# Practice Educator Radiotherapy > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/practice-educator-radiotherapy/f6709d0d-662e-4d25-9187-81305ab7e53e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/practice-educator-radiotherapy/f6709d0d-662e-4d25-9187-81305ab7e53e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (End date: 31/08/2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T15:21:44.176Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Chelsea/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Practice_Educator/Practice_Educator-v8056881 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8056881?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Would you like the opportunity to work in one of the largest cancer centres in Europe with an international reputation for high quality patient care, research, and education? We are looking for a new education team member to primarily support our large number of pre-registration students across both our hospital sites. You will be an enthusiastic therapeutic radiographer who is a forward thinking, creative individual and keen to be instrumental in continuing to develop and support innovative radiotherapy education at the Trust.  You will be working with education providers, students, friendly teams of radiographers, clinicians and physicists all dedicated to improving radiotherapy planning and treatment techniques.  There is the additional opportunity to participate in the delivery of formal teaching for our education providers. This role will give you the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of radiotherapy development in a forward thinking, research driven, and technically challenging department with the patient at the centre of everything we do. We look forward to welcoming candidates who are dynamic and motivated, whilst empathetic and compassionate in their interactions with all. If you require further information, please contact via email: Sarah Armstrong- Professional Development Lead for Radiotherapy- \[email protected\] ### Main duties of the job You will be supporting the lecturer practitioners in providing tutorial support, schedule planning, placement development, administration, assessor support, and the pastoral care of students within the departments.  In addition, you will maintain your practice as a radiographer working with highly sophisticated image guided and patient centred radiotherapy techniques at one of Europe’s leading cancer centres. 1.1.    The post-holder will be responsible for carrying out radiotherapy processes as prescribed, carefully and accurately and assisting in the operational management of a specialist highly complex radiotherapy work base, which may be a treatment unit, a brachytherapy unit, a CT scanner, VS area or a treatment preparation area, and supervising the immediate radiographic team in the absence of a team leader. 1.2.    The post-holder will liaise with medical, physics, nursing, clerical and support staff within the department and throughout the institution. The key working relationships will be with the Senior I radiographers. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification : - Clinical Responsibility – Patient Care 2.1    Responsible for the accurate preparation, planning and delivery of treatment by self and by members of the immediate team in the absence of the Senior I radiographer. 2.2    Maintain and develop own personal standards of care and technical ability. 2.3    Set high standards of technical expertise, acting as role model to junior staff members. 2.4    Assist in the training of team members in the operation of all equipment safely and efficiently as per manufacturers’ instructions, including local guidelines, under the guidance of the work base leader. 2.5    Meet the regulatory responsibilities defined for an operator as delegated by the Trust under the IR(ME)R regulations. With appropriate experience may be defined also as a practitioner for concomitant exposures as before. 2.6    Make evidence based decisions within the prescribed scope of practice.  Analysis and approval of planning and treatment verification images, following designated training and adhering to work instructions and protocols. 2.7    Be responsible for accurate record keeping and that information required for statistics are provided as required by self and team members in the absence of the work base leader. 2.8    Participate in day to day and weekly quality assurance of equipment at the work base in accordance with ISO 9001 documentation, including fault reporting Promote multi-disciplinary awareness and compliance with current Radiotherapy protocols, and to attend gynae MDT. 2.9    Participate in the ongoing audit and development of the department ISO 9001 quality assurance programme. ## Job Details Would you like the opportunity to work in one of the largest cancer centres in Europe with an international reputation for high quality patient care, research, and education? We are looking for a new education team member to primarily support our large number of pre-registration students across both our hospital sites. You will be an enthusiastic therapeutic radiographer who is a forward thinking, creative individual and keen to be instrumental in continuing to develop and support innovative radiotherapy education at the Trust. You will be working with education providers, students, friendly teams of radiographers, clinicians and physicists all dedicated to improving radiotherapy planning and treatment techniques. There is the additional opportunity to participate in the delivery of formal teaching for our education providers. This role will give you the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of radiotherapy development in a forward thinking, research driven, and technically challenging department with the patient at the centre of everything we do. We look forward to welcoming candidates who are dynamic and motivated, whilst empathetic and compassionate in their interactions with all. If you require further information, please contact via email: Sarah Armstrong- Professional Development Lead for Radiotherapy- \[email protected\] ## Job Description You will be supporting the lecturer practitioners in providing tutorial support, schedule planning, placement development, administration, assessor support, and the pastoral care of students within the departments. In addition, you will maintain your practice as a radiographer working with highly sophisticated image guided and patient centred radiotherapy techniques at one of Europe’s leading cancer centres. 1.1. The post-holder will be responsible for carrying out radiotherapy processes as prescribed, carefully and accurately and assisting in the operational management of a specialist highly complex radiotherapy work base, which may be a treatment unit, a brachytherapy unit, a CT scanner, VS area or a treatment preparation area, and supervising the immediate radiographic team in the absence of a team leader. 1.2. The post-holder will liaise with medical, physics, nursing, clerical and support staff within the department and throughout the institution. The key working relationships will be with the Senior I radiographers. ## Responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification : Clinical Responsibility – Patient Care 2.1 Responsible for the accurate preparation, planning and delivery of treatment by self and by members of the immediate team in the absence of the Senior I radiographer. 2.2 Maintain and develop own personal standards of care and technical ability. 2.3 Set high standards of technical expertise, acting as role model to junior staff members. 2.4 Assist in the training of team members in the operation of all equipment safely and efficiently as per manufacturers’ instructions, including local guidelines, under the guidance of the work base leader. 2.5 Meet the regulatory responsibilities defined for an operator as delegated by the Trust under the IR(ME)R regulations. With appropriate experience may be defined also as a practitioner for concomitant exposures as before. 2.6 Make evidence based decisions within the prescribed scope of practice. Analysis and approval of planning and treatment verification images, following designated training and adhering to work instructions and protocols. 2.7 Be responsible for accurate record keeping and that information required for statistics are provided as required by self and team members in the absence of the work base leader. 2.8 Participate in day to day and weekly quality assurance of equipment at the work base in accordance with ISO 9001 documentation, including fault reporting Promote multi-disciplinary awareness and compliance with current Radiotherapy protocols, and to attend gynae MDT. 2.9 Participate in the ongoing audit and development of the department ISO 9001 quality assurance programme. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Post registration experience of sophisticated RT equipment treating advanced techniques in a complex department, competent in IGRV , IMRT technologies - Participated in a quality management programme **Desirable** - Previous experience of participating in clinical education of pre-registration students - Have participated in research/audit/service evaluation. - Have experience in paper light/paper free radiotherapy processes - Have experience of using Aria/Mosaiq ### Circumstances **Essential** - Able to work non-standard hours between the hours of 08:00 and 20:00 to meet the exigencies of the service and will be expected to participate in the non-residential radiotherapy weekend on call service and the weekend day or bank holiday service that runs up to 8 times a year to cover gaps in treatment. - Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - HCPC registration as a therapeutic radiographer (requires BSc (Hons) in Radiotherapy or equivalent accredited programme) **Desirable** - Postgraduate attainment in therapeutic radiography related subject/leadership/management ### Skills/Ability/Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrate understanding of the advanced principles for sophisticated radiotherapy treatment planning and delivery. - Be an effective communicator using both written and spoken English; as will be required to manage sensitive information in situations that will require diplomacy and empathy. - Display strong organisational and time management skills, and ability to prioritise tasks - Computer literate with associated keyboard skills - Commitment to personal and professional development ## Documents - [282-sa1494-jf (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10346809) - [282-sa1494-jd&ps (pdf, 330.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10346808) - [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360) - [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580) ## 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.