Band 6 Giles Trust Radiographer
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Job summary
The Radiotherapy Department based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham has a vacancy for a Senior Therapeutic Radiographer role. This role has been generously funded by the Giles Trust for three years. After the three years, the post will revert to being a fully clinical Senior radiographer role if further funding has not been obtained, so is being offered as a permanent position. The purpose of the role is
*To collect outcome data for patients treated with Cyberknife radiosurgery at UHB .
*To support the development of a research platform capable of collecting quality of life outcome data within a national prospective study that will inform wider practice .
*To improve access to clinical trials involving radiotherapy for both adults and children with brain tumours
*Work clinically at least 1 day per week (will be more in the short term as the post holder becomes trained in the stereotactic radiosurgery workflow).
We are committed to having state of the art technology for our patients and an equipment replacement programme is ongoing. We already have a wide variety of highly specialised radiotherapy equipment including 2 CT scanners, CyberKnife, two Tomotherapy HD units, HDR, deep x-ray and five linear accelerators; all of which have XVI. A new Tomotherapy Radixact is currently being commissioned and will open in May 2023.
Main duties of the job
Applicants must hold a BSc (Hons) in Therapeutic Radiography or equivalent and have experience working as a therapeutic radiographer.
In addition to responsibilities for the Giles Trust project, the post holder will also be involved in the day-to-day treatment and imaging of patients in the treatment or pre-treatment area, including student training support. The post holder will take a role in the current and future development of staff and services within Radiotherapy.
Professional development is high on our agenda and we have a commitment to Radiographer led services, with role advancement offered or actively being developed. All staff will be required to have a flexible approach to working hours to accommodate service demands as there is a requirement to routinely cover extended day working, Monday to Friday between 7.30am to 8pm. In addition there is a requirement to work bank holidays and some occasional weekend working in line with NRAG recommendations. There is also a requirement to participate in the weekend and bank holiday on call service.
For further information please contact:
Mitchell Hickman mitchell.hickman@uhb.nhs.uk
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Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
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Details
Date posted
11 April 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
304-1068857GB
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
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