Therapy Radiographer

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Manchester seeks an enthusiastic Therapy Radiographer. You will ensure accurate delivery of radiotherapy and work with complex equipment in a collaborative environment. Candidates must hold HCPC registration and have experience in clinical placements. This role offers competitive pay and diverse responsibilities within a comprehensive cancer treatment center.

Qualifications

• Evidence of clinical placements demonstrating technical and patient care experience.
• Experience of working within a team environment.
• Evidence of attending post registration training events.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate delivery of radiotherapy as prescribed.
• Manage highly complex radiotherapy and imaging equipment.
• Evaluate treatment delivery through verification procedures.

Skills

ICT

Judgement in clinical settings

Training and mentoring

Elekta radiotherapy equipment

Education

Registration with the HCPC as a therapeutic radiographer

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic Therapy Radiographer (Band 5) to join the team at our cancer centre in Macclesfield. The Macclesfield unit is the first Christie satellite centre with radiotherapy and chemotherapy departments and is therefore able to offer concurrent chemo-radiotherapy treatments. The department also delivers complex radiotherapy techniques (e.g. SABR and SGRT) using state of the art equipment. Consequently, we can offer a wide range of treatments to local patients, as well as varied development opportunities to radiographers.

The post holder will be based at the Macclesfield site in East Cheshire but, will be expected to work across all Christie sites as required. This is a rotational post and you will have the opportunity to work across treatment and pre-treatment sections of the department.

All candidates must be already registered with the HCPC and possess a Therapy Radiographer qualification (or evidence they are due to qualify this year).

Main duties of the job

JOB PURPOSE:

To ensure accurate planning and delivery of Radiotherapy, as prescribed, and inline with the Quality Management System, with appropriate care of the patient with a cancer diagnosis.

To be involved with the development of Radiotherapy Services. This is a rotational post and may involve working in pre-treatment, treatment delivery across all Christie sites.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To ensure that the highly complex radiotherapy and imaging equipment is safe and accurate to operate, both for staff and patients; undertaking the appropriate machine checks, reporting any variances, faults and malfunctions as necessary. This may include run up of equipment alongside the engineers at some sites.

• Undertake and evaluate radiation dose delivery complex calculations, involving a range of radiation types and energies.
• Interpret, monitor and evaluate the treatment prescription to ensure that radiotherapy is delivered accurately and reproducibly.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job responsibilities

Evaluate delivery of radiotherapy through application and interpretation of treatment verification procedures.

Follow appropriate systems and working methods to achieve the safe, timely achievement of workload targets.

Be able to accurately position patient and operate highly complex radiotherapy and imaging equipment along the radiotherapy pathway. Keep accurate records and comply with necessary policies and procedures.

Analyse systematically and evaluate all data and information relevant to patients diagnosis, ensuring the patient and their relatives are treated with dignity and respect at all times.

Communicate confidential sensitive information in line with information governance, and provide emotional support, to patients and their carers/relatives including children and the terminally ill. Provide information to patients and their carers about the radiotherapy pathway and expected side effects

To communicate accurate and timely information with all other disciplines involved along the patient\'s pathway.

Teaching and training

Participate in an annual Personal Development Review.

Attend all essential training and clinical updates as required.

Take personal responsibility for compliance with essential training.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registration with the HCPC as a therapeutic radiographer
• Evidence of attending post registration training events

EXPERIENCE

• Evidence of clinical placements to demonstrate technical and patient care experience
• Experience of working within a team environment
• Experience of quality, governance, and service improvement
• Evidence of CPD activity

SKILLS

• ICT- e.g. OMS, R and V
• Ability to make sound judgements in a clinical setting
• Ability to use Elekta radiotherapy equipment
• Ability to deliver training to and mentor student radiographers

KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of the principles in radiotherapy applied to all aspects of the radiotherapy pathway
• Knowledge of other relevant legislation, guidance and national working parties in radiotherapy
• IRMER, IRR, RCR
• Awareness of contemporary trends in advanced radiotherapy
• Knowledge of relevant and up-to-date literature pertaining to radiotherapy delivery

VALUES

• Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata