Macmillan Radiotherapy Treatment Team Leader

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a part-time Macmillan Radiotherapy Treatment Team Leader. The role offers an opportunity to lead a dynamic team, focusing on patient care and enhancing treatment pathways. This position requires an experienced Therapeutic Radiographer with leadership skills and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Staff recognition scheme

Membership options for onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC.
• Evidence of personal development and specialist course attendance.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, effective treatment and care to patients.
• Support teams in allocated treatment areas.
• Coordinate quality improvement culture within the Radiotherapy service.

Skills

Knowledge of operational management processes

Ability to remain calm in stressful situations

Thorough knowledge of radiation risks

Experience in leading project work

Education

DCR(T) or BSC in Therapy Radiography

Post-graduate study in related specialist subjects

Job description

Macmillan Radiotherapy Treatment Team Leader

A part-time(22.5 hours per week), band 7 Treatment Team Leader opportunity has arisen for an experienced Therapeutic Radiographer who is ready to move into a senior leadership role. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic individual who will fit in quickly with the treatment team.

We have now established our SABR treatment delivery programme and are using SGRT on our newest linac. We also treat intra-cranial SRS as well as TBI & TLNI. You will have the opportunity to expand your knowledge across treatment and pre-treatment pathways and you will be expected to participate in the emergency on-call rota.

We actively support professional development and encourage radiographer led research and QI projects. We support leadership development with excellent leadership development programmes delivered by the Trust. We support flexible working arrangements and all applicants would be expected to support the working hours of the service and work across sites.

Operating mainly from our Charing Cross site, our equipment portfolio includes five True Beam Linacs (one based at Hammersmith Hospital), Siemens go.Open Pro CT scanner and Xstrahl unit; our Elekta Flexitron Brachytherapy unit is based at Hammersmith Hospital in a dedicated brachytherapy suite. We are due to embark on a linac replacement programme at Charing cross and are currently upgrading our Aria system.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality, effective individualised treatment and care to all patients
• To carry out all practical aspects involved in preparation and delivery of radiotherapy treatments
• To lead & support teams in allocated treatment areas on a rotational basis
• To support with the coordination, implementation, and continuous development of a quality improvement culture within the Radiotherapy service.
• To support with the coordination, implementation, and continuous development of a culture of safe, high quality care in the Radiotherapy service, through effective and robust integrated governance processes and procedures, including statutory and regulatory compliance

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education

• DCR(T) or BSC in Therapy Radiography and registered with HCPC
• Evidence of personal development and attendance at specialist courses and conferences
• Post-graduate study in related specialist subjects

Experience

• Experience and good understanding of electronic patient management systems, and treatment and image verification systems including downloading data, entering data and checking data
• Demonstrable experience working in a senior clinical role supervising radiotherapy teams
• Experience in radiotherapy imaging techniques and able to analyse images and formulate action plans
• Experience in leading project work
• Experience in specialist radiotherapy roles

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Understands the risks associated with radiation and the optimisation of patients treatments
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of standard and non-standard complex and conformal techniques
• Thorough understanding of IR(ME)R and its application
• Ability to remain calm and deal with stressful situations
• Used to working with change and innovation
• Knowledge of operational management processes
• Knowledge and skills relating to learning and development of others
• Knowledge and skills relating to research and development

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.