Radiotherapy
Band 8d
Therapeutic radiographer Band 8d jobs in the UK
Deputy director / clinical director of imaging · 15+ years, executive track
Therapeutic radiographers plan and deliver radiotherapy treatments across linac, brachytherapy and on-treatment review.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £91,442 – £105,337 (2025/26 AfC)
- Typical experience
- 15+ years, executive track
- Where these roles sit
- Regional cancer centres · Proton beam centres · Private oncology (GenesisCare, HCA)
What the person spec usually requires
- Deputy director or clinical director portfolio
- Board reporting and exec-level decision making
- ICB / network-level programme leadership (e.g. CDC, IDS)
- Strategic workforce, finance and digital transformation
Core Radiotherapy skills panels score
- Treatment planning (Eclipse/Monaco)
- On-treatment review
- IMRT/VMAT delivery
- Patient consent & toxicity management
How to get shortlisted
- Board paper authorship
- Programme delivery at ICS scale
- Equality, diversity and inclusion leadership at exec level
- Mentoring of 8a/8b talent into 8c
The route into Radiotherapy
Entry is via a BSc (Hons) Therapeutic Radiography — a distinct degree to diagnostic radiography.
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