Consultant Breast Therapeutic Radiographer
The closing date is 05 May 2026.
This post is fundamentally a training post, however, will support a trained Consultant Therapeutic Radiographer in Breast and/or support additional training to complete said training. A Band 8a Trainee Consultant will be considered if we are unable to find a suitable Trained Consultant. The Consultant Therapeutic Radiographer Trainee will work towards becoming an independent consultant practitioner providing a highly specialised, complex and comprehensive radiotherapy service to patients within breast oncology. Working within codes of practice and professional guidelines, the post holder will have freedom to act, assess and treat a specialised caseload of patients from referral to follow up including survivorship.
Secondment will be considered for internal candidates - If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.
Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.
Please contact Stephen West - stephen.west@uhcw.nhs.uk for an informed discussion and for arranging a visit to the Arden Centre.
Main duties of the job
* To practice at a consultant level providing expert and specialised care for patients receiving radiotherapy for breast cancer, with a very high degree of autonomy and responsible for patient management through the entire radiotherapy pathway.
* To act as core member at MDT meetings with responsibility for treatment decision making and managing direct referrals of patients requiring radiotherapy within site specialism.
* To lead outpatient clinics, carrying out appropriate clinical assessment and consultation of patients referred to you, including gaining informed consent for treatment. May be required to carry out some clinics away from UHCW to support training and development under an honorary contract.
Job responsibilities
* Within protocols, to prescribe and plan (volume) the delivery of radiotherapy for patients in your defined caseload.
* To ensure that all patients and carers have the necessary information to give informed consent for all procedures, including the development of relevant patient information leaflets and booklets.
* In partnership with patients and other professionals, make sound decisions, which are ethically based in the interest of patients, to ensure that patients and their relatives receive care/support that is of a high professional standard.
* To review patients undergoing external beam radiotherapy and advise and manage this complex treatment as along with the management of acute radiation induced toxicity and the associated side effects of cancer treatment.
* Undertake independent or supplementary prescribing within scope of practice using expert analytical skills and judgement and/or administration of medication using Patient Group Directions.
* To undertake assessment, provide support, information and education to patients post treatment in follow up clinics.
* To provide expert clinical information and advice to the multidisciplinary teams across the network and in the primary healthcare setting (e.g. GPs, community nurses).
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
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