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Salary for this role£49,387 – £56,515 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

This occupation falls under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 2254, Medical radiographers. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

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Role description

Job summary

Are you an experienced radiotherapy professional ready for the next step in your career? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced therapeutic radiographer to join the Late Effects and Review teams at Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre.

This is an exciting opportunity to support patients through their radiotherapy treatment and help shape the continued development of a service supporting people living with the longer-term effects of radiotherapy. You will provide expert assessment, advice and management of radiotherapy acute and late side effects attending new patient and follow-up clinics, both in the Trust and at other sites.

You will work autonomously while collaborating closely with clinical oncology, radiotherapy and wider multidisciplinary teams. You will also build effective partnerships across the Trust, primary care, voluntary organisations and regional services to improve awareness and access.

This exciting opportunity spans both our Radiotherapy Late Effects and On-Treatment Review services. We welcome applications from candidates interested in undertaking the full role across both services, however we would also be happy to consider applicants wishing to focus on either the Late Effects (22.5 hours per week) or Review (15 hours) element of the post.

Main duties of the job

As Late Effects/Review Therapeutic Radiographer, you will combine specialist clinical practice with service development and professional leadership.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Plan and coordinate the on-treatment review clinics for patients attending for radiotherapy treatment.
Running new patient and follow-up clinics and undertaking specialist assessment of complex radiotherapy late effects.
Providing expert advice on symptom and side-effect management, recommending and reviewing treatment and care interventions.
Assessing patients' psychosocial needs and coordinating appropriate onward referrals and support.
Prescribing within your professional scope of practice, where appropriately qualified.
Working collaboratively with clinical oncology, radiotherapy and wider multidisciplinary teams.
Leading service improvement, clinical governance, audit, evaluation and research relevant to late effects.
Working with the South West Radiotherapy Late Effects Service to promote consistent standards, expertise and data collection across the region.
Developing standards of care, supporting colleagues through education and training, contributing to audit and research, and ensuring the service continues to evolve in response to evidence and patient need.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit andretaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your applicationin order toensurewe'remeeting our pledge.

Date posted

26 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

387-SPS5843-LH

Job locations

Specialised Services Management Offices

Myrtle Road

Bristol

BS2 8BL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

DCR (T), BSc (Hons) or MSc State Registered Therapeutic Radiographer
Registered Non-medical prescriber on the HCPC register or working towards
Post graduate education / training appropriate to their area of practice

Knowledge,skills and abilities

Essential

Knowledge of national developments in radiotherapy techniques/advances
Ability to work autonomously whilst aligning to the late effects and review services aims and objectives
Show initiative and be responsive to service needs
Reflect on practice for continuing self-audit
Ability to communicate well at individual, team and departmental and interdepartmental levels

Desirable

Knowledge of the late effects of radiotherapy and their management

Experience

Essential

Wide experience of radiotherapy treatment and review
Experience of managing radiotherapy side effects
Experience with student /support worker education
Experience of clinical leadership with example
Experience of service development with example
Experience of auditing and Research

Desirable

Experience of working in a Late Effects Service

Personal Qualities

Essential

Patient focused
Able to think quickly and to make decisions
Able to work under pressure

Desirable

Demonstrate ambition in personal and service development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.