Advanced Practise Therapeutic Radiographer – Pre-Treatment

Closing date: 20 October 2026

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of two national Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) centres for the UK. The pre‑treatment suite is equipped with a dedicated CT, Mould room, MRI and PETCT, and radiographers deliver advanced practice for palliative virtual simulation and breast localisation.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.

We provide first‑class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital, University College Hospital Grafton Way Building, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street.

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world‑class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

• Deliver complex radiotherapy procedures to a wide range of benign and malignant conditions to a high level of accuracy.
• Use individual judgement on a daily basis to verify and maintain reproducible and precise treatment.
• Work within departmental protocols, deviating where necessary to reach sound conclusions and provide optimum care.
• Work autonomously within the legal, ethical and professional framework.
• Generate new solutions to identify and best meet the needs of the patient.
• Lead and take responsibility for efficient, accurate, patient‑focussed pre‑treatment procedures using CT, PET CT, MRI and pre‑treatment software applications.
• Evaluate the patient condition, drawing on expert knowledge and experience to intervene where necessary.
• Respond to changes in pre‑treatment procedures, discuss with multidisciplinary team and devise appropriate action plans.
• Obtain written informed consent prior to radiotherapy pre‑treatment procedures.
• Develop relationships with patients, relatives and carers for up to 8 weeks, offering advice and guidance to explain the management of radiotherapy side effects, assessing side effects daily, making appropriate referrals and arranging adequate follow‑up care.
• Use effective communication skills to provide and receive highly confidential, sensitive and complicated patient information.
• Seek and maintain patient cooperation and trust, supporting and empowering them through the care pathway, drawing on extensive knowledge and experience to converse effectively with patients and families from diverse age, ethnicity, social and mental health backgrounds.

• UCLH top trust to work at in England – In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

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