Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Radiotherapy Treatment Lead

The closing date is 25 June 2025

Job summary

Join Our Dynamic Radiotherapy Team - Make a Real Difference Every Day

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our innovative and supportive team, where you'll be at the forefront of cutting-edge cancer treatment. We're equipped with Elekta Linacs and a brand-new Halcyon system featuring Ethos software, enabling us to deliver state-of-the-art adaptive radiotherapy. Our department also runs a busy and diverse brachytherapy service, treating prostate, gynaecological, and skin cancers, and we utilise a Toshiba wide bore CT scanner for precision imaging.

As a Team Leader, you'll be responsible for guiding and managing a small team of Radiographers, Apprentice Radiographers, and Assistants (3-4 staff), ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of our treatment or pre-treatment units. You'll play a key role in delivering a timely, accurate, and patient-centred service--working collaboratively while following departmental protocols.

You'll provide essential support and reassurance to patients throughout their treatment journey, always maintaining the highest standards of care, professionalism, and respect for patient dignity and emotional well-being.

If you're passionate about delivering outstanding patient care, motivated to lead, and excited by the opportunity to work with advanced radiotherapy technologies--we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Lead by example in clinical documentation and accurate record-keeping for both treatment planning and delivery.

Be adaptable and flexible, working shifts or extended hours as needed to meet patient demand.

Participate in the on-call rota and be available for weekend and Bank Holiday coverage when required to support service continuity.

To be responsible for the daily efficient time management of the treatment unit workload and patient workload.

Implement departmental policies and procedures, participating in the development as required including proposing changes to practice. Initiate new policies to maintain or improve services to patients.

To organise, manage and delegate tasks and duties as required to maintain an effective patient-focussed service.

Ensure that radiotherapy treatments are precisely planned and delivered, with careful consideration of dosage, targeting, and patient positioning.

About us

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Details

Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

390-DoM-SO-8230

Job locations

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff-on-Sea

SS0 0RY


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further detailed information, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We look forward to receiving your application

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further detailed information, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We look forward to receiving your application

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc (hons) Radiotherapy (or equivalent)
  • HCPC
  • Evidence of post graduate study

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Post-graduate clinical experience with evidence of working clinically at a Senior Radiographer level or equivalent for 3 years.
  • Extensive working knowledge of Linear Accelerators, CT and pre-treatment

Desirable

  • Participated in the introduction or new techniques to a service

Personal and People Development

Essential

  • Ability to lead a team
  • Ability to use initiative
  • Able to train and develop junior staff
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc (hons) Radiotherapy (or equivalent)
  • HCPC
  • Evidence of post graduate study

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Post-graduate clinical experience with evidence of working clinically at a Senior Radiographer level or equivalent for 3 years.
  • Extensive working knowledge of Linear Accelerators, CT and pre-treatment

Desirable

  • Participated in the introduction or new techniques to a service

Personal and People Development

Essential

  • Ability to lead a team
  • Ability to use initiative
  • Able to train and develop junior staff

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff-on-Sea

SS0 0RY


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff-on-Sea

SS0 0RY


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Radiotherapy Service Manager

Sarah Walsh

sarah.walsh39@nhs.net

03004437249

Details

Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

390-DoM-SO-8230

Job locations

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff-on-Sea

SS0 0RY


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