Careers in Radiotherapy

East of England Radiotherapy Network

Radiotherapy UK has joined forces with the East of England Radiotherapy Network to share its brilliant career resources with our workforce supporters.

Our shared aim is to encourage and seed the next generation of radiotherapy professionals.

Here you can download and print two PDFs to use at Careers Events, or to share with anyone you know who might want a career in radiotherapy.

These resources are free to use. Our thanks to Alison Bowman and Michelle Bates from the East of England Radiotherapy Network.

Raising awareness of radiotherapy careers

Radiotherapy is an incredible field – but many people still don’t know it exists.

In October 2023, the East of England Radiotherapy Network launched a project to raise awareness of careers in radiotherapy. Hoping to address staff shortages, and a lack of awareness, the main aims were:

• To increase awareness and recruitment to therapeutic radiography learning programs in East of England.
• To promote careers in radiotherapy physics.
• To reduce attrition from therapeutic radiography courses (by improving understanding of the courses available and the educational requirement and personal attributes needed).

In less than a year, the East of England Radiotherapy Network team attended 37 careers events; from visiting schools to large STEM fairs, and spoke to young people, teachers, and career advisors. They wanted to make sure all the professionals involved used their time effectively, so created a set of resources for consistent, evidence-based outreach.

This included Virtual Reality headsets, which proved hugely popular with young people, offering an immersive insight into radiotherapy careers. Previously, these headsets were only used in diagnostic demonstrations.