Practice Educator Radiotherapy

1.0 WTE Practice Educator - Therapeutic Radiography
Band 6

We are looking for a new education team member to primarily support our large number of pre-registration students across both our hospital sites. You will be an enthusiastic therapeutic radiographer who is a forward thinking, creative individual and keen to be instrumental in continuing to develop and support innovative radiotherapy education at the Trust. You will be working with education providers, students, friendly teams of radiographers, clinicians and physicists all dedicated to improving radiotherapy planning and treatment techniques. There is the additional opportunity to participate in the delivery of formal teaching for our education providers.

You will be supporting the lecturer practitioners in providing tutorial support, schedule planning, placement development, administration, assessor support, and the pastoral care of students within the departments. In addition, you will maintain your practice as a radiographer working with highly sophisticated image guided and patient centred radiotherapy techniques at one of Europe’s leading cancer centres.

There is on-site childcare available, as well as a shuttle bus service while the hospital on Fulham Road is in the vibrant heart of Chelsea.

Sarah Armstrong - Professional development Lead for Radiotherapy

1.1. The post-holder will be primarily responsible for assisting in the coordination and provision of the clinical education component for pre-registration radiotherapy students on placement at the Royal Marsden.

1.2. This role also requires the post holder to host visitors to the radiotherapy department and to provide them with appropriate information and supervision according to their needs. As well as supporting the wider MDT in radiotherapy orientation as directed by the education team.

1.3. To maintain clinical skills the post holder will also work as a Senior II clinical practitioner and will be responsible for carrying out radiotherapy processes as prescribed, carefully and accurately and assisting in the operational management of a specialist highly complex radiotherapy work base, which may be a treatment unit, a brachytherapy unit, a CT scanner, or a treatment preparation area, and supervising the immediate radiographic team in the absence of a senior I radiographer.

1.4. The post
- holder will liaise with medical, physics, nursing, clerical and support within the department and throughout the institution. This role requires the post holder to coordinate clinical supervision with the lecturer practitioner and the professional development lead. The key working relationships will be with the clinical radiographers and the superintendent radiographers.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Support the learning environment at the clinical work base within the team so that all members are able to develop skills and expertise.

Participate in the clinical education and assessment, both formal and informal of a diverse mix of student radiographers at the work base, and assist in their day to day supervision

Assist with the continuous training of radiographers at the work base.

Assist with the local induction of new staff members at the work base

Assist with clinical placement support for all pre-registration students, to include assisting with managing placement allocation, admin related to clinical placement and supporting department with provision of clinical placements.

Ensure that all students on placement receive induction and specialist information related to specific rotatio