Advanced Practitioner Therapeutic Radiographer (Breast)

Applications are invited for the position of an Advanced Practitioner Therapeutic Radiographer (Breast), within UHDB (University Hospitals of Derby and Burton).

The postholder will provide expert clinical practice, advice, and support to other professionals, the wider multidisciplinary team, and patients and their families/carers, across the radiotherapy pathway from referral to treatment, and delivery and follow up for breast patients.

The postholder will work with clinician colleagues to co-ordinate the breast radiotherapy service

The postholder will act as a resource for primary and secondary care teams, ensuring continuity of care within the hospital and the community

The Post Holders Will

• Oversee the pathway booking process for breast patients.
• Undertake appropriate clinical assessment of patients prior to, during, and post radiotherapy treatment.
• Assess, recognise, and manage radiotherapy radiation-induced toxicity and cancer-related side effects during and after treatment.
• Provide advice, information, and education and support to patients, carers, and their families, from the point of initial referral, throughout their treatment and into late follow-up.
• Make appropriate external referrals for patients and their families as required, before, during, and after radiotherapy.
• Ensure that the emotional and physical well-being of patients, families, and carers, are fully considered at all times, in the context of their care, and actively participate in decision-making.
  
  

Closing date of applications: 04 September 2025

Interview date: 18 September 2025

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sue Marriott Job title: Radiotherapy Service Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01332 783292