Job overview
Band 6 Senior Therapeutic RadiographerBarts Health NHS Trust – St Bartholomew’s Hospital
1. 12 month FTC - 1. Permanent post
Barts Health NHS Trust has a clear vision: to be a high-performing group of hospitals, renowned for excellence, innovation, and the delivery of safe, compassionate care to patients across east London and beyond.
About Barts Cancer Centre
Our 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 Service
Based 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, with an ongoing fleet upgrade to Hypersight, RapidArc Dynamic and SGRT planned throughout 2026).
·XStrahl orthovoltage, Bravos HDR and Papillion contact 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.
Our Culture
We 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.
Main duties of the job
The Role
We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Senior 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.
Interested? For more information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact: Liam Wiles Liam.wiles@nOperational Lead / Associate Head of Radiotherapy
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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 criteria
1. HCPC registration as a Therapeutic Radiographer
2. BSc (Hons) in Therapy Radiography
3. Awareness of HCPC standards of conduct
Desirable criteria
4. Evidence of post graduate study
5. Clinical updates
Experience
Essential criteria
6. Post registration experience of working in a Radiotherapy department on the treatment units and pretreatment.
7. Experience of complex techniques Competent in standard simple techniques and able to accept IR(ME)R responsibility
8. Experience with IGRT
9. Experience of record and verification systems, data downloads, data entries, data checks
10. Experience of communicating with anxious and stressed patients and relatives regarding treatment issues
Desirable criteria
11. Previous senior experience.
12. Undertaken some sort of presentation since university, e.g. training or update presentation to colleagues
13. Aria/Varian equipment experience.
14. Experience of advanced techniques e.g. SABR, SRS, DIBH, TBI etc
15. Ability to critically evaluate CBCT images.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
16. Understand the optimisation of patient treatments
17. Core knowledge of a range of radiotherapy equipment and techniques together with the principles underlying them. Understanding of Ionising Radiation Regulations and responsibilities relating to own professional practice
18. Knowledge of departmental and Trust values and behaviours
Desirable criteria
19. Knowledge of research and trials.
20. Awareness of governance and its importance in maintaining safe practice.
Skills
Essential criteria
21. Able to concentrate and keep focused with interruptions from other staff, patients and relatives
22. Good spatial and hand eye coordination as required to manoeuvre machinery, patient and equipment avoiding collision and resulting in proper alignment
23. Ability to work well within and lead a team when required.
24. Ability to remain calm in a potentially stressful environment
25. Self motivated
Other
Essential criteria
26. Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with colleagues and patients in an informed and professional way using appropriate language.
Desirable criteria
27. Supervision and guidance of other Radiographers, undergraduate students, multidisciplinary visitors, within area of work or responsibility
**Visa Sponsorship Information**
Recent changes to UK immigration policy on the Health and Care Visa and Skilled Worker Visa could mean that this role is not eligible for sponsorship or that you may not meet the eligibility criteria.
Sponsorship can only be offered if this post and any individual offered employment meet all the Home Office’s requirements under the UK Skilled Worker visa scheme.
If you are applying from outside the UK or will require sponsorship, please mention this clearly in your application.
To be eligible for sponsorship, the following conditions must be met:
28. Eligible role: The position must be on the UK Skilled Worker visa list. You can check your eligibility here: -.
29. Salary threshold: The role must meet the minimum salary set by the Home Office. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.
30. Skill level: The role must meet the minimum skill requirement of RQF Level 6 or above (graduate level).
31. English language: Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency at CEFR level B1 or higher.
32. Other criteria: Applicants must meet all other criteria as set out by the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)