Job Title: Senior Radiation Therapist
Location: Limerick
Contract: Fulltime, Permanent, 35 hours per week
Salary: €54,000 – €70,000
Are you a Senior Radiation Therapist ready to take the next step in your career within a brand new, purpose-built Cancer Centre in Limerick?
Do you want to be part of a founding Radiotherapy team, working with cutting edge technology in a modern, patient focused environment from day one?
Excel Recruitment are recruiting an experienced Senior Radiation Therapist / Senior Therapy Radiographer to join a newly established Cancer Centre in Limerick. This permanent, full-time role offers a rare opportunity to help shape and develop Radiotherapy services within a state-of-the-art oncology facility.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a CORU registered Senior Radiation Therapist who is passionate about clinical excellence, patient‑centred care, and leadership within a modern Radiotherapy setting.
As a Senior Radiation Therapist, you will play a pivotal role within the multidisciplinary Radiation Oncology team, delivering high-quality radiotherapy treatments to patients while supporting the development of services in this new cancer centre. You will combine advanced clinical practice with leadership, mentorship, and service development responsibilities.
This role offers an excellent balance of hands on clinical work, leadership responsibility, and professional development in a cutting-edge Radiotherapy environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver safe, accurate, and high-quality radiation therapy treatments in line with prescribed treatment plans and departmental protocols
- Justify and evaluate pre-treatment imaging and ensure precise treatment delivery
- Provide compassionate psychosocial support to patients throughout their treatment journey
- Perform CT simulations and clinical mark-ups as requested by the Radiation Oncologist
- Administer oral and IV contrast agents (where competency is held)
- Accurately record and maintain patient data within the ARIA system
- Identify and report any treatment deviations to the Physics team promptly
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings to support coordinated patient care
- Supervise, mentor, and train junior Radiotherapy staff, ensuring competency and professional development
- Support the implementation of new technologies, procedures, and service improvements
- Maintain compliance with all radiation safety regulations and quality standards
- Actively engage in continuous professional development (CPD) in line with CORU requirements.
To be considered for this Senior Radiation Therapist job in Cork, you must have:
- A recognised qualification in Radiation Therapy
- Current CORU registration
- A minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience as a Radiation Therapist
- Proven leadership and supervisory experience within a Radiotherapy setting
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in quality assurance, clinical audit, and service development
- Excellent organisational, time-management, and attention-to-detail skills
- A strong commitment to patient-centred care and professional excellence
Benefits:
- Competitive base salary and performance-related pay and premium pay where applicable.
- Comprehensive pension plan, and company funded Death in Service Benefit x 3 times.
- Critical Illness cover, for all employees up to the age of 66.
- Relocation package
- Fully paid maternity and paternity leave.
- Annual leave up to a maximum of 27 days.
- Access to cutting edge Radiation therapy technology/equipment.
- Work with a hugely supported Radiation therapy manager and a dynamic team of leading oncologists.
How to apply:
For more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Charlene Cooke confidentially via email at or by phone on 089 9455139.
