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Job requirements
Essential
20 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Able to operate linear accelerators and/or radiotherapy planning CT scanners
- Skills
Ability to work in all areas of the department and handle all required devices and manoeuvre patients
- Experience
Recent relevant experience (as qualified or student radiographer)
- Experience
Ability to demonstrate understanding of RT techniques
- Experience
Ability and willingness to acknowledge change in working practice
- Training & Qualifications
DCR(T) or BSc(Hon) in Radiotherapy
- Training & Qualifications
HCPC registration – student radiographers must be able to obtain registration on graduation
- Training & Qualifications
Overseas candidates must have evidence of having IELTS level 7 or equivalent
- Analytical and Judgement skills
Experience in dealing with simple and complex radiotherapy related issues
- Planning and organisation skills
Proven organisational prioritisation and time management skills
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others
- Communication and relationship skills
Excellent communication skills verbal and written
- Communication and relationship skills
Presents information clearly consistent with organisational policy
- Communication and relationship skills
Team player
- Other requirements specific to the role
Reliable and flexible
- Other requirements specific to the role
Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
- Other requirements specific to the role
Sound knowledge of confidentiality / information governance issues
- Other requirements specific to the role
Able to undertake the manual handling and physical demands of the role
- Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
Being based at the Royal Infirmary site you will be within walking distance of the vibrant and historical city centre of Leicester.
Equipment includes, 4 Varian TrueBeam linacs, and a Halcyon. We have the ARIA Oncology management system, Prosoma Virtual Simulation, Varian Eclipse treatment planning system, 1 Canon and 1 GE wide bore CT scanners, a XStrahl superficial unit and a Varian GammaMed brachytherapy unit in a brand-new brachytherapy suite.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills for the benefit of the LLR patient population and for those patients from further afield.
Main duties of the job
The radiographer will acknowledge and fulfil the requirements of their CPD
Assist in the development of protocols, documentation systems, standards, policies and clinical guidelines for use by the multi-disciplinary team, meeting the needs of an ever-evolving practice in terms of patient management.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Assist in the reassignment of activity in the event of breakdowns or unexpected events such as fire alarms.
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.
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This advert is for Therapeutic Radiographer with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust in Leicester, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Radiographer role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Nov 2026.
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