Quality and Governance Lead Therapeutic Radiographer
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Portsmouth, PO6 3LYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the t...
NHS Band 7 Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Hours Per Week: Full Time, 37.5 hrs
Contract Type: Permanent
Location Base: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Radiographer to join our leadership team as Quality & Governance Lead Radiographer. This is a unique opportunity to influence and shape the quality agenda within a progressive Radiotherapy Service, leading on clinical governance, patient safety, quality improvement, and organisational learning.
Working closely with clinical, scientific, and managerial colleagues, you will ensure robust governance arrangements are in place to support safe, effective, and compassionate care. You will oversee audit, risk management, incident reporting and investigation, policy management, accreditation activity, and the implementation of service improvements arising from governance processes. You will also support the ongoing development of our ISO 9001-accredited Quality Management System and governance platform (QPulse), ensuring they effectively underpin quality assurance and continuous improvement across the service. The role provides the opportunity to maintain clinical practice within a specialist area of the department.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of CPD
- Understanding of the principles of quality management and the ISO9001 standard
- Knowledge and understanding of both standard and non-standard simple and complex radiotherapy treatment techniques
- Knowledge of radiotherapy peer review standards
- High level understanding of the radiotherapy regulatory environment
- Significant use of a wide range of radiotherapy equipment
- Highly numerate and literate
- Demonstrable skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications to gather data, compile information and produce reports
- Ability to make independent judgements / decision, ability to solve complex problems
- Physically capable of performing and conducting tasks required in the radiotherapy environment
- Ability to prioritise and complete tasks to deadlines
- Ability to critically evaluate radiotherapy practice
- Capable of communicating effectively with all staff groups, patients, carers and trainees, both verbally and in writing
- Ability to work under pressure
- Proven track record of successfully working with in a multi-professional team
- Ability to lead a team effectively
Qualifications
Essential
- DCR(T), BSc (hons) Therapeutic Radiotherapy or equivalent
- HCPC registration as a Therapeutic Radiographer
- Relevant postgraduate education to Master level
Desirable: - Healthcare related management qualification or training; - Auditor training to ISO 9001 standard
Experience
Essential
- Significant previous NHS experience, demonstrating an understanding of the operational requirements of a radiotherapy service
- Significant previous experience of leading and managing teams
- Demonstrable previous experience of staff management
- Experience of a broad range of radiotherapeutic practice and techniques to include applications of quality assurance in radiotherapy
- Previous experience of undertaking audit
- Previous experience of undertaking improvement projects
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
17 September 2026
Last checked
21 September 2026
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