Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Radiographer (Band 5) to join the team at our new cancer centre in Macclesfield. The Macclesfield unit will be the first Christie centre with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, offering a full patient experience. The centre will be capable of scanning and delivering some of the most complex techniques in radiotherapy supported by state of art equipment.
The post holder will be based at the Macclesfield site in East Cheshire, but 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. At Macclesfield we are able to offer Chemo/Rad regimes, SABR treatments, and all other techniques.
Successful applicants will be highly motivated and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a commitment to developing themselves and helping develop our service.
Main duties of the job
JOB PURPOSE
To ensure accurate planning and delivery of Radiotherapy, as prescribed, and in-line with the Quality Management System, with appropriate care of the patientwith 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 (Protons and Photons) across all Christie sites.
About us
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, situated in south Manchester, is the largest cancer treatment centre of its kind in Europe, and an international leader in cancer research and development. On 12thOctober 2018 The Christie NHS Foundation Trustwas once againrated as Outstanding by the health regulator becoming the first specialist trust in the country to be given their highest accolade twice. In a global survey we have been ranked as one of the top 10 most technologically advanced cancer centres in the world outside North America.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
- 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 patients pathway.
- Anticipate and identify common and complex treatment related side effects, offering advice and where necessary refer to other relevant health care professionals. Apply safe and effective moving and handling skills in order to protect patients and staff and abide by Health and safety legislation in the workplace.
- Minimise risk of and cross infection through contamination by bodily fluids/matter. In accordance of the infection control policy
- Apply safe and effective moving and handling skills in order to protect patients and staff and abide by Health and safety legislation in the work place
- To implement the procedures and work instructions described for the department in the accredited Quality Management System, and report any variances.
- Ensure all work and actions comply with local rules and current UK Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017 and IR(ME)R 2017.
- Be aware of and participate in the audit and research within the department and the implementation of new processes and techniques.
- Undertake training and competency to dispense medication under Patient Group Directive (PGD).
- Participate in the shift system, bank holidays, weekend working and on-call.
- Awareness of the process to report safeguarding issues and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
- Any other duties negotiated with the post holder, to develop their role in the organisation.
- To achieve all the competencies as outlined by the radiotherapy education team within a time period as outlined by line manager.
- Apply and abide by trust principles and behaviours
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
- Be capable of assimilating new ideas and techniques
- Assist in the supervision and training/teaching of pre-registration students, new members of staff and all learners
- Highlight to line manager all issues of poor inadequate performance, including capability and poor professional standards, for students and employees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
- 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 patients pathway.
- Anticipate and identify common and complex treatment related side effects, offering advice and where necessary refer to other relevant health care professionals. Apply safe and effective moving and handling skills in order to protect patients and staff and abide by Health and safety legislation in the workplace.
- Minimise risk of and cross infection through contamination by bodily fluids/matter. In accordance of the infection control policy
- Apply safe and effective moving and handling skills in order to protect patients and staff and abide by Health and safety legislation in the work place
- To implement the procedures and work instructions described for the department in the accredited Quality Management System, and report any variances.
- Ensure all work and actions comply with local rules and current UK Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017 and IR(ME)R 2017.
- Be aware of and participate in the audit and research within the department and the implementation of new processes and techniques.
- Undertake training and competency to dispense medication under Patient Group Directive (PGD).
- Participate in the shift system, bank holidays, weekend working and on-call.
- Awareness of the process to report safeguarding issues and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
- Any other duties negotiated with the post holder, to develop their role in the organisation.
- To achieve all the competencies as outlined by the radiotherapy education team within a time period as outlined by line manager.
- Apply and abide by trust principles and behaviours
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
- Be capable of assimilating new ideas and techniques
- Assist in the supervision and training/teaching of pre-registration students, new members of staff and all learners
- Highlight to line manager all issues of poor inadequate performance, including capability and poor professional standards, for students and employees.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate level qualification in radiotherapy.
Desirable
- Graduation with a registerable qualification in radiotherapy (e.g. DCR(T), BSc (Hons) or PGDip in Therapeutic Radiography).
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of clinical placements to demonstrate experience
Desirable
- Equipment and techniques - Working with ISO 9001/2015 or equivalent.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate well; individual, team, multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to advise support workers and supervise Student Radiographers.
- Ability to deal effectively with predictable and routine problems using defined and familiar procedures and guidelines.
- Ability to manage difficult conversations.
- Ability in conflict resolution with all grades of staff, patients, carers and general public.
- Ability to foster a team-environment, motivating colleagues.
- Ability to impart messages including in group setting, utilising presentation aids as appropriate.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of advanced radiotherapy.
- Experience of image guided radiotherapy.
- Detailed knowledge of anatomy, oncology, radiobiology and physics.
- Techniques and technology including VMAT, IMRT, FFF, stereotactic and protons.
- Evidence of competency in calculation of treatment doses.
- Good knowledge of other relevant legislation, guidance and national working parties in radiotherapy.
- Knowledge of IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR 2017 and responsibilities relating to own professional practice.
- Knowledge of Data Protection legislation, health and safety legislation, etc.
- Awareness of the professional context including the role and function of the College of Radiographers, the National Radiotherapy Board and the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group.
Values
Essential
- Patient focused.
- Demonstrate tolerance, sensitivity & empathy with staff and clients.
- Enthusiastic and well-motivated with a commitment to providing a high standard of service.
- Reliability to work well under pressure.
- Able to adapt skills to all areas of department.
- Flexibility in working hours, given appropriate notice.
- Ability to co-ordinate work to meet the demands of the established and developing service.
- Demonstrate ambition in personal development and in service development.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate level qualification in radiotherapy.
Desirable
- Graduation with a registerable qualification in radiotherapy (e.g. DCR(T), BSc (Hons) or PGDip in Therapeutic Radiography).
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of clinical placements to demonstrate experience
Desirable
- Equipment and techniques - Working with ISO 9001/2015 or equivalent.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate well; individual, team, multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to advise support workers and supervise Student Radiographers.
- Ability to deal effectively with predictable and routine problems using defined and familiar procedures and guidelines.
- Ability to manage difficult conversations.
- Ability in conflict resolution with all grades of staff, patients, carers and general public.
- Ability to foster a team-environment, motivating colleagues.
- Ability to impart messages including in group setting, utilising presentation aids as appropriate.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of advanced radiotherapy.
- Experience of image guided radiotherapy.
- Detailed knowledge of anatomy, oncology, radiobiology and physics.
- Techniques and technology including VMAT, IMRT, FFF, stereotactic and protons.
- Evidence of competency in calculation of treatment doses.
- Good knowledge of other relevant legislation, guidance and national working parties in radiotherapy.
- Knowledge of IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR 2017 and responsibilities relating to own professional practice.
- Knowledge of Data Protection legislation, health and safety legislation, etc.
- Awareness of the professional context including the role and function of the College of Radiographers, the National Radiotherapy Board and the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group.
Values
Essential
- Patient focused.
- Demonstrate tolerance, sensitivity & empathy with staff and clients.
- Enthusiastic and well-motivated with a commitment to providing a high standard of service.
- Reliability to work well under pressure.
- Able to adapt skills to all areas of department.
- Flexibility in working hours, given appropriate notice.
- Ability to co-ordinate work to meet the demands of the established and developing service.
- Demonstrate ambition in personal development and in service development.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
