Senior Radiographer - Therapeutic

Freeman Hospital

Carthage (MO)

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Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 6 Therapeutic Radiographer (Senior Radiographer) at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care in Newcastle. The post entails leading a radiography team and delivering radiotherapy across adult and paediatric services with modern techniques and an active innovation program.

The successful candidate will have a relevant radiotherapy degree, HCPC registration, CPD evidence, and a willingness to pursue further education.

Qualifications

BSc in Radiotherapy or equivalent qualification.
State registration with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) through postgraduate training and study.
Willing to undertake further education relevant to the post.
Postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

Manage a team of radiographers and the clinical workload within a specified area, ensuring high-quality practice and patient care.
Direct delivery of radiotherapy within the clinical area.
Implement and deliver complex radiotherapy procedures including localisation, imaging, dose calculation and treatment delivery.
Undertake radiotherapy practice independently and professionally per protocols and safety standards.
Ensure workload targets are met with optimal use of resources.
Participate in staff and student training/development.
Contribute to holistic patient care as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Motivate others

Negotiation

Time management

Communication

Problem solving

Initiative

IT skills

Education

BSc in Radiotherapy

HCPC registration

CPD active

Willing to study

Postgraduate qualification desirable

Tools

None

Job description

37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
Urgent treatment centres
Post graduate qualification or equivalent experience

Employer heading

Senior Radiographer - Therapeutic

Band 6

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career as a Therapeutic Radiographer at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC), Newcastle. We are a forward-thinking department with an active program of innovation, including MRI-based planning, Hypersight imaging, and Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) with plans to introduce online adaptive radiotherapy.

As part of our friendly and supportive team, you will contribute to the delivery of radiotherapy treatments to approximately 8,000 patients each year, across both adult and paediatric services. We utilise a wide range of modern techniques, including VMAT, gating, SABR, SRS, and daily IGRT, on our fleet of Varian linear accelerators. We also provide specialist treatments such as SXT, TBI and TSEI.

The post holder will provide technical expertise and radiographer leadership for the radiotherapy service within their specialist area.

Join us and be part of a team dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a progressive and innovative environment.

Interview Date: 13 October 2026
37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Therapeutic Radiographer post at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care at Newcastle.

The Successful Candidate Will Be

Responsible for the management of a team of radiographers and a clinical workload within a specified clinical area, ensuring the highest quality of technical practice and patient care.
Accountable for the direct delivery of radiotherapy within a specified clinical area.
Implement and deliver complex radiotherapy procedures including localisation, imaging, dose calculation and treatment delivery.
Undertake radiotherapy practice independently and professionally in accordance with all protocols and procedures, and with care and accuracy.
Ensure workload targets are achieved with optimal use of resources
Participate in and ensure staff & student training/development takes place.
Contribute to holistic patient care as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing specialist advice and information regarding radiotherapy to patients and their carers.

Applications are invited from well-motivated and enthusiastic, experienced radiographers. The post holder will be required to have a flexible approach to working hours to accommodate service demands.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Cramlington Manor Walks
Urgent treatment centres
Newcastle Fertility Centre
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Responsible for the management of a team of radiographers and a clinical workload within a specified clinical area, ensuring the highest quality of technical practice and patient care.
Accountable for the direct delivery of radiotherapy within a specified clinical area.
To implement and deliver complex radiotherapy procedures including localisation, imaging, dose calculation and treatment delivery.
To undertake radiotherapy practice independently and professionally in accordance with all protocols and procedures, and with care and accuracy.
To ensure workload targets are achieved with optimal use of resources.
To participate in and ensure staff & student training/development takes place.
Contribute to holistic patient care as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing specialist advice and information regarding radiotherapy to patients and their carers.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

BSc in Radiotherapy or equivalent qualification
State registration with Health & Care Professions Council
Evidence of continuing professional development through postgraduate training and study appropriate to the post
Willing to undertake further education relevant to post

Desirable criteria

Post graduate qualification or equivalent experience

KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

Specialist knowledge in the delivery of radiotherapy across a broad range of techniques and complexity and of developments within this field
Extensive knowledge of current treatment and imaging procedures, policies and working practices
A working knowledge of standards and legislation in other relevant areas e.g. Health and Safety at work, COSHH, Risk Management and Clinical Governance

Skills

Essential criteria

Able to motivate others and self
Able to negotiate
Good time management skills
Excellent communication skills, listening, written, verbal and non-verbal
Problem solver
Able to use initiative appropriately
IT skills

Experience

Essential criteria

Recent post qualification clinical experience in a modern radiotherapy department

Desirable criteria

Previous experience working as a senior therapeutic radiographer

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download