Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Derby Hospital Town Derby Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/06/2026 23:59 Interview date 17/06/2026
Therapeutic Radiographer
Band 5
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under‑represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex‑armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
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Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;
Job overview
We believe that every Therapeutic Radiographer working for us, plays a key role in improving patient experience and wellbeing, by providing the best possible care, using unique skills of the profession.
We’re looking for passionate and committed individuals, who share our values, and want to invest in continuously improving patient experience.
If you’re a qualified Therapeutic Radiographer looking for a new challenge, or a student due to qualify soon, and you feel passionate about patient care, then we would love to hear from you.
We have 4 Varian Truebeam linear accelerators, two of which have Vision RT Surface Guided Radiotherapy.
Our other equipment includes Philips Big Bore CT with full Ambient Lighting Experience, Superficial Xray Therapy; Nucletron HDR Brachytherapy; and Eclipse external beam planning system. We operate all equipment on the Varian ARIA platform. We are a reference site for Vision RT and Philips.
As a progressive teaching centre for Student Radiotherapists the trust has established links with Sheffield Hallam University where our educational facilities include a seminar room. The Trust actively encourages CPD and role extension with support available to pursue academic courses to further develop and enhance your skills.
Main duties of the job
To work as a Therapeutic Radiographer within the radiotherapy team to provide an efficient high-quality service of patient care and treatment, across all areas of the Radiotherapy Department; both during normal and extended working hours, and within an emergency / on-call commitment.
The Therapeutic radiographers cover all aspects of departmental workload & patient care: including Radiotherapy & Brachytherapy treatment, CT, treatment planning and clinics. The postholder will work within the team to deliver & record complex and highly accurate treatment & planning procedures for each patient, taking individual responsibility for one’s actions within the whole team.
A contribution to shift working, weekend working and Bank Holiday cover, including Category 1 commitment is required in this post, as dictated by service need including the treatment of patients within an emergency service commitment.
To ensure the provision of an efficient high quality service of patient care and treatment, from all areas within the Radiotherapy Treatment Suite; both during normal and extended working hours and within an emergency service commitment.
Closing date: 3 June 2026
Interview date: 17 June 2026
Working for our organisation
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On‑going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
* We see on average 4,810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2,077 per week.
* An average of 1,115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc(Hons) Radiotherapy
* HCPC Registered as Therapeutic Radiographer
Experience & Knowledge
* Evidence of demonstrable working (includes during training) in at least one Radiotherapy department
* Core Knowledge of Radiotherapy Practice
* Knowledge of new developments within Radiotherapy
Skills & Ability
* Evidence of good communication within the Radiotherapy setting
* Awareness of IR(ME)R Regulations in Radiotherapy practice
* Knowledge of UHDB Vision & Values
* Evidence of additional contribution / commitment e.g. student ambassador, CPD courses
Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.
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At UHDB, we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues. For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part‑time, reduced hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, fixed/flexible shifts, annualised hours, term time hours, hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home. Discuss the flexibility you would like to explore during the interview and we will discuss what is possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.
Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check; however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
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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.
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