Radiotherapy
Band 2
Therapeutic radiographer Band 2 jobs in the UK
Imaging support worker / departmental assistant · Entry level — no formal qualification required
Therapeutic radiographers plan and deliver radiotherapy treatments across linac, brachytherapy and on-treatment review.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £24,169 (2025/26 AfC, single spine point)
- Typical experience
- Entry level — no formal qualification required
- Where these roles sit
- Regional cancer centres · Proton beam centres · Private oncology (GenesisCare, HCA)
What the person spec usually requires
- Patient escort, chaperoning, room turnover and stock control
- Basic patient handling and communication
- Supporting radiographers in plain-film, fluoroscopy and CT rooms
- Mandatory training: manual handling, IPC, safeguarding, IR(ME)R awareness
Core Radiotherapy skills panels score
- Treatment planning (Eclipse/Monaco)
- On-treatment review
- IMRT/VMAT delivery
- Patient consent & toxicity management
How to get shortlisted
- Customer-service or care experience — show the human side
- Reliability, teamwork and shift-work examples
- Genuine interest in progressing to assistant practitioner
- NHS values mapped explicitly to the job description
The route into Radiotherapy
Entry is via a BSc (Hons) Therapeutic Radiography — a distinct degree to diagnostic radiography.
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