Job Summary
The post holder will be part of the team rotating through the pre-treatment and treatment areas of Radiotherapy. The post holder will work to support the team leaders of the highly complex treatment units, CT planning unit, brachytherapy unit or pre-treatment liaison area. Support the team leader in the day-to-day management of their assigned pre-treatment or treatment work area, assisting in the organisation and management of the clinical workload.
The post holder will be required to undertake and manage all aspects of the workload as part of the team and be responsible, under their scope of practice, for the planning, treatment and care of patients undergoing Radiotherapy.
Provide daily supervision and training to students and visitors
Additionally the post holder works closely with Radiotherapy Physicists, Technicians, Oncologists, Dieticians, Speech Therapists, Nurses, Admin staff ,other Radiographers and other professional groups to provide a thorough, efficient service encompassing all aspects of accurate Radiotherapy treatment delivery and patient care.
Will actively participate in clinical trials and in house research.
Main duties of the job
- Provide safe and accurate specialist technical service delivering therapeutic ionising radiation, while maintaining a high duty of care to all patients undergoing Radiotherapy
- Demonstrate effective patient management encompassing all patients’ needs, using specialist knowledge of treatment side effects, skin reactions and their management.
- Maintain specialist knowledge of ARIA to enable autonomous registration, review and decision making on patients Electronic Portal Images used to verify the patient position.
- Maintain a specialist knowledge of ARIA requiring the individual to input, and be a final check for patient data and plan parameters to be used for Radiotherapy treatment.
- To communicate and participate with the multi-disciplinary team involved in patient care and service delivery.
- Ensure all new patients receive departmental information and documentation on radiotherapy prior to treatment e.g. consent and pre-treatment review.
- Maintain specialist knowledge of pre-treatment procedures to provide safe and accurate pre-treatment planning service, ensuring a high quality of care to all patients.
- May participate in HDR preparation and delivery.
- Provide a supportive and confidential environment for patients, carers and junior staff.
- Provide daily support for terminally ill and very distressed patients, of all ages, and their relatives.
- Participate in departmental on-call service.
- Work flexible hours, participate in Bank holiday working. and work overtime as required.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience as a qualified radiographer to masters level or equivalent.f radiotherapy including pre-treatment and Planning.
- Proven knowledge of treatment delivery.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of the computer system used to deliver the treatment and record the patient’s history
- Proven knowledge of Cancer Pathology and disease patterns.
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience with Varian Equipment and ARIA
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Therapeutic Radiography or equivalent DCR (T) or BSc (Hons)
- HCPC Registration Radiographer
- CPD
Aptitude & Abilities
Essential
- Must have very good level of English language skills both written and verbal. Overseas candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to communicate in English to the required standard for the profession, equivalent to IELTS Level 7 with no element below 6.5.
- Ability to communicate complex information across professional boundaries (i.e. when resolving complex treatment issues concerning patient set-up, patient reactions, patient documentation, patient radiation dose prescription or changes required to achieve accurate patient treatment.)
- High level of concentration needed, must be able to concentrate when subject to unpredictable working patterns, whilst delivering highly complex and potentially damaging radiation treatment. (Interruptions by clinical staff or patients with requests or problems whilst treating another patient)
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods of time when performing highly complex calculations, inputting patient treatment data into the treatment computer system, and when undertaking the final data check prior to the commencement of the patient’s radiation treatment.
Desirable
- Ability to teach and educate other professional staff.
- Required to use computer systems and VDU equipment .use excel, word etc. to produce documents and spreadsheets for audit. Be able to extract the information and produce a post audit report.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 10 November 2024
