Senior Therapeutic Radiographer

Job overview

Senior Therapeutic Radiographer (Band 6)

Join an innovative, ambitious, and supportive radiotherapy team at Berkshire Cancer Centre.

PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date.

Are you looking for the next step in your radiotherapy career? Whether you are an experienced Band 5 ready to progress or an established Band 6 seeking a new challenge, this is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking department committed to excellence in patient care, service innovation, and professional development.

The Berkshire Cancer Centre, based across Reading and Bracknell, delivers high-quality radiotherapy services to a diverse population and is recognised for its commitment to innovation, patient-centred care, and workforce development.

Our department is equipped with:

• Two dedicated CT simulators.
• Four Elekta linear accelerators, including a newly commissioned machine.
• Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) technology across all treatment units.
• A Superficial X-ray Radiotherapy Unit.
• High Dose Rate Brachytherapy services.
• Advanced treatment techniques including SABR, VMAT, DIBH and Adaptive Radiotherapy.

As a Senior Therapeutic Radiographer, you will play a key role in delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care while supporting service development, workforce education, and quality improvement initiatives. You will work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team in an environment that actively encourages professional growth and innovation.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high-quality radiotherapy treatments using a range of modern technologies and advanced treatment techniques.
• Support Band 7 Radiographers and senior leaders in the delivery and development of radiotherapy services across Reading and Bracknell.
• Act as an Operator under IR(ME)R regulations, ensuring safe and effective treatment delivery.
• Lead clinical areas and support junior staff in the absence of senior colleagues.
• Contribute to maintaining the highest professional, technical, and governance standards.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and patient-centred care.
• Participate in service development, quality improvement, and departmental projects.
• Support the education, supervision, and assessment of students, apprentices, preceptorship radiographers, and other learners.
• Maintain and develop professional competencies through continuing professional development.
• Participate in departmental shift systems and on-call arrangements as required.

Since 2020, Berkshire Cancer Centre has been recognised by Vision RT as a Centre of Excellence for Surface Guided Radiotherapy, reflecting our commitment to delivering cutting-edge treatment techniques and continuously improving patient outcomes.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and want to develop your leadership, technical, and specialist skills within a progressive radiotherapy service, we would love to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

About Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

At Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we put patients at the heart of everything we do. Our vision is:

"Working together to provide outstanding care for our community."

Following our most recent CQC inspection, the Trust was rated Good, with inspectors recognising significant improvements across our services.

Our values guide everything we do:

Compassionate

We are kind, caring and respectful in our thoughts, words and actions.

Aspirational

We are ambitious for our patients, our services and our people.

Resourceful

We are innovative, adaptable and make the best use of our resources.

Excellent

We are committed to continual improvement, learning and delivering outstanding care.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

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.