Macmillan Treatment Team Leader Therapeutic Radiographer

Band 7 Macmillan Treatment Team Leader Therapeutic Radiographer

This post also attracts a 5% Recruitment and Retention allowance.

Radiotherapy Department – Reading & Bracknell
Agenda for Change:
Band 7
Permanent / Full‑time (37.5 hours per week)
Flexible working, shifts and on‑call participation required.

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and highly skilled Therapeutic Radiographer to join our Radiotherapy team as a Band 7 Treatment Team Leader.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role within the treatment service, providing advanced clinical practice alongside operational and professional leadership of a designated Radiotherapy Treatment Unit.

You will work across our Reading and Bracknell sites, supporting the delivery of safe, high‑quality, patient‑centred radiotherapy care.

• Act as Treatment Team Leader Radiographer for a designated treatment unit, with responsibility for day‑to‑day operational management, staff coordination and service delivery.
• Lead, motivate and support radiographers, assistants and learners, ensuring safe staffing, effective skill‑mix & high professional standards.
• Practise autonomously at an advanced clinical level, delivering complex radiotherapy treatments & interpreting treatment verification imaging.
• Exercise professional judgement under IR(ME)
  R, including decisions to proceed, modify, delay or suspend treatment.
• Manage a defined cohort of radiotherapy patients, providing expert clinical care & using advanced communication skills to support patients & carers through the treatment phase of their pathway.
• Maintain & develop high technical & clinical standards, including the implementation and evaluation of new techniques, technologies & equipment.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, research & quality improvement, supporting compliance with national guidance & maintenance of accredited quality systems.
• Actively contribute to education, training, supervision, appraisal & competency assurance for staff and learners, and act as a senior role model within the department.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team & wider cancer network, ensuring effective communication and seamless patient care.
• Deputise for senior radiotherapy leaders as required and participate in service development across the department.