Therapy Radiographer: Sponsorship Available

Job Summary

The post holder will provide safe and accurate highly specialised radiotherapy planning and treatment to patients, covering a broad range of tumor sites.

As a Radiographer you are legally responsible and accountable for your professional actions, ensuring that proper authorization in accordance with established criteria has been met and the treatment will be of benefit to the patient.

Ensure a safe working environment is always maintained for staff, patients and visitors to the department. Work on a rotational basis through both the pre-treatment and treatment areas of the department. Exhibit a high standard of personal integrity and professional demeanour, maintaining strict patient confidentiality at all times,thereby justifying public trust and confidence. Ensure at all times the effective delivery and verification of radiotherapy treatment.Ensure you are fully compliant with IR (ME) R regulations governing the use of ionizing radiation. Maintain the appropriate competencies relating to treatment techniques, equipment, patient care, communication skills,innovation and manual dexterity.Work to a rota / shift system, as required by the needs of the service. Expected to undertake on-call duties commensurate with experience.

Main duties of the job

Communicates highly specialised and complex information regarding treatment, the effects and symptom management to the patient/carer, frequently having to overcome barriers such as learning disabilities, ethnicity, psychiatric issues, deafness, age etc.Liaise with nursing and medical staff on wards and in other hospitals to facilitate organisation of all appointments and patient transfers.

Communicate in a reassuring and empathetic manner, with patients and relatives regarding treatment procedures. This may include highly sensitive information.

Contribute towards managing the patient work load on the treatment machines and CT/Sim to include the scheduling of appointments. Responsible for the adjustment of a patients care pathway, when necessary, e.g., contacting patients and altering their treatment schedules.

Act as autonomous practitioner always, interpret complicated treatment plans and calculations.Ensure daily quality assurance is undertaken.Responsible for the safe and accurate delivery of radiotherapy by taking an active role in the assessment and evaluation of planning and verification treatment volumes and the calculation of treatment sheets.Accurately input, retrieve and maintain patient and treatment details form a range of computer systems enabling research, audits and statistical data to be completed.Maintain and update all relevant mandatory training and all relevant clinical skills.