Job summary
- Main area
- Radiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 356-26-7733802
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queens Centre, Castle Hill Hospital
- Town
- Cottingham
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Radiotherapy Pre-Treatment Team Leader
Band 7
Job overview
Therapeutic Radiographer – Pre-Treatment Team Leader
Relocation Package Available | Join a Leading Radiotherapy Service
Are you ready to take the next step in your radiotherapy career? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Therapeutic Radiographer to lead our Pre-Treatment Team at the Queen’s Centre, Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham.
This is your chance to join a patient-centred, multi-professional team that prides itself on excellence, innovation, and compassionate care. As a Team Leader, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the safe and effective planning and preparation of radiotherapy treatments, while supporting and inspiring your colleagues to achieve the highest standards.
Why Join Us?
- State-of-the-Art Facilities: Work with cutting-edge technology including Siemens CT scanners, Varian TrueBeam and Halcyon linear accelerators, Varian Aria Oncology Management System, Eclipse treatment planning software, and SGRT.
- Career Development: Access Macmillan resources, CPD opportunities, and funding for postgraduate study.
- Supportive Culture: Be part of a collaborative team that includes Radiotherapy Managers, Advanced Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Support Workers.
- Relocation Support: We offer a comprehensive relocation package to help you settle in.
Main duties of the job
About the Role
As Pre-Treatment Team Leader, you will:
- Lead and manage the pre-treatment service, ensuring CT simulation and localisation procedures are delivered to a consistently high standard.
- Oversee daily operations and ensure safe staffing levels.
- Mentor and support therapeutic radiographers, clinical support workers, apprentices and students, fostering professional growth and continuous improvement.
- Maintain clinical expertise and contribute to service development, research, and innovation.
- Act as a key member of the senior radiotherapy management team, influencing future advancements in care.
What We’re Looking For
- HCPC-registered Therapeutic Radiographer with significant experience in pre-treatment processes, including CT simulation and treatment planning.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and support your team.
- Evidence of postgraduate qualifications or commitment to M-level study.
- A passion for patient-centred care and service excellence.
Why Humber Health Partnership?
We are one of the NHS’s largest and most dynamic organisations, serving over 1.65 million patients annually. Our culture is built on compassion, respect, teamwork, and honesty, and we are committed to your wellbeing and career progression.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Interested?
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact:
📧 Barbara Whitaker – Macmillan Deputy Radiotherapy Manager
[email protected]
📧 Michelle Hughes – Deputy Radiotherapy Manager
[email protected]
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We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.
Person specification
Application Completion
Essential criteria
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • BSc (Hons) Therapy Radiography or equivalent.
- • HCPC registration.
- • Evidence of ongoing CPD
- • IELTS (International English Language Testing System) – Level 7
Desirable criteria
- Master’s level or post-graduate modules
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training.
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- • Excellent communication, teaching and organisational skills
- • In-depth knowledge of radiotherapy techniques, technology, oncology, radiation physics, physiology and legislation
- • In-depth understanding of radiotherapy treatment modalities, techniques and side effects
- • Ability to critically evaluate practice and contribute to service development
- • Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- • Ability to prioritise, delegate and work under pressure
- • Ability to lead, motivate and support a team
- • Extensive clinical experience in radiotherapy patient care and support.
- • Experience managing clinical and operational issues
- • Experience supporting and managing staff performance and motivation
Desirable criteria
- Experience or awareness of practice in other radiotherapy centres.
- Participation in implementation of new equipment or technology.
- Demonstrate ambition for personal and service development
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- • Good communication - verbal/written
- • Be able to work on own initiative
- • Works well with in a team
- • Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- • Participate in standard setting and research projects
- • Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- • To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- • Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- • Facilitate learning of others
Special Attributes and other
Essential criteria
- • Shows motivation in developing new skills
- • High level of interpersonal skills
- • Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- • Flexible and reliable • Flexible approach to work, including on-call and bank holiday working • Reliable, punctual and professional • Positive attitude, motivated and committed to professional development
- • Willingness to participate in service development initiatives
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Barbara Whitaker
- Job title
- Deputy Radiotherapy Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482461213
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