Senior Information and Support Therapeutic Radiographer
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To demonstrate specialist skills in the assessment and review of patients undergoing treatment, underpinned by master's level education in review and assessment of the patient.
- To keep up to date with new ideas, practice development.
- To assist the Band 7 Macmillan Radiographer in providing support, advice and education for all members of the MDT and radiographers within the department.
- To form links with other cancer centres nationally and regionally through Radiographers Special Interests Groups and the West Midlands Cancer Alliance, in order to share knowledge and experience to improve practice
- To maintain own professional development in conjunction with the objectives of the service and those identified at performance appraisal.
- To carry out holistic assessment of the patient during treatment and, using clinical reasoning, identify suitable patient management strategies where appropriate, requesting and checking results of relevant laboratory investigations and initiating appropriate supportive interventions.
- To assess patients having chemo/radiotherapy ensuring bloods are within safe levels as per protocol when patients are seen at routine on-treatment review and that side effects are managed so that the patient is well enough to continue their prescribed course of treatment.
- To provide the patients with appropriate medication through using Patient Group Directives where available and liaising with medical colleagues/ prescribing radiographers where not.
- To work within Clinical Operating procedures where appropriate, for example the administration of Entonox.
- To discuss case management through patient outcomes, variances from patient pathways and communication with the healthcare team and disseminate to patients and careers as appropriate.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
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Skills Physical
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Skills Communication
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Skills Mental Abilities
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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.
UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 656.3KB)
- Welcoming Candidates with Disability (PDF, 98.9KB)
- Candidate Information (PDF, 291.8KB)
- UHCW Post Card (PDF, 114.3KB)
- How to complete an application form & Values Fact Sheet (DOCX, 874.6KB)