Lead Radiation Therapist in Newport

Location: Icon Cancer Centre South Wales (Newport)

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time (Mon-Fri, 37.5 hrs per week)

Role Overview

This is a great opportunity for an experienced and motivated Radiation Therapist to step into a clinical lead role, providing leadership and operational oversight within a radiotherapy unit at our specialist cancer centre. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the safe, efficient and high-quality delivery of radiotherapy services, while supporting team development, technical excellence, and service innovation.

We are looking for a HCPC-registered professional with a BSc or MSc in Radiotherapy, significant post-qualification experience and strong leadership and people management capability. The ideal candidate will bring advanced technical expertise across radiotherapy processes, excellent communication and organisational skills, and a patient-centred approach. You will be a visible and approachable clinical leader, confident in decision-making, resilient in a fast-paced environment, and committed to continuous improvement, safety and delivering exceptional patient care.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage the radiotherapy team and department, ensuring high-quality, safe and efficient service delivery across the unit.
• Provide technical expertise, supervision and training to staff, promoting best practice, professional development and high performance.
• Oversee operational delivery, including workforce planning, workflow management, equipment use and performance monitoring.
• Drive quality improvement, safety and service development initiatives, supporting governance, innovation and continuous enhancement of patient care and experience.

Benefits

• Annual Leave: We offer 25 days + bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 3 years' service).
• Salary Sacrifice Pension: We offer an auto-enrolment pension from day 1 with a standard contribution of 5% employee, and 4% employer. You can also opt to enhance your contribution to 6%, to which the employer will also contribute 6%.
• Life Assurance: We offer a life assurance scheme equivalent to 3 x your annual salary.
• Wellbeing: The wellbeing of our people is extremely important to us, and we therefore offer an enhanced Employee Assistance Programme which offers holistic wellbeing support from fully accredited counsellors and psychotherapists, in the form of on-demand advice and counselling for our people and their immediate family.
• Reward & Recognition: All staff have access to our 'Ignite' benefits platform where you will have instant access to savings, cashback and reloadable vouchers for hundreds of leading retailers and brands.

Location

Icon UK are proud to be opening a Cancer Centre in Newport, South Wales. The facility is custom-built and will provide state of the art oncology services to our patients. The centre will offer the following services:

• Radiotherapy
• Chemotherapy
• Diagnostic Services

The centre is based just outside of Newport, with convenient access from the M4.

Company Introduction

Icon is a leading integrated healthcare provider with global reach across Australia, New Zealand, ASEAN, the United Kingdom and Germany. The Group is built on a strong but simple mission – to deliver the best care possible, to as many people as possible, as close to home as possible. We bring together all aspects of comprehensive cancer care, including medical oncology, radiation oncology, haematology, pharmacy, chemotherapy and sterile compounding, research and theranostics to deliver a true end-to-end seamless service for cancer patients internationally.

At the heart of Icon, there is a clear set of values that guide how we work, make decisions and support one another every day. We are committed to creating an inclusive, respectful and collaborative environment where everyone can thrive and contribute their best.

Next Steps

For more information about our recruitment process, please see the attached Candidate guidance.