Slron/- / Practice Tutor Radiation Therapist, Clinical Specialist

Established in 2010, St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network (SLRON) operates from three Dublin locations – St Luke’s Hospital Rathgar and St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Centres on the campuses of St James and Beaumont Hospitals.

The Network provides a full range of world class treatments including a comprehensive VMAT programme, Intra-cranial Stereotactic (SRS), Extra-cranial Stereotactic (SBRT), Total Body Irradiation (TBI) and the national paediatric radiation oncology service. There is also a comprehensive brachytherapy service provided including both prostate seeds and ocular brachytherapy.

Currently there are 14 linear accelerators within the Network, 4 in each of the centres at BC & SJC, and 6 on the Rathgar site. There are 2 CT scanners per centre. Both St James and Beaumont centres have an MRI unit. St Luke’s hospital houses the brachytherapy and superficial units.

St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network (SLRON) has a long history of involvement in clinical trials and has an active Clinical Trials Unit.

SLRON serves as the principal teaching hospital for the Trinity College Dublin (TCD) BSc Radiation Therapy programme, a CORU-accredited four-year degree delivered by TCD. Across its network, SLRON accommodates approximately 136 students annually, providing structured clinical placements from first year through to final year. Students gain supervised experience across radiotherapy disciplines, including treatment delivery, planning, and patient care.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day planning and implementation of an effective education programme for TCD radiation therapy students on clinical placement in any of the 3 radiation therapy departments. The post holder will be primarily based in one department but will have to cross cover all three departments as required.

Contribute to the quality of undergraduate TCD Radiation Therapy clinical education programme and support both students and Radiation Therapists.

This job specification is intended as a guide to the general range of duties and is intended to be neither definitive nor restrictive. The range of duties will be subject to periodic review with the post holder. It is planned to undertake a formal review of the post after one years and the structure of the post may change as a result. Post holders will be consulted as part of this development. Successful candidates will be accepting the post on the basis of this review and possible restructuring at a future date.

Informal Enquiries can be made to:

• Ruth Woods, Director of Radiation Services, St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network
• Email: ruth.woods@slh.ie

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• Claire Poole, Director of Clinical Education, Trinity College Dublin,
• email: poolec@tcd.ie

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Informal recruitment enquiries can be made to:

• Email: recruitment@slh.ie

To be considered for this campaign, please complete the attached application form and submit it to the space provided below taking into account the eligiblity criteria and post specific requirements.

The closing date for applications if 12:00pm on Tuesday 24th March 2026.

Late submissions will not be accepted.