Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Radiotherapy Treatment NCCC - FH
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-39-15-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 30/10/2025
Employer heading
Senior Radiographer - Therapeutic
Band 6
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
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
The Radiotherapy departments at NCCC provide a highly specialist clinical technical service in the treatment of cancer patients, receiving approximately 7800 new patient referrals per year.
Radiotherapy involves the use of ionising radiation in targeting tumours; the radiation is delivered to the patient using highly complex equipment including CT, MRI and Linear Accelerators. The radiotherapy departments in both Newcastle and Carlisle benefit from state-of-the-art equipment which includes 8 linear accelerators, 2 CT scanners, an MRI scanner and an SXT unit in Newcastle and 2 linear accelerators, a CT scanner and dedicated slots on a diagnostic MRI in Carlisle.
The Radiographers who operate the treatment machines and imaging equipment are educated to degree level and have a thorough understanding of the principles of oncology, radiation physics, radiation safety, radiobiology and care of the cancer patient. Patients may attend the department for a single episode of treatment or for a course of treatment lasting up to 6 weeks. Typically, between 35 – 50 patients receive radiotherapy per day on a treatment machine. The team of Radiographers take responsibility for management of the patient workload and assessing the patient’s condition on a daily basis. The service has responsibility to train BSc radiotherapy students in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Liverpool across both BSc and MSc programmes and including apprenticeships.
Main duties of the job
The Radiographers work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, along with Consultant Clinical Oncologists, Specialist Registrars, Physicist, Medical Technologist & Specialist Nurses in achieving a high standard of care for the patient.
The post holder will provide technical expertise and radiographer leadership for the radiotherapy service within their specialist area.
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.
- Interview Date: 30th and 31st October 2025
- 37 hours 30 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
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.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Small
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist Radiographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2139227
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