# Clinical Technologist/Treatment Planner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-technologisttreatment-planner/45aceddb-8b44-4421-9a2a-935c3c1afa6d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-technologisttreatment-planner/45aceddb-8b44-4421-9a2a-935c3c1afa6d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St James's University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical technologist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-10-23T22:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T10:56:30.131Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9298-26-1049 - **Application URL:** https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/JobDetail?jobid=2245&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Join Leeds Cancer Centre as a Band 6 Treatment Planning Clinical Technologist and help deliver advanced, high-quality radiotherapy care. ### Main duties of the job Applications are invited for a Band 6 Treatment Planning Clinical Technologist post in Radiotherapy Physics at Leeds Cancer Centre, based at St Jamess University Hospital. We will consider candidates with less experience that can be employed on Annex 21. The post sits within the Treatment Planning and Mould Room service and will contribute to the planning of routine and highly complex radiotherapy treatments, routine dosimetry and quality control, and the wider safe delivery of radiotherapy services. The successful candidate will be an experienced, motivated and clinically focused practitioner able to work as part of a strong multidisciplinary team. The role offers the opportunity to support advanced radiotherapy techniques, clinical trials, service development and innovation within one of the largest radiotherapy centres in the UK ### About us The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do. ### Details - Date posted: 01 October 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 002242 - Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities For questions about this job, contact: John Lilley, Head of External Beam Radiotherapy Physics johnlilley@nhs.net 0113 206 7617 Shortlisting Date: 26/10/2026 Interview Date: 11/11/26 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the UK. We are committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our staff helped to define the values and behaviours that we should work to so that we can achieve this vision. This has become known as The Leeds Way, and forms the foundation of our culture, our ethos and how we work every day. The radiotherapy service in St James’s treats over 7500 new radiotherapy patients per annum. The centre is equipped with the latest technology, including 12 Versa HDs, MRSim, RayStation treatment planning, a Flexitron HDR remote afterloading platform for advanced image guided brachytherapy, I-125 prostate brachytherapy service and Gamma Knife ICON. The managed equipment service was recently renewed, ensuring equipment replacement and comprehensive support for the next 15 years. What you will bring to the role You will need a degree in Clinical Technology or related discipline (or equivalent level of knowledge and experience) backed up by specific training in radiotherapy treatment planning (equivalent to a post-graduate diploma in level). BSc Therapy Radiography and specific training in radiotherapy treatment planning post qualification to the same level as above. Be a registered Clinical Technologist or Registered Therapy Radiographer or a clearly defined path to Clinical Technologist registration. You will need: - Knowledge in the operation of 3D treatment planning systems. - Knowledge of CT simulator output and patient set up. - Understanding of current Mould Room working practices. - Training and practical experience in quality systems such as ISO/9001:2008. - It will be great if you have: - Experience in the operation of complex radiotherapy technology including linear accelerators. - Experience of working with CT simulators - Experience of Mould Room output. - Auditor training. Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy. About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Our Trust values The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients. We are…. Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind Our Trust priorities Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time Our priorities: People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications. ## Person Specification ### Practical Skills **Essential** - Team working skills, flexibility, initiative, honesty, integrity, influencing and persuading skills and ability to learn. - Works within timeframes and works well under pressure. - Patient, diplomatic and able to develop good working relationships with different groups of colleagues. - Problem solving and initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence. - Proven ability to prioritise the work of the treatment planning section and own work. - Proven ability to influence cross discipline teams working within own specialist area of competence. - Interpersonal skills (oral communication), analytical skills (judgement, objective setting), organisational awareness and dynamism (self-confidence & decisiveness). ### Behaviours/Skills **Essential** - To act at all times in a professional manner, showing courtesy and respect for other staff and patients. - Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality. - Creative lateral thinker. - Proven ability to work flexibly. - Proven ability to cope with large and variable workload. - Positive attitude to change. - Organised, neat, articulate and numerate. - Highly developed physical accuracy and hand eye co-ordination to millimetric levels for mark-up and adjustment of Beam immobilisation Devices and patient tattooing as well as Quality Assurance of Radiotherapy equipment. - Proven ability to communicate complex information (e.g. justifying planning methods to clinicians). - Proven ability to train groups of other professional staff in planning issues (e.g. train Physicists, Doctors and radiographers in the production of treatment plans). - Proven ability to communicate diplomatically with patients and relatives. - Proven ability to deal with complex and unpredictable situations for example trouble shooting and deciding about an appropriate course of action for a patients treatment whilst under extreme pressure - Participation in a MDT environment. - Ability to train groups of other professional staff in planning issues (e.g. train Physicists, Doctors and radiographers in the production of treatment plans). ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy. ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Either: Degree in Clinical Technology or related discipline (or equivalent level of knowledge and experience), backed up by specific training in radiotherapy treatment planning (equivalent to a post-graduate diploma in level). - Or: BSc in Therapy Radiography and specific training in radiotherapy treatment planning post-qualification to the same level as above. - Either: Registered Clinical Technologist - Or: Registered Therapy Radiographer - Or: A clearly defined path to Clinical Technologist registration - Knowledge in the operation of 3D treatment planning systems. - Knowledge of CT simulator output and patient set up. - Understanding of current Mould Room working practices. - Training and practical experience in quality systems such as ISO/9001:2008. **Desirable** - Additional experience in Mould Room and CT simulator - Incorporated level membership of the Institute of Medical Physics & Engineering - The operation of complex radiotherapy technology including linear accelerators, CT simulators. - Experience of Mould Room output. - Auditor training. - Knowledge of design and development of medical devices and the medical ### Special Knowledge including experience **Essential** - Post qualification experience in a treatment planning department. - Knowledge of the principles of external beam radiotherapy. - Advanced understanding of physiology and anatomy as applied to treatment planning. - Specialist knowledge of CT and MRI anatomy as applied to treatment planning. - Basic understanding of pathology and mechanisms of disease. - Understanding of the needs of patients and clients and the required standards for appearance and behaviour. - Knowledge in the advanced use of 3D treatment planning systems and Virtual Simulator. - Knowledge of the modern principals of 3D treatment planning. - Specialist working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines, procedures and practices. (e.g., ISO 9001, IRMER, Health and Safety At Work Act, etc.). - Quality assurance and quality management principles during weekly/monthly machine calibrations. **Desirable** - Familiarity with RayStation planning system. - Familiarity with radiotherapy technology including linear accelerators and CT scanners. - Knowledge of Trust aims and objectives and department of Medical Physics aims & objectives. - Knowledge of local procedures, rules and departmental objectives and an understanding of local radiography procedures and work instructions ## Documents - [Treatment Planning Clinical Technologist / Dosimetrist (DOCX, KB)](https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=4097&JobId=2245) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.