidentiality.
• The ability to work on your own initiative and solve problems within your area of responsibility.
• A collaborative approach, building effective working relationships across different staff groups.
• Flexibility to manage a busy and varied workload.
• A positive attitude to change and a willingness to learn and support new ways of working.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Person Specification

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.

Head of External Beam Radiotherapy Physics