Senior Therapy Radiographer
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To ensure that the highly complex radiotherapy and imaging equipment is safe and accurate to operate, both for staff and patients; undertaking the appropriate machine checks and reporting any variances, faults and malfunctions.
Undertake and evaluate radiation dose delivery and complex calculations involving a range of radiation types and energies.
Interpret, monitor and evaluate the treatment prescriptions to ensure that radiotherapy is delivered accurately and reproducibly and in accordance with the quality system.
Evaluate delivery of radiotherapy through application and interpretation of treatment verification procedures.
Ensure the team follows appropriate systems and working methods to achieve the safe, timely achievement of workload targets.
Be able to accurately position patient and operate highly complex radiotherapy and imaging equipment along the radiotherapy pathway.
Ensure the team keeps accurate records and comply with necessary policies and procedures
Analyse systematically and evaluate all data and information relevant to patients' diagnosis, ensuring the patient and their relatives are treated with dignity and respect at all times.
Communicate confidential sensitive information, and provide emotional support, to patients and their carers/relatives including children and the terminally ill. Provide information to patients and their carers regarding the radiotherapy pathway and expected side effects.
To communicate accurate and timely information with all other disciplines involved along the patients pathway.
With the team on the unit, patients and the wider multidisciplinary team manage areas of conflict and escalate as necessary.
Anticipate and identify common and complex treatment related side effects, offering advice and where necessary refer to other relevant health care professionals.
To provide, receive and use sensitive information maintaining patient confidentiality at all times in line with information governance legislation
Apply safe and effective moving and handling skills in order to protect patients and staff and abide by Health and safety legislation in the work-place.
Minimise risk of cross infection through contamination by bodily fluids/matter in accordance of the infection control policy
To implement the procedures and work instructions described for the department in accredited quality management system and report any variances.
Contribute to development of the quality management system by reviewing and writing work instructions and operating procedures.
Ensure all work and actions comply with local rules and current UK Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999 and IR(ME)R 2000.
Be aware of and participate in the audit and research within the department and the implementation of new processes and techniques.
Undertake training and competency to dispense medication under Patient Group Direction (PGD)
Participate in the extended shift system, bank holidays, weekend working and on-call.
Any other duties negotiated with the post holder, to develop their role in the organization
To achieve all the competencies as outlined by the radiotherapy education team within a time period as outlined by line manager.
Supervisory and Managerial
As a band 6 you will be expected to lead, co-ordinate, supervise and manage a team of staff operating radiotherapy equipment and act as lead practitioner, making assessments and key decisions regarding workload management, patient care and treatment
Teaching and Training
As a band 6 you will be expected to provide mentorship and guidance for junior staff and be a good role model.
Participate in an annual Personal Development Review.
Attend all essential training and clinical updates as required and ensure your team also attend all relevant training.
Be capable of assimilating new ideas and techniques and have an ability to assess their value.
Assist in the supervision and training/teaching of pre-registration students and new members of staff.
Highlight to line manager all issues of inadequate performance, including capability and poor professional standards, for students and employees.
Provide evidence where necessary and requested
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Graduate level qualification in radiotherapy
- Registration with the HCPC as a therapeutic radiographer
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of attending post-registration training events
- M-level modules/MSc
- Management/leadership training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical experience within a radiotherapy treatment setting as a Band 5 radiographer
- Experience of quality, governance, and service improvement
- Experience of working within a team environment
- Evidence of CPD activity
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of trial protocols and procedures
- Experience of conducting Audit and Service evaluation
- Experience with IGRT, SGRT, SABR
- Experience in clinical decision making
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication
- Leadership- proficient in conflict resolution, motivation of team members and fostering of a team environment.
- ICT- e.g. OMS, R and V
- Ability to make sound judgements in a clinical setting
- Ability to manage a team of radiographers and clinical workload
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use Elekta radiotherapy equipment
- Ability to deliver training to and mentor radiographers, students and other disciplines.
- Ability to analyse data and formulate plans based on this.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the principles in radiotherapy applied to all aspects of the radiotherapy pathway
- Knowledge of other relevant legislation, guidance and national working parties in radiotherapy
- IRMER, IRR, RCR
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of contemporary trends in advanced radiotherapy
- Knowledge of relevant and up-to-date literature pertaining to radiotherapy delivery
Values
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.
Application Information - If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.
Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
Pre-Employment Checks - To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. These include:
- Identity verification
- Right to work check
- Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role, payment of this will be the applicants responsibility)
- Professional registration and/or qualification check
- Occupational health assessment
- Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history and references.
If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.
✓ If You're Offered the Role - you will be agreeing to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.
The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and will form part of the recruitment process. In the event that you are successful following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
No Smoking Policy - You should be aware the Trust operates a No Smoking Policy and therefore employees are not permitted to smoke at work.
Additional Information - We want to ensure that everyone who works at the Christie or uses our services is welcomed, valued and treated with dignity and respect. The Christie values diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all and fair representation across the organisation at all levels. In support of these commitments, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people and people with disabilities for this post. Appointment will be only on merit.
We are committed to creating a balanced and diverse workforce. As such we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Together we will foster inclusion and tackle inequity and health inequalities in cancer care.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all our activities. We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery in any of its forms, including slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking. We are fully committed to acting ethically and with transparency in all our business dealings and relationships, and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our organisation or supply chains.
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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
- JD & PS (PDF, 207.8KB)
- The Christie Values and Behaviours (PDF, 919.5KB)
- Strategy Brochure (PDF, 1.0MB)
- Travel to The Christie (PDF, 3.8MB)