Job summary
About Barts Cancer CentreOur Cancer Centre has an international reputation for delivering world-class care to patients with both common and rare cancers. Serving over 1.5 million people across northeast London, Essex and further afield, we provide specialist cancer services supported by cutting-edge technology and an expert multidisciplinary team.
About the Radiotherapy ServiceBased at the internationally renowned St Bartholomew's Hospital in the heart of the City of London, our radiotherapy department offers a dynamic and forward-thinking environment where you'll have the opportunity to work with advanced techniques and the latest innovations in cancer treatment.
Our current equipment includes:
Five Varian TrueBeam linacs; two with 6DoF couch. Upgrades planned throughout 2025 and 2026 include a fleet upgrade to Hypersight, RapidArc Dynamic and SGRT on four TrueBeam linacs and one linac replacement with a Varian ETHOS unit.
XStrahl orthovoltage and Bravos HDR brachytherapy intergraded onto the Radiotherapy ARIA network.
Siemens Somatom Confidence CT for pre-treatment imaging and Varian Eclipse TPS for treatment planning.
We deliver a wide range of advanced techniques, including IMRT, IGRT, TBI, DIBH, SABR, ART, stereotactic radiosurgery (HyperArc) and gynaecological brachytherapy.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Therapeutic Radiographer to join our team. This is a rotational post covering all areas of the department, including pre-treatment imaging, treatment delivery and brachytherapy
Our CultureWe pride ourselves on a strong culture of learning, education, and support. Professional development is actively encouraged, and you'll be supported to identify and pursue opportunities that enhance your skills and career progression.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registration as a Therapeutic Radiographer
- BSc (Hons) in Therapy Radiography
- Awareness of HCPC standards of conduct
Desirable
- Attendance at audit presentations
- Clinical updates
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a Radiotherapy department on the treatment units and pre-treatment.
- Experience of complex techniques Competent in standard simple techniques and able to accept IR(ME)R responsibility
- Experience of record and verification systems, data downloads, data entries, data checks
- Experience of communicating with anxious and stressed patients and relatives regarding treatment issues
Desirable
- Participated in competency training of student radiographers
- Undertaken some sort of presentation since university, e.g. training or update presentation to colleagues
Skills
Essential
- Able to concentrate and keep focused with interruptions from other staff, patients and relatives
- Good spatial and hand eye coordination as required to manoeuvre machinery, patient and equipment avoiding collision and resulting in proper alignment
- Ability to remain calm in a potentially stressful environment
- Self motivated
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registration as a Therapeutic Radiographer
- BSc (Hons) in Therapy Radiography
- Awareness of HCPC standards of conduct
Desirable
- Attendance at audit presentations
- Clinical updates
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a Radiotherapy department on the treatment units and pre-treatment.
- Experience of complex techniques Competent in standard simple techniques and able to accept IR(ME)R responsibility
- Experience of record and verification systems, data downloads, data entries, data checks
- Experience of communicating with anxious and stressed patients and relatives regarding treatment issues
Desirable
- Participated in competency training of student radiographers
- Undertaken some sort of presentation since university, e.g. training or update presentation to colleagues
Skills
Essential
- Able to concentrate and keep focused with interruptions from other staff, patients and relatives
- Good spatial and hand eye coordination as required to manoeuvre machinery, patient and equipment avoiding collision and resulting in proper alignment
- Ability to remain calm in a potentially stressful environment
- Self motivated
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
