Superintendent Radiographer – Treatment Planning
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Closing date: 19 May 2026
We are recruiting for a Superintendent Radiographer within the treatment planning team who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC) is one of Europe's leading and largest cancer treatment centres. External Beam radiotherapy equipment comprises seven linear accelerators including four Truebeam units, two Halcyon and an Ethos linear accelerator all with Hypersight and IDENTIFY. This technology supports a comprehensive stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) and adaptive radiotherapy programme. Pre‑treatment includes two dedicated CT simulators with the most recent installation, a Siemens SOMATOM go.Open Pro. Treatment planning is performed on the Eclipse treatment planning system. A High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy suite is also situated at the cancer centre with a dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.
The Radiotherapy department is operational routinely between 8am‑7pm Monday‑Friday including bank holidays.
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 per annum plus 15% High‑Cost Area Supplement, subject to a minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum pro rata.
Main duties of the job
As part of the treatment planning leadership team you will act as a clinical expert and line manager for radiographers in treatment planning.
- Act as a clinical expert within treatment planning.
- Lead in developing new techniques in treatment planning.
- Be a member of the treatment planning management team.
- Undertake a specialist management role within the treatment planning team, including staff training and development, quality systems, audit and clinical trials.
- Be available to take a lead in the design of new radiotherapy planning techniques.
Qualifications / Training
- DCR(T) / BSc. in Therapeutic Radiography
- Evidence of further study i.e. MSc modules and expert clinical knowledge
Previous Experience
- Evidence of experience in a supervisory capacity
- Variety of experiences as a radiographer in all aspects of treatment and pre‑treatment areas
- Experience as a band 7 radiographer
- Evidence of implementation of change (e.g. a new technique or a new way of working)
- Planning and checking of a wide range of treatment sites
- Worked in more than one department
Skills
- Presentation skills – both verbal and written
- Motivational skills, tact, diplomacy and negotiating skills
- Problem‑solving skill
- Able to work on own initiatives
- Able to assess and deal with staff interaction or confrontational issues when necessary
Knowledge
- Knowledge of standard radiographic techniques in multiple departments
- Advanced knowledge of radiographic techniques
- Understanding of advanced treatment planning techniques
Other Requirements
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
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.
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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Closing date: 19 May 2026
We are recruiting for a Superintendent Radiographer within the treatment planning team who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC) is one of Europe’s leading and largest cancer treatment centres. External Beam radiotherapy equipment comprises seven linear accelerators including four Truebeam units, two Halcyon and an Ethos linear accelerator all with Hypersight and IDENTIFY. This technology supports a comprehensive stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) and adaptive radiotherapy programme. Pre‑treatment includes two dedicated CT simulators with the most recent installation, a Siemens SOMATOM go.Open Pro. Treatment planning is performed on the Eclipse treatment planning system. A High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy suite is also situated at the cancer centre with a dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.
The Radiotherapy department is operational routinely between 8am‑7pm Monday‑Friday including bank holidays.
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 per annum plus 15% High‑Cost Area Supplement, subject to a minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum pro rata.
Main duties of the job
As part of the treatment planning leadership team you will act as a clinical expert and line manager for radiographers in treatment planning.
- Act as a clinical expert within treatment planning.
- Lead in developing new techniques in treatment planning.
- Be a member of the treatment planning management team.
- Undertake a specialist management role within the treatment planning team, including staff training and development, quality systems, audit and clinical trials.
- Be available to take a lead in the design of new radiotherapy planning techniques.
Qualifications / Training
- DCR(T) / BSc. in Therapeutic Radiography
- Evidence of further study i.e. MSc modules and expert clinical knowledge
Previous Experience
- Evidence of experience in a supervisory capacity
- Variety of experiences as a radiographer in all aspects of treatment and pre‑treatment areas
- Experience as a band 7 radiographer
- Evidence of implementation of change (e.g. a new technique or a new way of working)
- Planning and checking of a wide range of treatment sites
- Worked in more than one department
Skills
- Presentation skills – both verbal and written
- Motivational skills, tact, diplomacy and negotiating skills
- Problem‑solving skill
- Able to work on own initiatives
- Able to assess and deal with staff interaction or confrontational issues when necessary
Knowledge
- Knowledge of standard radiographic techniques in multiple departments
- Advanced knowledge of radiographic techniques
- Understanding of advanced treatment planning techniques
Other Requirements
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
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.
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