Clinical Brachytherapy Leader
4 days ago
Job Summary:
Join Our Team: Clinical Brachytherapy Specialist at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
The Role:
As a Clinical Brachytherapy Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in our multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality brachytherapy treatment to our patients. You will be responsible for:
- To strategically lead the Brachytherapy service by stream-lining and taking responsibility for the patient journey from referral into Brachytherapy to follow-up, anticipating problems and implementing solutions.
- Be recognised as a clinical expert in Brachytherapy treatment, developing clinical practice, giving expert advice and disseminating knowledge to the radiotherapy team, Oncology Centre Trust and Nationally.
- To lead a team of radiotherapists within the Brachytherapy unit ensuring all treatments are performed according to trust and department policy within the quality environment.
- To ensure that the working practices are consistent with the centres strategic plan and meet professional and locally agreed standards. Provide a multi-disciplinary approach to service development and provision.
About the Role:
- Radiotherapy services are provided at Maidstone Hospital and Kent & Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury. Brachytherapy is provided at Maidstone Hospital.
- Advanced Technology: Work with a range of Brachytherapy services- Insertion of Fiducials and Spaceoar, Gynaecological HDR, Prostate LDR &HDR. We are currently developing Interstitial Gynae.
Responsibilities:
- To develop specialised patient/disease management packages for own area and/or across the care pathway within professional boundaries.
- Manage the bookings and scheduling of appointments for Brachytherapy patients. This will involve liaising with theatres and recovery wards.
- Ensure that all staff working the team operates within the correct policies and procedures regarding patient care.
- Liaise with radiotherapy physics, engineers and representatives of companies providing equipment to the department on day to day issues such as servicing and breakdowns to minimize disruptions and maximise efficiencies.
- Develop working practices to facilitate an efficient safe working environment.
- To provide clinical cover on the Brachytherapy unit in a leadership and training capacity and to participate in out of hours telephone on call.
- To manage and investigate the Brachytherapy incidents and risks offering advice to staff and ensuring that outcomes are identified, acted upon and learning is shared.
- Communicate issues of service delivery to the head of radiotherapy services and participate in the problem-solving exercises.
- To attend defined Brachytherapy meetings and feedback to Head of radiotherapy services.
- To act as the radiation supervisor for Brachytherapy.
About Us:
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
We are a flexible working friendly organisation and want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Person Specification:
Qualifications:
- DCR(T) or BSc Radiotherapy qualified
- HCPC Registered Radiographer
- Postgraduate education at M level or equivalent
- Leadership training
Desirable:
- Management training
- Brachytherapy module/Training
Experience and Knowledge:
- Previous management experience
- Range of clinical experience
- Brachytherapy clinical environment experience
- Experience in gynaecological or prostate Brachytherapy
- Knowledge of the Brachytherapy pathway
- Multi-disciplinary team experience
- National Cancer waiting targets knowledge
Desirable:
- Experience in both gynaecological and prostate Brachytherapy
Skills:
- Leadership skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Service development skills
- Brachytherapy techniques knowledge
Desirable:
- Appointment booking skills
- Theatre liaison skills
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