Posted April 23, 2025
Job Title: Rotating Radiotherapy Radiographer
Existing Grade: Band 6
Service Line: Oncology
Department: Radiotherapy
Accountable to: Radiotherapy Manager
Job Purpose:
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.
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.
As a Practice Educator 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.
Will actively participate in clinical trials and in house research.
Key Dimensions:
1. The Treatment Management System (2 servers + 25 workstations) records
And verifies ~25,000 treatment attendances p.a.
2. The Department is composed of 10 Consultants, 6 Specialist Registrars, 28
Radiographers, 1 Assistant Practitioner, 1 Radiotherapy Helper,1 CT Assistant and 4
Administration Support Officers providing a comprehensive service to cancer
Patients
3. A Linear Accelerator workload is 30-35 patients a day, depending on the
Complexity of the set-up.
4. The CT workload is 10 -11 new patients a day.
5. The Liaison workload for patient review is 110-120 patients on average a
Week, plus other associate activities taking the average to 140-150 a week.
6. The Stereotactic Radio surgery Unit serves a population of 4 million