Radiotherapy Team Leader (Band 7)

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Therapeutic Radiographers to join our friendly and dynamic team at the Nottingham Radiotherapy Centre.

Your main task will be as team manager on a treatment machine, however, you will also be involved in staff training and departmental development working in conjunction with the Advanced Practitioners and Principal radiographers. You will be a very experienced HCPC registered therapeutic radiographer with excellent communication and leadership skills including relevant experience of managing workload and staff on a Linear Accelerator and also equipped with the clinical knowledge of current developments to take a key role in the advancement of radiotherapy services at Nottingham Radiotherapy Centre.

Main duties of the job

JOB SUMMARY

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To manage a team of staff and provide leadership and guidance to the team and act as a Clinical Radiographer Specialist, working closely with the band 8 Principal Radiographers.

Co-ordinate the clinical workload of the Treatment Unit

To contribute to the maintenance of ISO 9000 quality system for the department.

To lead in the clinical research, audit and development of techniques and equipment.

To ensure high technical standards and patient care standards are maintained during simulation and treatment.

To be pro-active in the evaluation and implementation of new equipment and treatment techniques.

To work closely with the Principal Radiographers, doctors, physicists and other members of the team as appropriate.

To participate in the staff training and education programme, which includes training the junior medical staff.

To lead in the training of student radiographers and trainee assistant practitioners

About us

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the biggest and busiest acute hospitals in England, employing over 19,000 staff. We provide care to over 2.5million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities and specialist services to a further 3-4million people from neighbouring counties.The Nottingham Radiotherapy Centre offers cutting edge treatment delivery and pre-treatment technology including 6 Elekta Versa HD and Agility Linacs (2 with Brainlab and Exactrac with further surface guided solutions to be added with our latest Linacs), 2 CT scanners due to be replaced with Canon Exceed LB CT 4D scanners, Raystation and Monaco planning systems and Mosaiq Oncology Management system.The Radiotherapy Department provides complex treatments including: paediatric radiotherapy, image guided IMRT, SABR, SRS and total body electron and photon treatments for patients across Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands region. The department has a major commitment to evidence based practice and participates in multi-centre clinical research trials.