Highlights
Location: Icon Cancer Centre Thames Valley (Reading)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full & Part Time Opportunities Available (Mon-Fri)
Role Overview
Join Icon Cancer Centre and play a key role in delivering exceptional, patient-centred, cancer care within a leading private radiotherapy service. As an RT, you will support the Lead RT in maintaining the highest professional, technical and safety standards across both treatment and pre-treatment areas. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will rotate through the planning suite and treatment units, carrying out radiotherapy planning, image-guided treatment verification and treatment delivery using advanced radiotherapy techniques. You will provide compassionate support and clear communication to patients throughout their treatment journey, while contributing to quality assurance, clinical governance, audit, training and service development activities.
This role would suit a compassionate and motivated Therapeutic RT who is passionate about delivering outstanding patient care and is keen to develop their expertise within an advanced radiotherapy environment. You will thrive in a collaborative team setting, enjoy working in a fast-paced clinical environment, and be confident balancing high technical standards with a patient-focused approach. We are looking for someone with strong communication and organisational skills, a commitment to quality and safety, and a genuine enthusiasm for learning new technologies and techniques. Whether you are an radiographer looking to build on your experience or an established practitioner seeking exposure to innovative treatment approaches, this role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to a high-performing service while continuing your professional development. Above all, you will bring a positive attitude, a proactive mindset, and a commitment to delivering the best possible experience for patients throughout their treatment journey.
Key Responsibilities include:
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Deliver safe and effective radiotherapy treatments and pre-treatment imaging, ensuring excellent patient care, clear communication, and adherence to IR(ME)R 2017 regulations and departmental protocols.
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Support the day-to-day operation of the planning suite and treatment units, assisting the Lead Radiographer with service delivery, equipment management, complex procedures, and the implementation of new technique
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Maintain high standards of quality, safety and clinical governance, contributing to quality assurance activities, audits, protocol development, and compliance with regulatory and professional standards
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Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to continuous improvement, participating in training, sharing best practice, and keeping up to date with advances in radiotherapy technology and treatment techniques.
To learn more about this role see the enclosed Job Description ICC UK_Senior RT_.pdf or for an informal discussion, please contact the People Team via [email protected]
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. This service covers mental health concerns, financial worries and physical health anxieties.
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 Reading. 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 south of Reading, 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.
Icon Group was established in 2015 and the businesses that form Icon have been pillars of the Australian and ASEAN healthcare community for decades. In 2024, Icon expanded into the UK by bringing Pharmaxo Group into the Icon family, alongside a strategic partnership with Nuffield Health and its first cancer centre in Wimbledon, Icon Cancer Centre London. In 2025, we announced our strategic partnership with Evidia in Germany.
With our operations expanding across the globe, this role offers a valuable opportunity to join the team and make an impact.
At the heart of Icon, there is a clear set of values that guide how work, make decision 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. When you join our team, youll be a part of a culture that not only talks about its values, but brings them to life in a meaningful way.
To learn more about us, please visit: Cancer care careers UK | Join a growing team at Icon Cancer Centre UK
Next Steps
For more information about our recruitment process, please see the attached Candidate guidance.
