# Practitioner Therapeutic Radiographer - Treatment, Band 6 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/practitioner-therapeutic-radiographer-treatment-band-6/eac52386-08e6-4c50-8f4e-0367657921be - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/practitioner-therapeutic-radiographer-treatment-band-6/eac52386-08e6-4c50-8f4e-0367657921be.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Gloucestershire Royal Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Radiographer - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T15:37:10.729Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8288198 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8288198?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Gloucestershire Oncology Centre has a progressive Radiotherapy department across two sites with state of the art machines delivering IMRT, Arcing and SABR techniques with adaptive therapy. We have a superficial unit and also deliver Brachytherapy. This post is a full time, Band 6 Advanced practitioner in Radiotherapy, based at the Hereford department. The department is involved in numerous National research Trials and has a research Radiographer. We also have Consultant Radiographers in both Breast and Prostate Cancer. The department prides itself in a very high standard of patient care and also delivers a Late Effects Service to extend this care beyond initial treatment. We are keen to develop our staff based on competency and encourage further education and we welcome well motivated, caring and conscientious individuals to our team. Applications welcome from staff qualified 18 months. ### Main duties of the job Work as an operator, entitled under IRMER, to deliver and supervise a range of complex Radiotherapy procedures requiring precise positioning of patients and machinery, meeting professional and departmental standards. Undertake the daily operation and organisation of the treatment machine. Responsible to act up in the absence of the Band 7 Team Lead, Enhanced Practitioner. Carry out volumetric imaging, making decisions regarding treatment placement. Carry out palliative KV imaging on-set planning. Become a Imaging Practitioner for concomitant exposures. Provide evidence-based advice regarding treatment related side effects. Administer medication under PGD guidelines. Supervise and train junior staff and students. Carry out staff appraisals. Update the department’s Quality Management System. Ensure that equipment is safe and accurate to operate, reporting faults and incidents. Undertake Category 1 cover for Bank Holidays and work at the Cheltenham Site, if required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities A detailed job description is included. Visits to the Hereford site can be arranged. Contact Lisa Addis lisa.addis@nhs.net, 0300 422 2919 to arrange a visit. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working in an advanced Radiotherapy Centre - Experience of skills with IGRT - IT competency **Desirable** - Use of specific department computerised system (Aria) - Use of hospital computerised systems - Experience of periods of acting up in to advanced positions ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc in Radiotherapy or equivalent - HCPC Registration **Desirable** - Evidence of post registration experience - MSc module in Patient Review ### Knowledge, Skills, Abilities **Essential** - Work well under pressure - Good problem solving **Desirable** - Good administrative skills ## Documents - [why work for us - rewards and benefits (pdf, 3.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2952) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 264.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10613572) ## 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.