Band 6 Senior Therapeutic Radiographer

1 month ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

UHB recently successfully recruited 2 Senior Radiographers, we are now looking to add more staff to our fantastic team. We are looking for confident, highly motivated, and forward thinking Senior Radiographers (B6) with a passion for patient care and service development.

The department has undergone significant change with the new Head of Operational Workforce and our Radiotherapy Lead Manager implementing programmes of work aimed directly at supporting our excellent Radiographers in their personal development as well as ensuring we have a culture of excellence and a professional approach to all we do. As a Senior Radiographer you will get 1:1 additional support and development from our band 7's and 8's and be involved in department led programmes aimed at your development to support your career aspirations

The Radiotherapy service at QEHB, has circa 100 staff, provide approximately 4500 new patients per year with world class radiotherapy treatments. The service is of the highest calibre and makes us a leading department, providing exemplary patient care twinned with the latest in Radiotherapy technology that sees us treat over 300 patients per day.

Successful applicants will be joining a team that delivers one of the highest percentages of IG-IMRT treatments in the and treats a large number of SABR patients for all commissioned indications, all our breast patients are treated with SGRT & DIBH is offered to all appropriate patients who have left sided breast cancer.

Main duties of the job

You will be an experienced radiographer with proven NHS clinical and supervisory skills responsible for supporting a band 7 on a treatment unit and working as part of a team of radiographers to provide safe and accurate highly specialised radiotherapy treatment for patients.

You will manage a clinical workload ensuring that all treatments and procedures are delivered safely and correctly whilst maintaining high standards of technical ability and patient care. There is a requirement to work at an advanced level promoting best practice, giving expert advice, support and guidance to junior staff and the multidisciplinary team.

We have a variety of specialised equipment including two Phillips CT scanners, CyberKnife, two Tomotherapy HD units, Radixact, HDR, and six Elekta linear accelerators. Four of the linear accelerators have AlignRT installed. You will have opportunity to be rotated throughout the various treatment rooms we have.

All new staff will 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 to 8pm. Additionally there is a requirement to work bank holidays and some occasional weekend working.

You will also work with the wider band 7 team on operational input into the department and staff related matters as well as providing coaching support to shape the development of junior staff.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

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.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Qualified Radiographer (eg. Diploma of the College of Radiographers -- Therapy / Degree in Therapeutic Radiography) (E) *Current state registration (E) *Attendance of recent relevant post graduate courses and study days including assessment of undergraduates (E) *Evidence of interest and commitment in working towards further professional development and qualification (E)

Desirable

*Working towards or willing to undertake study for a further professional qualification (D)

Experience

Essential

*Experience of working clinically within the NHS as a radiographer on full range of radiotherapy equipment which will have led to the acquisition of sound and well established theoretical and practical knowledge (E) and successful experience of working and learning in multi-professional teams (E) *Experience in assessing and teaching trainee radiographers (E) *Specialist knowledge of cancer pathology and disease patterns (E) *Specialist knowledge of clinical radiotherapy including potential radiation risks, acute patient side effects and their effective management (E) *An active awareness of relevant legislation, national cancer standards and professional guidelines (E)

Desirable

*Experience of undertaking clinical audits and surveys(D) *Experience of working in the NHS

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Approachable (E) *Professional (E) *Reliable and punctual (E) *Team worker (E) *Ability to participate in extended hours and bank holiday working (E)

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