Team Manager Therapeutic Radiographer

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health trust in Manchester seeks an experienced professional in radiotherapy to provide expert leadership and support. The role involves troubleshooting patient and technical issues and supervising a team to ensure high-quality service delivery. Candidates must have a relevant degree, HCPC registration, and significant experience with radiotherapy techniques and equipment. This fixed-term position requires effective communication and teamwork skills, as well as a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Benefits

Personal development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Wide experience with radiotherapy equipment and treatment techniques.
• Evidence of post-graduate study/education in area relevant to role.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot patient care or technical issues.
• Provide professional, technical, operational, and clinical leadership.
• Supervise and instruct the team in radiotherapy.

Skills

Effective communication

Leadership

Conflict resolution

Teamwork

Numerical skills

Education

DCR(T), BSc (Hons) or PGDip in Therapeutic Radiography

HCPC registration

Tools

Radiotherapy equipment

Quality management systems

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• The post holder is expected to troubleshoot patient care or technical issues in designated area.
• To supervise, instruct and take part in the use of complex radiotherapy calculations.
• To supervise, instruct and take part in treatment delivery and image-guided radiotherapy.
• To supervise and participate in CT Scanning and Virtual simulation when required.
• To be pro‑active in the development and implementation of evidence based clinical practice in line with local and national initiatives, facilitating changes in service where necessary.
• To act as an expert resource on treatment delivery equipment, imaging, and oncology management systems. Providing support and advice as appropriate.
• Be pro‑active in the maintenance, improvement, and development of their competence.
• To provide technical advice in the evaluation, procurement and introduction of new techniques, procedures, and equipment.
• To be responsible for the equipment in the work area, ensuring that fault reporting and handover procedures are followed, working closely with medical physics and technical services staff to ensure that repairs and routine servicing of equipment is carried out with minimal disruption to service provision.
• To work closely with the other Superintendents and the Governance Team, to monitor the work across the service in order to maintain high quality service delivery and professional standards, helping to further develop and maintain the accredited Quality Management System.
• Take a lead role in reviewing and writing work instructions and operating procedures for which overall responsibility and sign off will be with the Principal Radiographers.
• Ensuring all errors in designated area is reported in a timely manner in accordance with current departmental policy.
• To continually assess and monitor risk in their practice and that of others, challenging others as appropriate.
• In depth knowledge of UK radiation legislation IRR 1999 and IR(ME)R 2017 and to act as an expert resource in interpretation of the legislation with regards standard operating procedures and error reporting.
• Good knowledge of other relevant legislation, including Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Manual Handling Operations regulations 1992.
• Participate in the extended shift system, bank holidays, weekend working and on call.

Supervisory and Managerial

• To provide professional, technical, operational, and clinical leadership, advising and supporting radiographic staff across the service.
• Act as an advocate for The Christie at national forums and vendor meetings.
• To keep up to date with best practice and national guidance in radiotherapy locally and nationally and disseminate to the team.
• To establish and maintain good communication links between multi-disciplinary team.
• Promote opportunities for team development and individual role enhancement.
• Will act as named lead for on call duties and manage the on call service.
• To initiate preliminary discussion with patients, relatives, visitors, and other professional disciplines in regard to complaints, failures and feedback.
• Attend meetings at managerial, Trust committee and local Trust partnership level, acting as advocate for area of work and profession. To undertake clinical operational responsibility in the absence of the lead/principal radiographer.

Teaching and training

• To ensure all the training needs associated with new developments are recognised and to put into place the mechanisms to meet them.
• Use technical expertise to induct and train staff in radiotherapy, ensuring competencies are attained in a timely manner.
• Be responsible for a portfolio of personal development reviews of junior staff.
• Ensuring the team supervise and manage pre‑registration student training in accordance with trust/university policy.
• Ensuring all team members in designated areas are capable, have requisite competencies and have up to date essential training.
• To ensure that opportunities for clinical audit and research and development are identified and that staff are encouraged to participate in relevant projects.

Responsibilities for human resources

• To work closely with the other Superintendent and Principal Radiographers to ensure the most effective use of staffing resources across the department.
• Active role in managing inadequate performance, including capability and poor professional standards for students or employees. Participating in investigation process and providing evidence.
• To work closely with the Radiotherapy Manager, Principal Radiographers, re‑treatment and/or Treatment Delivery Superintendents to monitor the work across the service in order to maintain high quality service delivery and professional standards. Applying disciplinary and or capability policies where necessary.
• Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff through chairing of appointment panels, completion of paperwork and liaison with Human Resources and Occupational Health departments to ensure successful employment of candidates.

Research

• Lead, supervise and/or undertake an active role in research, development, improvement and implementation of new techniques and practices within the department assessing results and impacts.

This job description is not exhaustive and will be reviewed periodically to take into account changes and developments in service requirements. Any changes will be discussed fully with the post holder.

Additional Information

Successful applicants will have wide experience with radiotherapy equipment and treatment techniques, be highly motivated and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. We are looking for applicants with a commitment to developing themselves, the team, and the Radiotherapy Service at The Christie.

HCPC registration required.

We look forward to hearing from you.

This is a fixed term position to cover maternity leave for 12 months.

We welcome informal enquiries from interested candidates who would like to know more about the role.

Shift patterns between 06:00am and 23:00pm.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• DCR(T), BSc (Hons) or PGDip in Therapeutic Radiography).
• HCPC registration.
• Evidence of post‑graduate study/education in area relevant to role.
• Evidence of CPD.

Desirable criteria

• M‑level qualification in associated subject.
• Management qualification.
• IT skills.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Expert experience with a contemporary range of equipment and techniques.
• Expert experience of working with ISO 9001/2008 or equivalent accredited quality system.
• Significant experience at a senior level.
• Team management experience.
• Evidence of participation in audit, research and‑or radiotherapy development work.

Desirable criteria

• Experience/awareness of clinical practice at other Radiotherapy centres.
• Participation in the implementation of new equipment or technology.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate effectively and manage conflict resolution with all grades of staff, patients, carers and general public.
• Effective people management skills of all staff.
• Ability to work well in a team environment and autonomously.
• Ability to motivate junior members of the team.
• Excellent leadership skills, organisation and decision‑making skills under pressure in a clinical environment.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
• Ability to lead the introduction of new techniques, equipment, or software.
• Excellent technical skills and dexterity.
• Excellent contemporary image interpretation skills.

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrate ambition in personal development and in service development.
• Good presentation skills.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and experience of advanced and complex treatment techniques.
• Advanced knowledge of IR(ME)R 2000 and IRR 1999 and responsibilities relating to own professional practice.
• Good knowledge of other relevant legislation, guidance, and national working parties in radiotherapy.
• Expert knowledge of the principles of radiotherapy applied to all aspects of the radiotherapy pathway.
• Excellent radiotherapy physics, anatomy, and radiobiological knowledge.

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of current trends in radiotherapy.

Values

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours.

Other

Essential criteria

• Flexibility in working hours.
• Ability to travel to other Christie sites when requested.
• Participation in on‑call services.

The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.

Application Information

If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.

Sponsorship Information

We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

Pre‑Employment Checks

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role, payment of this will be the applicants responsibility)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history and references.

If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.

If You're Offered the Role - you will be agreeing to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Inter‑Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and will form part of the recruitment process. In the event that you are successful following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

No Smoking Policy

You should be aware the Trust operates a No Smoking Policy and therefore employees are not permitted to smoke at work.

Additional Information

We want to ensure that everyone who works at the Christie or uses our services is welcomed, valued and treated with dignity and respect. The Christie values diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all and fair representation across the organisation at all levels. In support of these commitments, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people and people with disabilities for this post. Appointment will be only on merit.

We are committed to creating a balanced and diverse workforce. As such we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Together we will foster inclusion and tackle inequity and health inequalities in cancer care.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all our activities. We have a zero‑tolerance approach to modern slavery in any of its forms, including slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking. We are fully committed to acting ethically and with transparency in all our business dealings and relationships, and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our organisation or supply chains.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 248.1KB)
• The Christie Values and Behaviours (PDF, 919.5KB)
• Strategy Brochure (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Travel to The Christie (PDF, 3.8MB)