Pre-Treatment Therapeutic Radiographer - Specialist Practitioner

Pre-Treatment Therapeutic Radiographer – Specialist Practitioner

The closing date is 23 January 2026

We are looking for an experienced Pre-treatment Therapeutic Radiographer to join our friendly multi-professional radiotherapy team at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. We deliver a range of treatment techniques, including Lung and Bone SA , and we are actively engaged in both commercial and non‑commercial research trials.

You will be an enthusiastic Therapeutic Radiographer with significant experience in pre‑treatment activities including CT, 4

DCT, cannulation, contrast delivery and palliative virtual simulation.

You will be joining at an exciting time when we are implementing SGRT (now installed on both linacs and in CT) and abdominal compression. In addition we are upgrading our current version of Mosaiq in the Autumn and working towards implementation of a new Devon‑wide EPR system.

You will be joining our caring, committed, and innovative team in beautiful South Devon where we value work‑life balance.

• Provide an efficient, effective and timely pre‑treatment service in accordance with the departmental protocols and procedures.
• Produce accurate and timely Radiotherapy planning‑CT datasets for a range of body sites, including use of 4
  
  DCT and contrast.
• Perform palliative radiotherapy pre‑treatment calculations and data entry.
• Liaise with treatment radiographers to problem‑solve complex treatment set‑ups or issues as they arise and help produce guidance for IGRT when required.
• Receive ongoing professional development and maintain your own portfolio of practice.
• Contribute to maintaining the radiotherapy BSI accreditation and ensure that all patients receive an outstanding quality service.

We are a friendly multi‑professional team and staff and patients often comment on the kindness and professionalism of our service.

Our department comprises two matched VERSA Elekta Linacs, Mosaiq Oncology Management System, Pinnacle Treatment Planning System (TPS), Limbus AI OAR outlining software and Canon Aquilion CT Scanner.

The department actively participates in clinical trials and we ensure early adoption of changes to the standard of care of radiotherapy to ensure our local population receives the most current treatment available.

We support continuous professional development for all staff. We are invested in ensuring you have the right skills and knowledge to perform your role and are prepared for future changes in service delivery.

For further information about this position, please see the attached job description and person specification.

• DCR(T) or BSc (Hons) Therapy Radiography, completion of preceptorship period or appropriate previous experience at band 5.
• HCPC Registered.
• Audit Training.
• MSc level education in CT or other technical subject.

• Specialist knowledge across a range of treatment and pre‑treatment activities.
• Ability to communicate complex condition/treatment information requiring empathy, sensitivity and reassurance (to patients and carers).
• IT competent.
• Good organisation and time‑management skills.
• Demonstrate knowledge and ability to ensure compliance with quality system and ISO
  9001:2015.
• Significant experience working in pre‑treatment.
• Work flexibly in a variety of situations and participate in shift work as required; work confidently within the multidisciplinary team.
• Actively involved in education of undergraduate students.
• Previous experience with Canon CT Scanner.
• Previous experience of SGRT.
• Previous experience of EPIC EPR.
• Cannulation and Contrast Delivery Trained.
• Previous experience with Pinnacle TPS.

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.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust