Senior Radiographer

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust; Northampton; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a HCPC-registered radiographer to join our radiotherapy team. You will work within the Radiotherapy Department, delivering safe treatment, performing QA checks, and ensuring compliance with IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR17 under supervision of senior staff.

The role requires a BSc honours in radiotherapy and the ability to mentor students and junior staff. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and uphold our Excellence values in a

Formación

• HCPC registration as a radiographer; meeting professional standards.
• BSc honours in radiotherapy or equivalent HCPC-recognised qualification.
• Knowledge of IR(ME)R 2017 and safe practice in radiotherapy.

Responsabilidades

• Adhere to professional codes and maintain CPD portfolio.
• Ensure equipment safety, perform QA checks and report discrepancies.
• Support, train and supervise students and junior radiographic staff.
• Assess patients pre-treatment and obtain informed consent.
• Localise treatment volumes and prepare data for planning systems.
• Deliver treatment safely and review portal images according to protocols.

Conocimientos

Good communication

Mentor students

Teamwork

Calm under pressure

Educación

HCPC registration

BSc honours in radiotherapy

Descripción del empleo

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

General Responsibilities

• To act in accordance within the Radiographers Professional Code of Conduct at all times, HCPC standards also need to be met to ensure registration is maintained.
• Maintain portfolio of CPD evidence as required to meet HCPC standards.
• To ensure requirements of IR(ME)R 2017 and Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR17) are met.
• To comply with all policies and procedures with the departmental Quality System, providing input to updating documents as required.
• To ensure all equipment is safe for clinical use on a daily basis, performing Q.A. checks and reporting any discrepancies as described in the handover procedure. Equipment must also be kept clean and stored correctly.
• Complete the competency portfolios for each work area, ensuring tasks are only undertaken unsupervised once competency is confirmed
• Supporting, training and supervising students and other junior radiographic staff within the assigned work area.

Pre- Treatment

• Undertake assessment of all patients prior to the planning procedure to ensure they are fit to undertake the procedure and have all necessary support. Seek advice from senior colleagues and/ or referring to other specialists e.g. Macmillan social worker as necessary.
• Ensure all patients are given information regarding the procedure and that informed consent has been obtained for all elements of the process.
• Localise treatment volumes using the CT Scanner, simulator or clinical mark up as requested under the direction of the Advanced Practitioners
• Administer I.V. contrast as directed by the Clinician once competence has been achieved by following the formal training programme.
• Perform virtual simulation or prepare data for export into Eclipse planning system as required. Calculation Room
• Ensuring all treatment information is ready for safe and accurate use for treatment delivery.
• Ensuring all peripheral data is also correct, to include image scheduling, appointment scheduling and entry of data required for accurate capture of the radiotherapy dataset.
• Performing calculations both by hand and using 'Radcalc' programme to calculate doses for non-computer planned treatments.

Treatment

• Undertake assessment of all patients on a daily basis to ensure they are fit for treatment and receiving all necessary support. Seek advice from senior colleagues and/ or referring to other specialists e.g. Macmillan social worker as necessary.
• Ensure all patients receive safe and accurate treatment, reporting any concerns regarding set up to a senior colleague.
• Problem solve technical problems relating to individual patient treatments while acting within own scope of practice, referring issues to senior colleagues as necessary.
• Safely and accurately deliver treatment to patients ensuring all elements of treatment are performed correctly including in vivo dose measurements and any beam modifications.
• Review portal images in accordance with imaging protocols and procedures.
• Ensure all aftercare is in place at the end of radiotherapy treatment and that all documentation is completed correctly

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.

Person specification

Education and training

Essential criteria

• HCPC registration as a therapeutic radiographer, post holder must ensure they meet and comply with all HCPC standards
• BSc honours in radiotherapy or equivalent qualification as recognised by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable criteria

• Recognised post graduate education, willingness to undertake additional accredited education as appropriate

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

• Good experience of working across a range of treatment delivery and planning activities within the Radiotherapy Department as a qualified radiographer.
• Experience working across a range of radiotherapy techniques
• Knowledge of IR(ME)R 2017 and responsibilities relating to own scope of practice

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work effectively within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent communication skills and effective interpersonal skills
• Ability to mentor students or other junior staff and trainees

Desirable criteria

• input to writing quality documentation

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Calm under pressure, approachable, flexible and organised
• Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
• Ability to manipulate highly complex and expensive equipment with a high degree of precision

At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.

We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).

We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That's why we talk about Team NGH. It's all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Our Excellence Values:

• Compassion
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courageous
• Accountable

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust recognises that staff of differing backgrounds and life experiences enrich our workforce and bring different skills and knowledge. We therefore encourage and welcome applications for our vacancies from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE VACANCIES PRIOR TO THE ADVERTISED CLOSING DATE WHEN WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS