Radiotherapy Late Effects Manager

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; West of England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Radiotherapy Late Effects Manager to provide expert clinical and operational leadership for the Radiotherapy Late Effects Service within the SWRLES network. You will shape service development, lead clinics, and deliver education and wellbeing programmes for patients and families.

As a recognised expert you will drive standards of care, audit, research and governance, while working with multidisciplinary teams and partners across the Trust and regional

Responsibilities

• Leading the Radiotherapy Late Effects Service clinical work and day-to-day organisation.
• Running new patient and follow-up clinics and undertaking specialist assessment of complex radiotherapy late effects.
• Providing expert advice on symptom and side-effect management, recommending and reviewing treatment and care interventions.
• Assessing patients' psycho-social needs and coordinating onward referrals and support.
• Developing wellbeing clinics, patient support events and rapid re-access to the service.

Job description

Are you an experienced radiotherapy professional looking for an opportunity to lead and develop a specialist service that makes a lasting difference to patients?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experiencedRadiotherapy Late Effects Manager to provide clinical and operational leadership for our Radiotherapy Late Effects Service, working as part of the wider South West Radiotherapy Late Effects Service (SWRLES).

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the continued development of a service supporting people living with the longer-term effects of radiotherapy. You will provide expert assessment, advice and management of complex late effects, lead new patient and follow-up clinics, and help develop innovative support, education and wellbeing services for patients and their families.

You will work autonomously while collaborating closely with clinical multidisciplinary teams. You will also build effective partnerships across the Trust, primary care, voluntary organisations and regional services

As a recognised expert you will play a key role in developing standards of care, supporting colleagues through education and training, contributing to audit and research, and ensuring the service continues to evolve in response to evidence and patient need.

If you are passionate about specialist clinical practice, service improvement and delivering excellent survivorship care, we would love to hear from you!

As Radiotherapy Late Effects Manager, you will provide specialist clinical and operational leadership for the service, combining advanced clinical practice with service development and professional leadership.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the clinical work and day-to-day organisation of the Radiotherapy Late Effects Service.
• Running new patient and follow-up clinics and undertaking specialist assessment of complex radiotherapy late effects.
• Providing expert advice on symptom and side-effect management, recommending and reviewing treatment and care interventions.
• Assessing patients' psycho-social needs and coordinating appropriate onward referrals and support.
• Developing well-being clinics, patient support events and opportunities for rapid re-access to the service.
• Working collaboratively with clinical oncology, radiotherapy and wider multidisciplinary teams.
• Leading service improvement, clinical governance, audit, evaluation and research relevant to late effects.
• Developing education and training for staff and wider healthcare professionals.
• Working with the South West Radiotherapy Late Effects Service to promote consistent standards, expertise and data collection across the region.
• Using patient feedback and engagement to ensure service development is driven by patient need.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.