Senior Therapeutic Radiographer

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

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Job summary

This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System

Organisations within scope are as follows:

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
Southern Health Foundation Trust
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
University Hospital Southampton
Solent NHS Trust
South Central Ambulance Service
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Hampshire Hospitals

Portsmouth Radiotherapy department covers a wide catchment area, treating patients form Portsmouth, Southampton, West Sussex, and the Isle of Wight. As well as the daily routine of scanning, planning and treating patients, we also offer an out of hours service at the weekends.

Main duties of the job

Undertake radiotherapy treatment and planning using ionising radiation to treat patients with cancer or benign disease, with both curative and palliative intent.
Carry out radiotherapy procedures using a variety of specialised high energy radiation equipment , operating in conjunction with radiotherapy IT system and various imaging systems.
Provide supervision and support to junior staff and students in training.
Make confident decision making as the most senior radiographer in the absence of the team leader.
To participate in the departmental shift and on call system between hours of 07:00-20:00, 7 days a week.
Be accountable for own professional actions and limitations within own scope of practice.
Abide by HCPC code of conduct and maintain HCPC registration.

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Date posted

28 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF1088R

Job locations

Southwick Hill Road

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

We have four TrueBeam 3.0 linear accelerators which include the advanced IGRT imaging such as online 4D CBCT, iCBCT and triggered imaging. We have 6DOF couches in use for Head and neck , upper GI and Lung SABR patients, alongside abdomen compression immobilisation. We have a wide-bore Siemens GOSIM CT scanner which was installed in January 2022. We also run Brachytherapy, orthovoltage and on-treatment review services. We link all of our department together using ARIA V15.L6 and are a paperless department.

We have recently increased our SABR offering for oligometastases and prostate cancer via the PACE Nodes trial. In dosimetry, we have recently moved to Raystation planning system and routinely use AI auto-contouring software to make planning more efficient. Future projects include the installing of SGRT to move towards tattoo-less set ups ad increasing the number of radiotherapy trials we participate in.

The team at PHU are committed to your development, sending representation to all the major conferences and supporting academic study in order to progress in your career. We have well established monthly clinical supervision at all levels and more recently have created a radiographer staff committee. The committee has helped drive the implementation of flexible working across the whole department where we now offer 7.5 hr or 9.5 hr shifts over 2/3/4/5 days per week. Similarly, the teams have eliminated the Covid backlog and are routinely achieving the 31 day cancer standard for or patients.

We have 3 trained consultant radiographers in Breast/urology/palliative and are actively developing new ACP opportunities. we have several apprentice radiographer undergraduate and postgraduate roles in post and have recently invested in enhances practice roles supporting progression from graduate al the way to consultant radiographer or lead radiographer.

We would love to welcome an experienced Senior radiographer to join our team and have the opportunity to work in Pre-treatment, Treatment, DXR and Brachytherapy.

You will find a motivated, enthusiastic and forward thinking department, who won the Society of Radiographers Regional South East Team of the year 2023.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We would love to welcome an experienced Senior radiographer to join our team and have the opportunity to work in Pre-treatment, Treatment, DXR and Brachytherapy.

You will find a motivated, enthusiastic and forward thinking department, who won the Society of Radiographers Regional South East Team of the year 2023.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc Therapeutic Radiography or DCR(T) or equivalent
HCPC registration to practice as a Therapeutic Radiographer
Post-graduate education (or be willing to take part in Level 7 education to become Senior Enhanced Practitioner if opportunity arises)

Experience

Essential

Appropriate level of post qualification experience, working across both treatment and pre-treatment areas, using a range of modern equipment
Experience of working in orthovoltage & brachytherapy is desirable
Experience of a range of radiotherapy treatment techniques
Previous experience of working within the NHS

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc Therapeutic Radiography or DCR(T) or equivalent
HCPC registration to practice as a Therapeutic Radiographer
Post-graduate education (or be willing to take part in Level 7 education to become Senior Enhanced Practitioner if opportunity arises)

Experience

Essential

Appropriate level of post qualification experience, working across both treatment and pre-treatment areas, using a range of modern equipment
Experience of working in orthovoltage & brachytherapy is desirable
Experience of a range of radiotherapy treatment techniques
Previous experience of working within the NHS

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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