Clinical Specialist Therapeutic Radiographer

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Therapeutic Radiographer to take the next step in their career. This Clinical Specialist role will take the successful candidate into a sub-specialism within the pre-treatment section, which will enable the further development of your clinical skills to advanced/expert level. Meeting the needs of the radiotherapy service based in Carlisle you will be responsible for the delivery, review and development of your specialist area within radiotherapy at NCCC whilst working closely with colleagues at NCCC to ensure parity of radiotherapy provision across the North East and North Cumbria.

• Interview Date: Thursday 20th November 2025
• 22 Hours 30 Minutes/Week , days negotiable
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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Main duties of the job

The post will be based in the pre-treatment section of the department but will require the post holder to work collaboratively with other sections of the service, including radiotherapy treatment, scheduling, dosimetry, radiotherapy physics and clinical engineering and oncologist colleagues.

The postholder will have extensive knowledge of radiotherapy, techniques and equipment including pre-treatment imaging and be able to relate to relevant current guidelines and targets together with how external policies and pressures affect the provision of the service. They will also have extensive experience of a range of cancers and caring for seriously ill patients and be able to reflect on their practice for continuing development of knowledge.

They will have specialist knowledge in pre-treatment imaging and be able to undertake further academic study to maintain, refine and develop this knowledge to expert practice level. Ensuring compliance with our training strategy is key to the continuing development of the radiographic workforce so the ability motivate and train therapeutic radiographers to deliver high quality, safe and effective pre-treatment imaging is fundamental to this role.

Ideally they will also have experience of developing, managing and implementing change and be able to actively participate and when required lead quality improvement projects.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Responsible for the delivery, review and development of the specialist area within radiotherapy at NCCC-North Cumbria.
• Contribute to holistic patient care as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing specialist advice and information regarding radiotherapy to patients and their careers.
• Undertakes practical and academic training, education and induction of staff & students.
• To be an expert in their field, having specialist knowledge within the defined project area(s) and to undertake appropriate academic or experiential study as agreed with the service leads.
• To maintain competency with existing equipment and systems and to develop the appropriate level of skill with new equipment and new systems of work to ensure continuous improvement and the development of best practise. To contribute to the development of quality improvements within NCCC.
• Timescales for achievement and standards of performance relating to the duties and responsibilities identified in this job description will be agreed via the annual appraisal process with the post-holder, and at monthly review meetings with the Operational Lead Radiographer or Radiotherapy Service Manager.