Treatment Planning Secretary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; University City (MO); On-site; USD 31,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 3 Treatment Planning Secretary to join the radiotherapy treatment planning team at Leeds Cancer Centre. You will coordinate the planning pathway for radiotherapy patients, working with physicists, dosimetrists, clinicians and radiographers to ensure information is accurate and acted upon promptly.

You will bring excellent communication, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritise a varied workload while handling confidential

Qualifications

• Experience in clerical or administrative roles.
• Excellent communication with senior clinical staff.
• Strong organisational skills to meet deadlines.
• Confidence using computers and standard office applications.
• A careful and accurate approach to maintaining patient information and records.
• Professionalism, discretion and patient confidentiality.
• The ability to work on your own initiative and solve problems within your area of responsibility.
• A collaborative approach 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.

Skills

Clerical experience

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

IT literacy

Confidentiality

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Tools

MS Office

EMR systems

Job description

Job Description

For questions about this job, contact:

John Lilley
Head of External Beam Radiotherapy Physics
[e-mail]
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.

Job Summary

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.

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.

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.

You Will Bring

What you will bring to the role

• 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

Our Trust values

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
• Sponsorship Eligibility

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.